Double Espresso Premio Caffé - Traditional Scottish Ales

acsprouse

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +16.8%

02-17-2013 06:06:48 | More by acsprouse

WastedYouth

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.25/5  rDev -10.7%

02-27-2013 22:13:04 | More by WastedYouth

flyingpig

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.03/5  rDev -16.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75

330ml Bottle from Sainsbury's (£1.55):
Dark mahogany brown bordering on black with a thin looking, creamy head that is an off-brown colour that stays pretty well.

Dark chocolate and cocoa with a lot of coffee coming through as well. It is quite a strong aroma that seems to fill the room. There is a sort of coffee liqueur aroma to this one with some roasted malts too.

Mainly coffee and the chocolate that dominate again with some roasted malts and a rich cocoa smell. Other than that the beer offers little else and the initial aroma is slightly overpowering. There is an earthy, roasted malt smell towards the end.

Light medium bodied beer with a smooth and bitter taste that is backed up with the smallest taste of alcohol.

Started with a really strong aroma, a nice mix of coffee & cocoa but on closer inspection it was apparent that there wasn't much else the beer had to offer and this was mirrored in the taste. The beer started okay but as I worked my way down the glass it quickly turned a little sickening and basic.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2013 10:10:15 | More by flyingpig

AdamH

3.55/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a beautiful rich dark brown bordering on black, lovely tan lacing on a finger width head. Holding up to the light you get a lovely dark toffee colour at the edges of the glass.

Initial aroma's are of cola mixed with coffee liqueur, but the coffee aroma then develops into a much more rich espresso. There is a hint of chocolatey malt hidden away.

The taste is like the most magnificent coffee liqueur you've ever had - but not quite like espresso. Sweet. Definitely has a Scottish Ale quality to it. Faint hint of alcohol warmth. The taste stays with you, in a good way.

It feels beautifully soft in your mouth, and can disappear very quickly.

A fairly nice coffee beer, but not the best.

Serving type: bottle

12-05-2012 08:42:41 | More by AdamH

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

4.1/5  rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

330ml black foil capped bottle. I see that a Double Espresso offering already exists, but no oatmeal is mentioned in the making of this one in my hot little hands.

This beer pours a solid black abyss, with very slight cola highlights, and two fingers of bubbly, frothy tan head, which leaves a low sudsy berm of lace around the glass as it steadily sinks away.

It smells, bang-on, like Coffee Crisp Dark - biscuity chocolate malt, and mildly bittersweet cafe au lait, with some soft leafy, earthy hops bringing one's mindset sort of back to beer. The taste is somewhat less candy bar reminiscent, though the resemblance is hard to shake, as the medium chocolate malt and nice, even earthy coffee notes may have stepped back a notch, but still radiate their attributes, so, spade, thou hast been called out. Anyways, a mild sourness, and some nice herbal, hoppy notes do their best to refer focus back to the base beer.

The bubbles are soft and almost cushioning, the body a wavering medium weight, but to no ill effect, and pretty damned smooth. It finishes a tad off-dry, the espresso and chocolate maintaining their bittersweet detente, and the hops just doing their best to be appreciated by mostly staying out of the way.

Wow - this is one tasty coffee beer - and just restrained enough to make me, the coffee agnostic, crave more. Through the java mire, I can perceive an adequate amount of porter elements to classify this as such, but we know who the real stars of this little endeavour are. I recommend this to cuppa joe freaks and beer geeks alike.

Serving type: bottle

08-02-2012 03:06:52 | More by biboergosum