a little pick-me-up

I was looking forward to a stout tasting this coming week, but alas, it is not to be.  So, I better get on a stout tonight.  For some reason, there weren't a whole lot of black beers in the store today, the stock was leaning much more towards ale and lager.  Maybe people have been picking them up, now that they go with the evenings.  I ended up with a can of coffee stout, Epic Brewing's Son of a Baptist.  They say they use local coffee from a number of sources, and the producer's name for this batch can be found on the bottom of the can.  Didn't see anything, though.  Maybe it got rubbed off in transport?

For some reason I expected more fire and brimstone.  Or hot peppers.

The beer is a beautiful black, and on the fizzy side.  Not much head.  The aroma of a sweetened stout wafts out as it's poured.  The taste is quite coffee-ish, as the beer is cold it's an ice-coffee.  The bitter is there, but it's very mild.  It might be the cacao that give it the earthy sweet touch, a pleasing dark chocolate flavor.  It is, I would say, more delicate than what I've been drinking out of the house recently.  The dark chocolate taste remains stable, without veering into syrupy or sour territory.  As a stout it's fairly light feeling, but there's enough flavor and perkiness to make it appetizing.  Plus, it's a good choice for summer months for us black beer lovers.

Supplier: La Buena Cerveza
Price: €3.80