Short's Cup A Joe Coffee Creme Stout - Short's Brewing Company

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -50.2%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Pour is jet black with virtually no head. Nose is a bit artificial, artificial vanilla, overly sweet malt an sugar, and used coffee grounds. Taste is just as bad, overly sweet, under attenuated malt and coffee mess. Virtually no carb and extremely oily and slick feel.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 13:19:35 | More by cpetrone84

russpowell

Oklahoma

3.93/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 2 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Got this from Stormking47, cheers Joel!

Pours an effervescent mahogany with 2 fingers of mocha colored head. No lacing or head retention

S: Big time coffee & coffee grounds, fades as this warms

T: Dryness, much coffee & a bit of lactose up front. Nice mocha & cocoa flavors blend with straight up coffee & exrpesso as this warms. plus some more lactose sourness. Finishes dry with mocha & coffee grounds

MF: Smooth, some what creamy, medium bodied

A nice coffee stout, not upper rung, but right on the heels of them

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2013 04:06:00 | More by russpowell

ThePorterSorter

New York

3.95/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The beer pours motor oil black with a razor thin tan head that dissipates. There is very little lacing or head retention. The nose emanates a potent, bitter coffee with a touch of sweetness. The beer drinks like a cup of coffee with a touch of milk, leaving a roasty, slightly bitter aftertaste. There is almost no distinctly hoppy bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium-full bodied, oily, sweet and roasty. It definitely a coffee cream stout with a great body and a sweet, effervescent finish. Worth trying and it definitely lives up to my expectations.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2013 03:09:50 | More by ThePorterSorter

kawilliams81

Illinois

4.09/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Pours from a 12 oz bottle into a Pipeworks snifter.

A- pours pitch black with a 2 finger brown head. Trails and blotches of lacing all over the glass.

S- huge coffee, espresso aromas! Lang with roast and some pine.

T- bitter coffee, espresso, bitter roasted malts.

M- medium body and carbonation. Very smooth with some creaminess.

O- very good coffee beer. Pretty straight forward coffee beer but damn good.

Serving type: bottle

01-18-2013 04:10:41 | More by kawilliams81

Scotchboy

Idaho

4.25/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Awesome bottle from Adam (thanks man!) poured into my Snake River pint glass.

A: Black pour with a tiny dark brown head; some lacing.

S: Straight-up coffee. Coffee grounds, fresh coffee; potent, and kinda in-your-face. Dark, espresso coffee. Light notes of acrid char.

T: This is a different animal; much more diversity here. Bigger body than I expected as well, but we'll get to that...sweeter notes, sugary even; dark caramel, brown sugar, milky lactose, and even some mocha. Still plenty of coffee, but now blended beautifully with a gorgeous milk stout that has some heft.

MF: Not quite full but a creamy medium body...soft, velvety mouthfeel.

O: Impressed with the taste and feel on this one; coffee cream stout for sure! Lactose sugars come through brilliantly, cutting the acrid bitter coffee down to size and blending into a wonderful cold coffee concoction.

Fun one to try, would love to have it again. Thanks Adam!

Serving type: bottle

01-14-2013 18:30:38 | More by Scotchboy

Dope

Massachusetts

4.05/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

A: Pitch black pour with a huge fluffy dark brown head. Fades super slowly, great head retention with a big island of foam remaining. Solid wall of thick fluffy lacing left behind.

S: Fresh coffee grounds. Quite creamy and sweet. Touch of chocolate in there too.

T: A wonderful creamy chocolate and coffee mixture up front. Like a great mocha. Sweetness fades a bit and it becomes more of a bitter roasted coffee in the middle and back end. Touch more cream in the finish with a long lingering coffee ground between sips.

M: Creamy and full. Smooth. Nice.

O: Really nice brew. Coffee is QUITE heavy but is tasty and melds well with the cream stout characteristics. If it weren't so coffee dominant I'd give it even better ratings. Definitely a must-have for the coffee lover, especially if you take yours with cream.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2012 05:52:24 | More by Dope

davey101

Connecticut

4.2/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle into a DFH signature glass. I enjoyed 2011 vintage last year but never reviewed it. Thanks steimie!

A - Black body with a two finger mocha head. Foam sticks around for a long time. Excellent lacing and retention.

S - Plenty of coffee. Roasty, bitter and slightly sweet . That is about it actually.

T - Rich and roasty coffee beans and sweet milk sugar. Again, just coffee...but its so delicious. This might be my favorite "coffee beer" but its certainly not the best "coffee stout". Aftertaste is of bitter coffee beans.

M - Medium bodied and creamy. Carbonation is on the low side.

O - Shorts certainly has a skill for making beers which meet their descriptions. While this beer lacks the flavors and aromas that I would normally associate with a stout, this is spot on like a good cup of coffee with some cream. Phenomenal execution!

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2012 05:03:18 | More by davey101

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.55/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This isn't really doing it for me. Comes off a bit too bitter and somewhat tangy with a flavor ride that doesn't last that long. Or not long enough, imo. Body is nice. Still an okay beer, especially after it warms up a bit. Maybe I've had too many coffee beers until now and I have certain expectations.

Serving type: bottle

08-25-2012 17:43:20 | More by RblWthACoz

liamt07

Ontario (Canada)

3.8/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Bottle shared by Steve, 355ml into a tulip.

Pretty black, with some mild clarity at the edges. Tan head, and a ring retins. Nose has creamy, roasty coffee, cocoa powder, and a touch of pickle (good nose Steve!).
Taste has more roasty coffee, dark chocolate and a light sourness. Medium light body, but perhaps a tad on the watery side. A good creamy coffee beer, but there are some imperfections evident.

Serving type: bottle

08-05-2012 04:30:13 | More by liamt07

alexanf

4.33/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: Pours an oil black with minimum head.

S: Traces of smoke, chocolate, coffee, and earth. There is an additional presence of what I'm identifying as tobacco.

T: Hints of smoke, tobacco, coffee, vanilla, syrup, and cream.

M: Thick, heavy, and fully bodied all the way through.

O: Short's is spot on with this offering. What a beer!

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2012 21:33:10 | More by alexanf

peensteen

Ontario (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle shared by Steve

Deep brown and near black in colour, ring of tan head, little to no lace left behind. Smell is roasted with lots of coffee, a bit of chocolate, lightly lactic as well and a little metallic, light alcohol. Taste is creamy with lots of bitter chocolate and black coffee and coffee grinds, roasty and a bit lactic with some smoke in the finish as well. Medium-light carbonation, medium body, decent feel. Taste and feels much better than the way it smells at first, lots of coffee in here, not the best coffee beer I have had but still quite good.

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2012 19:13:06 | More by peensteen

Rutager

British Columbia (Canada)

4.15/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Appearance. Pours black with a thin, light brown head.

Smell. Acidic coffee and roasty, toasty dark malts. A little woody. Smells good.

Taste. Lots of dark, roasty coffee, some roasty malts, slightly acidic, just a little sweetness.

Mouthfeel. On the low side of medium bodied, low+ carbonation, really smooth.

Overall. Nice coffee stout. Drinks really easy and lots of nice coffee.

Thanks Namarsha82!

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2012 23:49:21 | More by Rutager

russwbeck

Virginia

3.78/5  rDev -6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

A: Thick black pour with not more than a finger of brown head. Hardly any retention, there's hardly any head left just minutes after the pour.

S: Lots of sugars on the aroma. Cream and milk mix with a huge amount of coffee to make one sweet cup of Joe. This smells more like somebody dumped some milk stout in my coffee for a quick pick me up.

T: Like the aroma, the taste is very sweet, but absolutely focused on the coffee. Roasted malts, espresso, milk, and cream. Very nicely blended, this is a great take on coffee beer. The taste lasts forever, expect it to stick with you long after the final drops have gone.

MF: The body is too light, which actually makes it more like coffee. Thin and insanely dry (obviously).

O: This is pretty average overall. Really interesting, but just not really anything special.

Serving type: bottle

02-27-2012 00:02:25 | More by russwbeck

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

4.3/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

The BEST beer they make! Hands down!

A - As expected it has a very dark black hue, dense deep black, with about a 1/2 inch of creamy mocha colored head. Pretty.

S - Smell is of course coffee with mild lactic sweetness and an almost vanilla like smell. Roast is nice as I breath deep.

T - Wow like W+B but less ABV! I am at a loss of how balanced the milk sugars, coffee, and roasted malts flavors are! Man do I like my milk stouts sweet and this one is borderline dessert!

M - Creamy, silky, smooth coffee and vanilla sweetness.

Overall I have had a lot of coffee stouts and also milk stouts but this one is one of the better ones. To those with low reviews it must have been a bottle not refrigerated and to those in Michigan I still can not believe you can just buy this off the shelf! Damn good stout!

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2012 23:13:40 | More by DrDemento456

superspak

Michigan

4.2/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled 11/22/2011. Pours thick pitch black color with a nice 2-3 finger fairly dense dark tan head with good retention that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aromas of huge roasted coffee beans, dark chocolate, molasses, cream, caramel, roasted malt, and a touch of vanilla. Fantastic aromas here with great balance. Taste of big chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, caramel, molasses, toast, cream, nuttiness, a bit of vanilla, and light herbal hop spiciness. Light bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of coffee, caramel, chocolate, and roasted malt on the finish for a bit. Great balance of flavors with no cloying sweetness; the lactose used is just the right amount. Medium carbonation and body; with a very creamy and lush mouthfeel. Very easy and smooth to drink at 7%, with almost no alcohol warming on the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent cream stout; with plenty of coffee flavor and nice balance.

Serving type: bottle

02-17-2012 03:45:22 | More by superspak

inlimbo77

Delaware

3.93/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into Boulevard snifter. Special thanks to stickman1220 for this one. I have had it since Novemeber I think.

A: Pours a really dark brown almost black color. About a half finger of dark tan head. A few lacing bits on the swirl. Fairly thin on the pour.

S: I smell coffee and chocolate. Ground coffee, not overly strong, and a milk chocolate smoothness.

T: Smooth easy coffee bitterness on the tip of the tongue. It's really smooth in the middle of the sip as well. I get that mild ground coffee and milk chocolate and creaminess. The close has a little coffee forward, but not as bitter as expected. The flavor sticks with you a while.

M: Full bodied but pleasant due to the lactose.

O: B+ for me on this one. It's a solid coffee stout, but in that arena I don't think you are going to sway me from FBS or W&B.

Serving type: bottle

02-09-2012 14:16:13 | More by inlimbo77

CuriousMonk

Virginia

3.18/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured from 12oz bottle into snifter. Pours opaque and oily black with a thin tan head that recedes to a very thin collar of lace. The nose is very freshly roasted and earthy coffee along with some molasses and burnt brown sugar and light nuttiness. The flavor is more acidic than the nose would have suggested, but with all of the same roasted coffee, molasses, and nutty qualities. The body is medium with light carbonation and a very long roasted coffee finish.

Serving type: bottle

02-08-2012 22:33:03 | More by CuriousMonk

SickGnar

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Super, super dark brown, just the barest bit short of black, and completely opaque with just hints of mahogany / garnet when held to light. It has a small, medium brown head of fine bubbles that settles quick to a skim and a ring that keeps well but leaves very minimal lacing.

S: Up front is a nice mix of coffee & stout. Roast is quite robust with burnt and acrid notes (but not offensive at all). Coffee is perhaps more of a beans or grounds smell than fresh coffee – but nice all the same. Towards the end the lactose sweetness comes on strong backed by a malty contribution of molasses and scorched toffee. A very rich and pleasant aroma with good strength.

T: Initial flavor is less robust than anticipated. It is more focused on sweet lactose, and the nutty & dark toffee backbone malts. As sweetness fades, the roast really shows strong. A big roasty stout character with bitter-sweet dark cocoa and almost charred malts. Coffee doesn’t really show through until the end, and is less pronounced than I had hoped from the nose. Still good though, and it does linger in the finish with a nice mix of roast notes and lactose sugar. Right before the lingering finish there is a quick acrid & slightly tart bite at the very back of the mouth.

M: A slight bit over medium body with soft carbonation. Fairly creamy and smooth. A big amount of sticky sugars and some dextrins for texture. At the end there is a brief flash of biting tartness. The finish finally ends a touch drying from all the roast – both malts and coffee.

D: Just a touch too much of a sweet, desert type beer to really grab the next higher score. But it is very close. Looks nice, smells great, tastes good, and it is a tad “more filling” – but oh well. A burly & robust & dark & sweet desert beer. Very nice.

Serving type: bottle

02-08-2012 01:29:48 | More by SickGnar

ChugginOil

Illinois

4/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Big thanks to Raymo55 for the thoughtful extra.

Pours a thick and blackened color that settles solid black with a tad bit of cola edging around the edges. There is less than a fingers worth of tan colored head that has decent retention.

The nose is pretty awesome here. Big time coffee roast aromas fill my nostrils. The dark coffee roast dominates for the most part but there is a bit of leather and cocoa in there too.

The taste is coffee dominant as well. Very robust, roasted flavors. The black coffee is fresh and very present here. There is some cocoa and and sweet sugar involved behind the blast of coffee.

The mouthfeel is a bit strange as it begins creamy and falls a bit thin. Low carbonation. The only downside to this brew.

Overall, this is a really coffee forward brew that has a great nose and taste but the mouthfeel could be a bit thicker for sure.

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2012 21:04:12 | More by ChugginOil

lackenhauser

Maryland

4.1/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Midnight black and pours like motor oil. Nice tan/cocoa head on top. Great espresso aroma-really stands out in a big way. Heavy roasted malts up front with a very strong coffee flavor. Long, lingering coffee taste, with a decent sweetness as well. Nice mouthfeel-a bit prickly on the tongue. Really a nice coffee beer all in.

Serving type: bottle

02-06-2012 02:47:54 | More by lackenhauser

azdback

Arizona

3.8/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Poured into a standard pint glass. Dark black but not all light sucking. Edges bleed just enough 100 watt light to call them dark brown colored. Head rises quickly to a small one finger of dark cocoa color but dissipates just as quickly. Lace is minimal.

Smell is all dark roasted malts. Coffee is the initial winner but some charred wood smells come out as well as some cream an sugar for the cup of joe.

Taste is not as rich as I would have liked. Smoke or char come first. Then a weak coffee taste followed by some tart fruit. This is good but I wish it tasted like it smelled.

Mouth is silky but not quite velvety like I expected it to be. Carbonation is creamy to round with a disappointing, medium body and average finish.

Overall I have heard of this one for quite a while so when it showed up as an extra I was really excited to try it. IMO it doesn't live up to the hype but if you get the chance to pick one up at a reasonable price it's worth the time. Thanks to McNuts for the extra.

Serving type: bottle

02-01-2012 07:47:21 | More by azdback

ms11781

Massachusetts

3.48/5  rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle poured into a tulip glass.

Pours a thick solid black. A bit of a dark brown head rises and falls turning tan as it settles as a thin ring around the glass. No lacing to speak of.

Coffee leads the way in the nose. Freshly brewed coffee with some light chocolate notes. There is a nice roasted character as well.

The taste follows the nose with the exception of sort of tartness at the finish. Some nice coffee comes across first and it's followed by the nice chocolate notes. The roasted flavor is here but it's nowhere near as prevalent as in the nose. At the finish there is a fleeting but sharp tartness. It hits quick and then it's gone.

The body was a bit thinner than expected given how the beer poured. It's not bad, just unexpected. However, when coupled with the lower carbonation it just doesn't give the beer enough to get to the fuller mouthfeel that it feels it needs.

This was an ok beer for me. There isn't much depth to the flavors or aromas. They seem as if they could be a bit bolder and fuller. Definitely not up with the best of the coffee stouts but overall it's a decent one.

Serving type: bottle

01-23-2012 05:24:30 | More by ms11781

auroracrisis

Kentucky

4.05/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12oz split into two snifters.

Viscous and black upon pouring with no head, only a ring of foam around the edges of the beer. Plenty of legging from residual sugars when you swirl it.

Medium roast espresso and cream on the nose, with other notes of fudge and rich chocolate cake. Hints at a little bit of lactic acid and tartness as well.

Big chocolate and roast on the tongue at first with a tweak of lactic tartness. Cream and a bit of fudge as well.

Decadent and creamy, full bodied. Low, low carbonation.

Creamy coffee and chocolate with a touch of lactic acid. A nice coffee cream stout but probably not one that I would attempt to cellar, I could see the lactic notes taking over.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2012 22:24:26 | More by auroracrisis

buschbeer

Ohio

4.53/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

12oz bottle
Served in a perfect pint glass

A - It pours black as night with a skim of brown head on top.

S - I popped the cap and crossed the kitchen to toss the cap and could smell it. It has a bold coffee aroma. If I close my eyes I swear I'm smelling a fresh cup of coffee.

T - It is dominated by coffee flavors, rich and roasty. I get a little burnt flavor on the finish.

M - Velvety smooth with low carbonation.

O - This is my favorite beer from Shorts so far. This beer is a little past its prime, but fresh, it is awesome.

Serving type: bottle

01-21-2012 23:37:47 | More by buschbeer

n2185

North Carolina

3/5  rDev -25.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Pours black with three fingers of dark tan head that recedes into a frothy ring with a little lacing.

S: Lots of roasted coffee on the nose with some underlying creamy chocolate and roasted malt notes underneath.

T: Roasted malts and coffee dominate at first with faint cocoa notes underneath. The finish tastes strongly of char, to the point that it's almost sour.

M: Medium-thick body with medium carbonation, the sourness and relatively light body give this beer a slightly watery feel.

O: Not a bad beer, but the sourness of it sticks to me like a sore thumb. The nose promises wonderful robust coffee and then the flavor delivers an odd, sour finish that contrasts sharply with the other characters of the beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2012 21:53:32 | More by n2185