Planet Bean Coffee Stout - Spring House Brewing Company

NJpadreFan

New Jersey

4.15/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Spring House- Planet Bean

A- Deep dark brown with a small filmy creamy tan head. Small 1 ring of lacing.
S- Fresh medium to dark roast coffee beans. Very pungent, amazing!
T- Sweet black coffee. Deep dark roasted beans. Fresh and strong coffee.
M- Like most others around here this was a bit thin and watery. Very little bitterness or astringency. Sweet sugary but a bit watery.

Overall- Amazing aroma and good fresh bean flavor. Find this 1.

Serving type: on-tap

02-19-2010 17:46:54 | More by NJpadreFan

PHBoiler

Illinois

1.93/5  rDev -52.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

22 oz bottle poured into tasting glasses at a bottle share

Bottle was roughly 3 weeks old.

The beer pours jet black with some deep brown shading around the surface. Not really any head and hard to agitate any out of the beer. The smell delivers coffee notes but not really anything else.

This beer tastes like 2 day old office coffee. The beer has absolutely no body. It is just as thin as coffee as well. I'm surprised someone would put this in a bottle. This recipe needs to be blown up. The coffee flavors taste stale, burnt, and old. They're strong but not palate numbing. The mouthfeel is so thin, which in this case helps the flavor leave quickly. A huge miss here.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2013 14:38:15 | More by PHBoiler

mendvicdog

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

05-16-2013 13:05:21 | More by mendvicdog

fdig23

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%

05-16-2013 00:57:38 | More by fdig23

DarkerTheBetter

Pennsylvania

2.88/5  rDev -28.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75

Poured from a 22, this one pours a deep, dark brown that looks black at a glance, but when held to the light, there's no ruby - just a deep, root-beer brown. A sandy tan/brown head rises on the pour but falls to a film in a minute or two.

At first it smells just like cold-pressed coffee, but upon closer inspection, there's a dry, roasty barley beneath. Really mono-tone with the roasted bean and barley, but delightfully so.

Starts with a nice blend of dry, clean raosted notes, almost like a clean brown ale crossed with a porter and soaked in coffee, which is quite enticing, but the delight doesn't last. It quickly nose-dives into an astringent, bitter, over-roasted coffee flavor. What was awesome in the nose came back to bite this beer in the flavor. Too bad.

Feels clean and smooth with just a soft foam of carbonation to add a touch of viscosity.

This is really almost too much to drink. The astringent over-roasted coffee flavor has made me contemplate a drain-pour, but I think I'll hold out. Too bad.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 00:09:36 | More by DarkerTheBetter

Giantspace

Pennsylvania

2.81/5  rDev -30.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Large format bottle with no date anywhere. $6.?? at WFM. Poured into two pint glasses. Purchased about a week or two ago from the cold room. Label is different than the one shown. Capped not corked.

A- Very dark and murky. Sludge(coffee grounds?) from the bottom of the bottle changes the color to a lighter brown. Sticky head disappears about half way through the beer. Looks watery once the head dissipates.

S- Very coffee forward smell but it reminded me of crunching on a coffee bean more than a good cup of brewed coffee, dissipates after a few minutes.

T- coffee and some vanilla in the finish. Some roast but really nothing great here. Watery old iced coffee is what this reminds me of.

M- Thin and watery like a bad cup of diner coffee. Very little carbonation in the mouth.

O- Not one I will go back to. FBS blows this away and is a much better price point as well. Maybe this was an old bottle? Coffee smell was there so I think it was pretty fresh. Tried to support another local but this beer is unsupportable.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2013 02:32:26 | More by Giantspace

ROGUE16

Delaware

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

04-16-2013 20:53:31 | More by ROGUE16

Texasfan549

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

04-11-2013 18:11:56 | More by Texasfan549

kjkinsey

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-10-2013 00:51:30 | More by kjkinsey

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -13.4%

04-07-2013 19:51:15 | More by Jason1337

JArena13

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

04-07-2013 00:39:00 | More by JArena13

Greenplastic615

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%

03-28-2013 03:32:20 | More by Greenplastic615

DrinkSlurm

Connecticut

4.31/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Poured from tap into pint at standard tap philly. Pours a deep brown mud with thick tan head. Awesome coffee aromas...straight up coffee. Taste is roasted coffee and chocolate. Not much else but is delicious. Smooth as silk. This is a fantastic coffee brew...highly recommend this one.

Serving type: on-tap

03-27-2013 21:20:44 | More by DrinkSlurm

josephwa

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -1%

03-21-2013 21:48:16 | More by josephwa

cofeeguru

Minnesota

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

03-21-2013 21:44:34 | More by cofeeguru

dc55110

Minnesota

2.45/5  rDev -39.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

Poured from a 22oz bottle to a 14oz snifter.

Appearance: Removing the cap from the bottle produces a loud pop! The contents quickly attempts to erupt from the bottle. Luckily just covering the top keeps the contents at bay. A slow pour is required to keep the foamy head in check. Pours dark black with a puffy fluffy mahogany head.

Smell: Very little coffee, odd tart cherry aromas overwhelm everything else.

Taste: The flavors follow the nose. A little bit of coffee and roasted malt are quickly over powered by tart cherry and a slightly metallic taste. Finishes very acidic.

Mouthfeel: Over carbonated and thin.

Overall: This bottle is clearly infected. I've been wanting to try this for quite a while, but this was a real let down. I hope I get the chance to revisit this with a better batch.

Serving type: bottle

03-20-2013 02:00:51 | More by dc55110

Nocontrol1977

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%

03-19-2013 01:22:58 | More by Nocontrol1977

runner440

Maryland

4/5  rDev -1%

03-18-2013 01:16:25 | More by runner440

Dannynoonan123

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.2%

03-13-2013 19:02:40 | More by Dannynoonan123

MADPolo

Florida

5/5  rDev +23.8%

03-10-2013 18:33:26 | More by MADPolo

whatname

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%

03-10-2013 02:43:22 | More by whatname

DarthKostrizer

California

3.25/5  rDev -19.6%

03-08-2013 09:23:53 | More by DarthKostrizer

Chetti

New Jersey

5/5  rDev +23.8%

03-07-2013 07:20:10 | More by Chetti

kapkenobi

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%

02-26-2013 03:01:17 | More by kapkenobi

TheFightfan1

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +5.2%

02-24-2013 19:39:00 | More by TheFightfan1