Arbor Brewing Espresso Love - Arbor Brewing Company

Roke87

Ontario (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz. bottle, poured into a Duvel tulip at cellar temperature.

Appearance- Pours a murky dark brownish black colour with almost no light penetrating this one, even on the edges. Average pour yields a miniscule pinkie finger of tan mocha head that very quickly dissipates to a thin ring around the glass, leaving almost no lacing throughout till finish. I can also see lots of little bubbles at the top, it does look well carbonated; at first anyways, once it warmed up a little more they almost disappeared.

Smell- Lots of bitter coffee notes really dominate the nose from the start, I do get some nice sweet caramel aromas as well as a tiny little bit of roasted malt in there as well, but the espresso smells really take over from the start and don’t let go.

Taste- Very similar to the smell, the palate is dominated by that coffee flavour that never really wants to let go and let in other flavours. Although I do get some hints of roasted malts, less on the sweet caramel flavours, and a bit if chocolaty cocoa in there as well. Finishes with a weird aftertaste, and almost watery especially for something called a “breakfast stout”.

Mouthfeel- Very light bodied for a stout, almost watery if you will, upon looking at it after I poured it I thought this would have good carbonation but that was not the case once I got around to the tasting portion.

Overall- Not too sure what to think of this one, the pour looked promising at first but quickly turned into a weird murky brownish black hole, and again the carbonation looked good and almost completely disappeared once it warmed up a little more. The smells came through kind of promising again, I didn’t think the smells were all too bad to be honest; but once it got around to the tasting it completely went downhill. A watery mess that never really comes through on anything but the coffee, not to mention it leaves such a weird aftertaste in my mouth, I just can’t put my finger on what it is, but it is almost off putting. Not to mention when finished there was this weird looking sediment in the bottle of the glass. I think I overpayed for this one and would not return to it again in the future.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2011 04:34:20 | More by Roke87

fredmugs

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +34.1%

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EROCK75

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%

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leprechaunandfatman

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +34.1%

05-02-2013 00:58:03 | More by leprechaunandfatman

DruC4

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%

03-31-2013 04:13:19 | More by DruC4

funkyMonk

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%

03-17-2013 01:10:48 | More by funkyMonk

jsnoek

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%

02-26-2013 05:55:13 | More by jsnoek

JohnnieNepal

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +18.3%

02-23-2013 00:17:38 | More by JohnnieNepal

Danielr26

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%

02-18-2013 14:01:58 | More by Danielr26

rpbuckeye

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +18.3%

02-14-2013 16:02:31 | More by rpbuckeye

TheConnMan

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%

02-10-2013 03:07:32 | More by TheConnMan

thebouch01

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%

02-02-2013 01:54:59 | More by thebouch01

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%

01-27-2013 01:11:51 | More by Rifugium

spycow

Illinois

3/5  rDev -5.4%

01-17-2013 05:53:23 | More by spycow

buschbeer

Ohio

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%

12-30-2012 00:01:46 | More by buschbeer

arto

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -21.1%

12-27-2012 16:05:15 | More by arto

Rostie

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +34.1%

12-23-2012 12:11:35 | More by Rostie

TastingRoomCharNtony

4/5  rDev +26.2%

12-23-2012 02:11:47 | More by TastingRoomCharNtony

Hoptologist

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -21.1%

11-16-2012 03:31:14 | More by Hoptologist

thornn

4.25/5  rDev +34.1%

10-30-2012 15:49:19 | More by thornn

Kerrie

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%

10-25-2012 01:03:57 | More by Kerrie

SometimesIfart

Michigan

3.55/5  rDev +12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5

A - Pours jet black with a two finger bubbly mocha head. Leaves no lacing.

S - Slight java, roasted malt, slight coffee grains, some slight smoke, and that's about it. Not a very big nose for a breakfast stout.

T - Bitter medium coffee up front, roasted malt in the middle, slight smoke in the finish and the coffee taste seems to darken as the beer sits.

M - Light bodied with extremely low carbonation. Perfection in my opinion.

O - Overall, this is a very solid beer, although a bit lacking in the flavor and smell department.

Serving type: bottle

10-23-2012 18:40:37 | More by SometimesIfart

rolandboy

Michigan

2.75/5  rDev -13.2%

10-20-2012 02:55:48 | More by rolandboy

ncaudle

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev +10.4%

10-17-2012 23:41:35 | More by ncaudle

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I wish the coffee would be a bit more pronounced and intense. I guess that is just what I have come to expect. There is a nice oily tone to it, but I am more interested in the coffee flavor as a whole, and not so much what may come out of the bean. As it warms, it starts to get more bitter and not so pleasant. It was decent at first, but got not so nice as it warmed. Eh. A miss.

Serving type: bottle

08-26-2012 22:59:11 | More by RblWthACoz