Samuel Adams Black & Brew Coffee Stout - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Kooz

New York

3.33/5  rDev -9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a bottle into a standard pint glass. Nice quarter-inch thick, chocolaty head floating on pitch black beer. Looks beautiful--exactly what a stout should look like. Head dissipates a little too quickly otherwise would have been a 5.

Smells a bit sweet (like sweetened condensed milk); the coffee scent comes through here too, but isn't overpowering.

Tastes good, but a bit too acidic. If it were a bit creamier in the taste to balance things out, it would be nicer, but that isn't to say this isn't nice--it's just too sharp to have more than one.

The lingering acidity is a detriment, but it's countered by the full body. This swishes to a tightly packed foam (almost a whipped cream consistency) which is great.

Overall, this beer showed a lot of promise, but didn't fully deliver. Still, it is a very good stout, and for coffee stouts, it's one of the best I've had. The acidity that the coffee brings isn't the most pleasant addition to the beer, but the flavor is nice, the body is good, and the look is magnificent.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2012 01:27:43 | More by Kooz

mralbertson

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +8.4%

05-14-2013 03:41:59 | More by mralbertson

carterbt

Virginia

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

05-14-2013 03:16:18 | More by carterbt

pstam87

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

05-14-2013 01:55:47 | More by pstam87

blknikon

Massachusetts

2/5  rDev -45.8%

05-07-2013 23:06:08 | More by blknikon

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3/5  rDev -18.7%

05-05-2013 03:12:21 | More by SmellsofMahagony

FliryVorru

Alabama

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-29-2013 17:18:59 | More by FliryVorru

Nightwish1094

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

04-11-2013 05:41:24 | More by Nightwish1094

olfolxholme

California

2.99/5  rDev -19%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25

12 oz bottle into Deschutes tulip snifter

A - Not much head, retention, or lacing - but some. Beer is a very dark brown/ruby with bits of khaki foam.

S - Slighty burnt coffee grind character, bits of sweet dark malt. Nothing that offensive, really, but not much to write about.

T - The coffee flavor is dominant, but it has that same kind of wet coffee grind character. Tastes a lot like carbonated coffee, but not particularly good coffee.

M - Not as oily as I'd like, but not bad. Carbonation is a little off - closer to a cola than an American Stout. It's ok.

O - Drinkable but not impressive. Concept is ok, but they need a better coffee component if they do it again. As is... Next, please!

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Serving type: bottle

04-01-2013 02:26:33 | More by olfolxholme

lovindahops

New York

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

03-31-2013 21:08:07 | More by lovindahops

Apathetiq

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

03-18-2013 16:35:17 | More by Apathetiq

KeithVan

Washington

4/5  rDev +8.4%

03-18-2013 13:50:36 | More by KeithVan

beertardis

Rhode Island

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

03-18-2013 12:18:40 | More by beertardis

Madisonian

Georgia

4/5  rDev +8.4%

03-16-2013 22:31:23 | More by Madisonian

ThatguyJoefromBoston

Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

03-14-2013 23:20:53 | More by ThatguyJoefromBoston

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

03-09-2013 23:54:57 | More by spycow

Duvel

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

03-08-2013 15:56:29 | More by Duvel

Horbar

Rhode Island

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

03-07-2013 22:20:57 | More by Horbar

nzerbe

New York

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

03-05-2013 02:07:42 | More by nzerbe

Adkins1203

Ohio

2/5  rDev -45.8%

02-27-2013 02:14:35 | More by Adkins1203

Cavanaghty

Maine

4.33/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Served on tap in a sample glass.

Appearance: Dark brown color, with a thin brown head. Very little lacing on the glass.

Smell: Malts, Coffee, some chocolate. Not overpowering, but great smell to it.

Mouthfeel/Taste: Smooth and medium to full bodied. Taste of coffee, chocolate, and malts that were well balanced.

Overall: Great take on a coffee type stout, one of the better stouts I have had lately.

Serving type: on-tap

02-25-2013 00:42:26 | More by Cavanaghty

mjenkins5

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

02-20-2013 03:27:36 | More by mjenkins5

emyers

Illinois

3.06/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle poured into a Sam Adams perfect pint glass.

Appearance: Pours dark brown, almost black, with a very thin beige head dissipating quickly.

Smell: Caramel, cocoa, roasted malt. Some coffee, but it is very faint. Smells like a solid dry Irish stout, but not a coffee stout.

Taste: Again - caramel and cocoa are the most prominent flavors, with toasted biscuit and bittering hops, and just a hint of coffee. Coffee flavor is not particularly developed, and comes off a bit stale.

Mouthfeel: Pretty light bodied, which is further brougt out by a high carbonation level for the style. Could use more body and less carbonation.

Overall: Comes off as a very average stout that is really lacking in the coffee department.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2013 02:31:37 | More by emyers

bismarksays

Iowa

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

01-31-2013 23:12:49 | More by bismarksays

brandoman63

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

01-30-2013 04:55:33 | More by brandoman63