Cappuccino Stout - Lagunitas Brewing Company

deadbody

Minnesota

5/5  rDev +29.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Friggin amazing. Pours a beautiful dark brown almost black, with a nice head. Smells of chocolate and coffee and wonderfulness. Taste is very coffee forward but outstanding. Mouthfeel is heaven.

Overall, this was one of the best beers I have had in a while. I will be buying more of this to drink.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2012 16:33:28 | More by deadbody

imabluehen

Massachusetts

5/5  rDev +29.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

This is on tap at the bar that I work at right now and is delicious. The smell is awesome, who doesn't love the smell of coffee?! But the delicious taste really puts this beer into the 5 star range for me! It is creamy with a nice coffee finish, very dark in color.

Don't tell lagunitas, but I mixed this beer with boulevard chocolate ale and it tasted like I was drinking a dunkachino! I will be doing this until one of the kegs kicks :) cheers!

Serving type: on-tap

02-05-2012 18:33:16 | More by imabluehen

wethead

5/5  rDev +29.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

This is one of my favorite beers of all time,

Delicious coffee / Cappuccino taste!

If you like coffee, This beer is a must try,

Not over powering like most coffee stouts .

So good !

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2013 09:42:53 | More by wethead

thebrood1987

New Jersey

4.94/5  rDev +27.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Very roasty with a bold roast coffee smell with some herbal citrus smells underneath it all. Very very smooth with sweet stout malts up front evolving into a bitter coffee taste and herbal bitterness from the hops melding together perfectly.

This is a pretty bitter beer and the sweetness only rolls over for a short while. The alcohol taste is non existent and is extremely drinkable. The coffee really comes out as the beer warms a bit as does the bitterness of the beer.

This is definitely one of the best coffee beers I've had. It definitely has a sedating but uplifting buzz to it from the coffee they inject into the beer. It tastes like a bold coffee but still like a beer because of the hoppy bitterness.... a fantastic beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2013 04:13:37 | More by thebrood1987

Lupe

New York

4.88/5  rDev +26.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Pours a rich deep brown with mahogany hues when held up to the light. The dense, creamy tan head leaves behind chunky rings of lace.

Aroma of chocolate and coffee/cappuccino upfront with hints of roasted malt in the background

Great flavor. Bold black coffee and dark chocolate with lots of roastiness. Some earthy hops seek in but the bitterness is supplies by the roasted malt and coffee. Finishes dry with some lingering roasted flavors. No taste of alcohol at all, very well hidden.

Smooth and oh so creamy. Perfect amount of carbonation. Incredibly drinkable.

Top notch.

Serving type: bottle

11-15-2006 02:44:18 | More by Lupe

Patandnik

Florida

4.85/5  rDev +25.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5

One of my all time favorite stouts! My biggest complaint is that it never lasts more than a day or two at my local haunt. Very few Stouts can compare, in my opinion (GD Yeti comes to mind), to this beautiful beer!

Ok, I'm going to stop now, before I begin to gush.

Serving type: on-tap

05-30-2013 21:18:31 | More by Patandnik

kangarooAdam59

Wyoming

4.8/5  rDev +24%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Into a nonic (also poured enough to my chalice, nothing changed):

A: dark brown close to black colored body yielding a one finger foamy off-white/tan head appears and lasts for a good minute before slowing dieing into the body , some nice spotty lacing appears and gently slides downward.

S: cappuccino coffee up front with some roasty malts in the background covered by some light chocolate notes, wow, really impressive

T: bittersweet between the cappuccino coffee and the chocolate and malts, awesome balance between the two.

M: medium to heavy perhaps due to the fairly high ABV. Its not exactly a very drinkable beer, but no worries, it just fits its style very well. It still coats the tongue and mouth very smoothly.

O: this is an excellent beer and perhaps one of my favorites from Lagunitas.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2013 19:59:49 | More by kangarooAdam59

bensbeers

Maryland

4.8/5  rDev +24%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Had to draw the line in the sand on this one. I'M NOT USUALLY A FAN OF STOUTS, but I've come to enjoy lagunitas. As far as appearance and smell go, this was spot on; perfectly pitch black, it pours a mysterious black with a layer of caramel-colored head. On the nose, I picked up, of course, coffe and milk chocolate, as well as brown sugar and a hint of something bitter - couldn't name it, but it was there. Taste was ever-enjoyable; so much roasted coffee; lots of smooth toffee and chocolate flavors; really well-balanced by the hops-fruity and sweet yet it leaves the slightest bit of bitter aftertaste that begs you to take one more sip. Mouthfeel was the only thing that threw me off here; stouts are typically creamy with minimal carbonation, but this was atypical; pretty bubbly and thirst-quenching - probably why I enjoyed it so much.

Overall, would have given if it 5s across the board if it had been more true to style. An incredibly enjoyable beer for those who are looking for an intro into the world of stouts and porters. Would recommend in a heartbeat to anyone. Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

01-08-2013 03:28:13 | More by bensbeers

atalayafr

4.75/5  rDev +22.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Dark stout color with coffee undertones and plenty of mouthfeel. Pours heavily and with a nice head that lingers. Aromas of chocolate and coffee with alcohol that gently snips from the glass: but a heavy enough beer that disguises the alcohol content. Mouthfeel is full and smooth and not overwhelming. Very drinkable. Plenty of character but not too heavy. I'll have another.

Serving type: bottle

02-17-2013 04:41:54 | More by atalayafr

pacino77

Maryland

4.73/5  rDev +22.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

generally, after i've overstuffed my gullet on a big meal of mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus, vinagretted salad, and (seemingly discordant) kimchi, followed by a course of various hard cheeses from spain and portugal, i binge further and help myself to a mugful of breyers vanilla icecream. i know there are better dessert options out there, but in terms of consistency and availability, said flavor really shines. what i do not want, historically, after giant dinners with menus akin to the one above described, is beer. enter lagunitas espresso stout, which breaks all precedent. i was full like thanksgiving, stuffed to the gills, but not ready to let the night end, and all out of breyers. so i reached into the cellar and withdrew this whopper (which, at $4.99 for twenty-two ounces, is among the best-priced beers on the market) from the cellar and pried off the cap. the first sip was a total knockout--terrifically bitter, but, beyond that, unbelievably complex. it poured handsomely with a short, dry head that dissolved quickly. i took my time drinking it, such that by the time i had an inch-or-so left in my collins glass, it was well warmed. hot coffee gone cold i find repulsively unenjoyable, but chilled espresso stout turned room temperature? outstanding. those final sips even tasted a bit like vanilla ice cream.

Serving type: bottle

05-11-2013 02:38:44 | More by pacino77

horshack7

Massachusetts

4.72/5  rDev +22%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Into a snifter is a deep and dark blackness with about one finger worth of head that thins out quick.

Aroma: Lots of dark roasted esspresso beans. Vanilla bean, huge maltiness. Only faint chocolate notes not much of a hop nose but those only get to swim in the background.

Taste: Massive flavor from the espresso beans with an underlying bitterness. Only a light bit of carbonation but it has a very creamy mouthfeel. The faintest of alchol notes but it's a very long way from being over powering. The dark roasted malts give off a sweetness a little like semisweet chocolate. Lots of dark roasted hopiness round everything out.

Notes: This a very drinkable american double imperial stout. A remarkable brew. Cheers.

Serving type: bottle

04-05-2010 01:19:22 | More by horshack7

SteveO1231

Connecticut

4.7/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Grabbed a 22 oz. bomber from BevMo!

Pours black, with little ruby highlights. Awesome frothy tan head sits on top of the brew for a while, leave some awesome lacing as I sip away.

Really nice roasted malt aroma. Nice smell of chocolate, roasted caramel and toffee. I can smell the coffee and the alcohol in this brew.

Little malt sweetness, followed by the roasted flavors of chocolate, caramel. Awesome bitter chocolate and coffe flavor. Really captured a coffee flavor without over powering the beer.

This beer is awesome and went down so smooth. I didn't realize the ABV and it hit me pretty hard. I really enjoyed this beer and need to pik up a few more.

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

12-13-2005 04:35:12 | More by SteveO1231

boogles

Kansas

4.7/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Poured from bomber, about what it should be ... light head, thins out after a while. Smells delicious. Tastes even better. The same sweetness as in the Brown Shugga (sp?), but with plenty of bitterness to balance. I'm not sure if the sweetness is what makes it cappuccino instead of coffee, but it's working. I don't like gimmicky beers, and I generally don't like sweet beers--and, for that matter, Lagunitas has let me down a lot lately, but this is a true winner. I could drink this forever.

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2008 02:10:02 | More by boogles

twaddlac

Ohio

4.7/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A- Jet black with decent carbonation. Very little head with a lace that hangs around for almost the entire glass life of the beer, and a very sticky head at that.

S- Strong espresso bean overtones with a very sweet, blackberry finish. Malts are also noticeable with hints of smoke and anise. Very complex and very tantalizing!

T- The taste compliments the smell perfectly! All I tasted initially was the very dark, very strong espresso bean flavor, with a bitter, hoppy finish. There are some hints of smoke, anise and cocoa, but this tastes as good as the strongest coffee you can get, and I love it!

M- Medium body, with moderate carbonation, finishing with a dry bite, and leaving a tingling aftereffect on your pallet.

D- A VERY strong beer, but if you like dark roast coffees like I do, you will really enjoy this beer (that is if you don't add any cream and, or sugar to it!). Definitely can't drink this beer fast, but that just means you are forced to enjoy it longer! I really appreciate this beer, and it would be a really good choice with a dessert!

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2010 04:43:18 | More by twaddlac

WrathsU

Florida

4.7/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A - Pitch black body with a thin albeit long lasting khaki head. Vigorous pour yielded little head. Lacing is fantastic.

S - Strong fresh roasted coffee aroma. No bitterness or astringency to it just pure coffee. Some chocolate and cream smell swirl around as well. Perhaps just a touch of vanilla and caramel.

T - Extra bold freshly ground coffee flavor up front. Great earthiness balanced along with a wonderful malt bill. Definitely some caramel and vanilla helping out the coffee. Get some faint tobacco towards the end which is nice.

M - Light-Medium bodied with good carbonation level and no alcohol burn despite the 8.8% abv.

O - A very delightful coffee beer. The stout really helps accentuate the coffee in this beer and I think the two are at great levels. A lot of coffee beers you get either too much of one or the other and this beer has just nailed it. Definitely give this one a shot if you see it.

Serving type: bottle

03-06-2012 20:15:04 | More by WrathsU

dbell23

Tennessee

4.7/5  rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a bomber into a tulip glass. Black opaque color with a slight head with little retention. A little lacing. Looks like a stout.

Smell is really nice. Powdered chocolate (dark?) and fresh brewed coffee, dark roasted malts, hints of vanilla with expresso coffee. As usual, the aroma is more pronounced as it warms. As it warms the coffee becomes the lead smell.

Taste is great. Delicious dark chocolate to start, malty coffee in the middle with a lingering coffee slight hop finish. Really great taste.

Mouthfeel is perfect for this style. Smooth with perfect carbonation. Smooth from start to finish.

Overall a great chocolate coffee stout. Perfect on a cold winter day, sitting in front of the fire. The more Lagunitas I drink the better I like that brewery.

Serving type: bottle

01-05-2013 22:17:12 | More by dbell23

brewdude1982

North Carolina

4.68/5  rDev +20.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

This was a bomber poured into a mug.

This beer really surprised me. It pours a dark black with a tight head with tiny bubbles and has amazing retention as well as amazing lacing. It smells sweet and very chocolately with a hint of the coffee beans that apparent upon taste. In the taste I get a plethora of things which my pallet is no where near capable of truly explaining. Initially it is sweet and mouth warming and then I get a coffee taste which if I could find this coffee I wild buy it and drink it hourly. The after taste is amazingly pleasant and very reminiscent of the initial taste. As far as mouthfeel I feel like this is one of the biggest bodied beers I had had in months. Great arbonation and great full bodied beer. I would HIGHLY recommend this beer to anyone who likes stouts or coffee. In a moment of full disclosure I do love both stouts an coffee.

This is an amazing beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2013 00:39:02 | More by brewdude1982

IntriqKen

California

4.65/5  rDev +20.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Wow, this is a beautiful beer.
Pours deep amber brown to black with a thick tan head that melts to very heavy sticky lacing.
Aroma is sweet coffee...maybe hint of chocolate, but nothing heavy..nice rich aromas.
Taste is wonderfully rich coffee..sweet malt,...milk chocolate (not bitter), and maybe a hint of bitter hops that seems to melt to bitter chocolate on the tale-end.
Aftertaste is chewy coffee...much like a coffee toffee candy.
God,this is delicious.
I want more...and more...and more.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2006 03:54:51 | More by IntriqKen

JamesS

Indiana

4.65/5  rDev +20.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

One of my favorite stouts. Great aroma and a utterly fantastic taste! The fact that it comes in 22 oz bottles at almost 8% is also good in my book. It has a wonderful coffee/chocolate (well, cappuccino) taste that coffee lovers who like beer would truly enjoy.

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2007 19:37:01 | More by JamesS

hustlesworth

Ohio

4.64/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A- just like coffee, it's a clear darkish brown when it pours but collectively seems black in the snifter. Heavy, firm tan refuses to budge. I'm like come on baby hurry up! If u look this good, I wonder what you taste like you little ratchet you. The lacing is thick and puffy like foam insulation and is definitely aiding in holding the head up.

S- that's a nice smell. Coffee isn't overbearing but is noticeably there, more so than the coffee aromas usually found in a big stout. Also cocoa and deeply roasted grains but not so much burnt. This one is on the sweet side. Somewhat citrus hops lend an acidic edge to the general earthy woodsy tobacco hazelnut soil & stone aroma.

T- now the coffee gets bizzy. Big, dark, bitter coffee (of a good quality) walks in stride with the roasted grain better was and herbal hop bitterness. That's 3 levels of bitter goodness, each distinguishable and defined, playing over a chocolate, almost fruity berry malt sweetness. Subtle hints of lemon zest, cream and coconut pull through near the finish giving this brew the overall impression of a big espresso shot with a little dollop of some lemon zest and raspberry infused cream. Only a mere sprinkle of sugar in this one though, as it finishes bitter and grainy with alcohol dryness. Well hidden alcohol.

MF- grainy powdery sandy husky extremely espresso feel. It's incredible. Feels exactly like a shot of espresso. Particles in suspension are so evident it's crazy, and the feeling stays on the cheeks for just long enough. Needless to say, this is a heavy Hittin big bodied bruiser. Some leafy hop feel is present but gets scraped away by unusually zesty carbonation. I could stand for it to be tighter and toned down a bit thinking it might achieve a creaminess, but that might be overtaken by the whole grainy particle feel so it's whatever.

D- very pleased with this one. Not so milky as cappuccino, but if you go into this one expecting a big snifter full of 9.2%abv espresso, you won't be disappointed. It's gettin me buzzed up too like I might go clean the house now idk. Great price at $5.99 as well.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2013 00:14:16 | More by hustlesworth

bendern

Florida

4.64/5  rDev +19.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75

22oz bottle poured into a tulip.

Bottled on 3/11/2013. About one month old when I drank it.

Appearance - Poured dark brown to black with a frothy, khaki colored, two finger head. Retention was medium. Thin layer of head stayed throughout the glass. Good lacing.

Aroma - Coffee, toffee, caramel, dark roasty sweet malts, chocolate.

Taste - Huge coffee notes, malt forward, sweet caramel, maybe a bit of chocolate. Alcohol (9.2%) is extremely well hidden. Can barely pick up a hint of it even after the beer warms. Delicious. One of the better imperial stouts I've had.

Mouthfeel - Full bodied, creamy. Decent carbonation.

Overall - I will be returning to the store to pick up another couple of these before they go out of season. Delicious imperial stout. Will most certainly look forward to trying this beer whenever I see it and I'm in the mood for a creamy, sweet stout.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2013 05:52:11 | More by bendern

halo21

New York

4.63/5  rDev +19.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Appearance: Poured into a small tasting pilsner, with browns and reds, and a creamy short head. Very rich in color, with fine bubbles and viscous lacing.

Smell: Rich earth tones, with sweet malts, and hint of roast notes, from the combination of the coffee, and the roasted malts. A little bit of heat; which shows up more as the beer warms up.

Taste: Amazing! Full flavored beer, with huge amounts of sweetness with a very well balanced lactose component shows up, providing the milk component of the cappuccino namesake. The coffee component comes through in the mix like it would in a traditional cappuccino, which is prepared at a ratio of 1oz of espresso with 5oz of thickly textured milk.

Mouthfeel: Perfect; every component of this beer is extremely well balanced and shows up fantastically. It is medium bodied, creamy, with a smooth finish. The mouthfeel on such beers is where breweries fall short with beers of this size or style.

Drinkability: Surprisingly high for such a high abv beer (9.26%). This is very smooth with no sharpness or unpleasant edges.

Serving type: bottle

07-25-2010 00:28:56 | More by halo21

HopNelius

New York

4.63/5  rDev +19.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Served out of a bomber and into an Irish Pint glass.
Appearance- jet black with a small frothy tan head.
Smell- notes of expresso, dark chocolate and citrus fruit.
Taste- lovely notes of burnt coffee and expresso, notes sweet citrus fruit.
Mouthfeel- medium carbonation, frothy pleasant feel.
Overall- very impressed with this beer. Well balanced coffee style stout. Complex but very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

02-10-2012 03:25:52 | More by HopNelius

ubenumber2

Arkansas

4.61/5  rDev +19.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Poured from bottle to glass, rich black color with a small tan colored head

Smell is kind of a sweet dark malty with a lot of coffee in the background , makes my mouth water

Not the full bodied mouthy beer I thought it would be , kind of weak in that aspect , but the carbonation was just right

The flavor is awsome , nice sweet malty with a ton of coffee flavor , a rich flavored beer that is a realy belly warmer , tons of booze coming off this beer but it goes well with the other rich flavors

Overall this is a great stout , I can't wait to get my hands on a few more bottles of this , just wish it was sold local to me and not 100 miles away

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2013 01:18:10 | More by ubenumber2

SaCkErZ9

Florida

4.6/5  rDev +18.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Served on draft at the Brick Store Pub in suburban Atlanta. Poured a very dark, not quite opaque chocolate brown with a nice, tan, creamy head that leaves generous lacing and has great retention.

Aroma is that of, uhhh, coffee and cappuccino. Lots of notes of chocolate as well. The coffee outweights the chocolate but both are pretty substantial in their appreciative aromas. Pretty nice hop aroma as well. Fruity and tangy. Dark fruits such as figs and black cherries emerge as well.

Silky smooth taste. Absolutely delicious. Nice and creamy. Big time chocolate and coffee. The hops kick some ass too. Think impy stout without quite the alcohol content. Absolutely sublime.

A wonderful mouthfeel with lots of hoppy tang and bite. Big and chewy and creamy. Full bodied. If I hadnt already had lunch, this would surely suffice and satiate my appetite. The alcohol is hidden very well. Although it is nearly 8% abv, you cant taste it. This beer could get me in trouble if I ever find it in the bottle to take home. An excellent beer!

Serving type: on-tap

11-14-2006 19:36:56 | More by SaCkErZ9