Southern Tier Jah-va Imperial Coffee Stout

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Courtesy of Gillard. Pours deep dark with thin mocha head. The aroma is the obvious label stated coffee, some chocolate, a bit of prunes and caramel. The taste is rich maltiness consisting of dark roasted malts, caramel and chocolate. The coffee comes in near midway and builds some toward the finish. It isn’t the usual Folgers coffee type grains but more a quality brand of rich dark roasty French Roast. In the finish I get a mild warming sensation from the alcohol. Another amazing brew from these fine people.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 2 | Overall: 5

Thanks to Nuts, on tap at Vintage Estates. Once poured it has a head like chocolate mousse. Ashy bitter and roasty smelling like an old extinguished campfire. The taste of this way strong and creamy. Coats the inside of your mouth like salad oil. Cannot taste any sweetness just super bittersweet. Lacing is medium thick and layers after each drink. No carbonation. This stuff is staining the inside of my glass. Mouthfeel and taste is heavy strong bitter black coffee lingering continuously. Though strong, does not necessarily over power. Complex and oppressive. Quite an experience, tho not my style. Weyerbacher Old Heathen is better.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

22oz bottle
Appearance: Pours black with a small tan head, no lacing
Aroma: Coffee, chocolate, roasted malts
Taste: Thick & silky mouthfeel of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. Finishes hop bitterness and alcohols
Not bad, it grows on you.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Tap: Poured a black with tan colored head. The aroma is light coffee bean. Taste is almost mocha coffee loads of chocolate and coffee.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Shared bottle. Near black pour with a tight and tall tan head, tons of lacing. Black coffee upfront in the aroma, then almost immediately rich dark chocolate follows, then toasted malts, leather, very light smokiness, more coffee, earthy hoppiness. Smooth for such a huge beer, tasty, silky black coffee with dark chocolates flavor, Big, inviting, warming. Great stout.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Nice. Pours expected black with a ring of tan foam. Decent lacing. Aroma is coffee. Flavor is malt, coffee, hops. chocolate. All around very nice, no complaints here!

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

bittersweet coffee greets the nose first thing. i really liked this beer, but even so found the chocolate/coffee balance of the Mokah to be the X factor making me love that one more. this was ever so slightly thinner and more carbonated that OAT, but smelled amazing and was a treat just the same. ST knows how to make a stout!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

When I pour a beer with such blackness, my palate waters with anticipation. The foamy textured tan head rises nicely above. It has some hang time but the lacing is nothing more than a thin soapy ringlet. The nose is mostly dark chocolate with lighter malt notes. A full bodied, richly creamy body. Well carbnated. And in the tasting is the chocolate, the coffee and roasted malt, sweet and bitter in harmony to make this a top notched stout.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours a deep, warm, opaque sable with a decent pale tan head that starts thick but is not all that persistent. Inviting aroma is like a fine mocha, a bit powdery with just a whisper of sweetness. Flavor is strongly of chocolate and coffee, a little sweet and just a bit bitter, with a bit of an alcohol bite and a hint of molasses. Texture is fairly smooth, rather thick and a little tingly.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Dark brown body with a small skiff floating on top, I wish it where darker. Mild soya sauce in the nose with some jerky (teriyaki/smoke) and tons of coffee. Thick and chewy sweet flavour with a burnt chocolate after taste that lingers a long while. Man there is so much coffee in this I could probably drink it in the morning at work and no one would know it was a beer. This so very powerful tasting with massive bitter heavy malts but is still sweet. My stomach is so warm. Graham crackers??? So very good.