There is a lot of excitement this week about Boulevard Brewing's Harvest Dance Wheat Wine hitting the shelves. I am excited too, but let's not forget there are other Missouri seasonal beers getting released too. Schlafly's Coffee Stout hit shelves earlier this week. The Coffee Stout is a blend of Schlafly's Oatmeal Stout with coffee from St. Louis' Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co.Coffee and stouts naturally go hand in hand. Both have roasted and earthy flavors. One thing that I really like about this Coffee Stout is that it's not trying to be a Cappu-Mocha-Frapaccino-Espresso Stout. It's a straight up Black-Cuppa-Joe. When I drink coffee I don't want a bunch of crap in it. No sugar, no cream. Just coffee. I like coffee the way I like my women...(insert bad jokes here)
- Dark and bitter.
- Ground up and in the freezer.
- Exotic with a great can
- Slow roasted
- With an ugly mug
- Strong and a little nutty
12 oz bottle poured into a shaker pint glass. Tan head head is an inch thick, though it recedes quickly. Thin lines of lacing runs down the glass. Color is coffee brown (duh) that allows light through to create reddish highlights. Smell is straight up black coffee. Dark roasted, bold and bitter.
For an oatmeal stout base, it has a thinner body than what I would expect. I wonder if the coffee blend has diluted the mix. Oatmeal stouts usually have thick creamy texture. However, by thinning the body it increases the drinkability for me. It is less filling, and the ABV is 5.7%, well within session-able limits. I would happily drink these all night. Now I hope I can get to sleep.
Cheers and Beers!
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