AleWerks Cafe Royale
"This is our Coffeehouse Stout amped up to 8% abv and aged for a couple of months in Virginia Gentleman Reserve Bourbon Barrels. Another unique AleWerks beer which blends the rich, coffee-milk stout flavors with those of vanilla and bourbon."
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260 reviews
Williamsburg, United States
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Bottle at the Rate Beer Awards Festival Bottle Share. Big coffee in the nose, sugar, vanilla, maybe maple syrup, and bourbon. Sweet falvors of vanilla, bourbon, cocoa, cola. Almost flat. A bit too sweet and somewhat 1-dimensionally driven by the additives.
Bottle are the RB awards
Clear dark brown with a small tan head, no lacing. Aroma of dark malts, woody and cinnamon. Taste of dark malts, chocolate and coffee
Very tasty
Bottle - Tons of dark chocolate and coffee. Jet black with almost no head. Deep coffee and chocolate with a nice dark long finish. Well done.
22oz bottle thanks to darrel. Pours out black topped with a tan ring of a head. Nose is rich coffee brown sugar molasses chocolate bourbon barrel and vanilla. Taste is more of the coffee lots of sweetness milk chocolate roast malts a nice vanilla.
Pours nice and smooth. Very thick mouth feel. Barrel come out and really balances this beer
Bottle shared during RBWG 2014 - Asheville. Cheers! Pours oily black-brown with a tan foam head. The aroma holds milk chocolate, light coffee. Rich flavor, moderately sweet, with nice chocolate and creamy coffee character. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, with light warmth, continuing hearty cocoa, milky coffee, mellow earthy bitterness. Solid.
Bomber from ksurkin, thanks bro. Poured a pitch black silky body with a tiny ass light beige head. Aroma is sweet sugary bourbon, dark fruit skins, sugary, plum and prune, seems almost vinous, burnt marshmallows. Flavor isnt as sweet, burnt toast, dark fruits, sweet bourbon, very light sweet coffee notes. Medium mouthfeel with soft carbonation. Solid but hoping for more.
Oh, another amazing beer by Alewerks? Didn’t see that coming. This is like desert in a bottle. Aroma is huge amounts of chocolate, coffee, bourbon, and vanilla. Absolutely dark as night. This tastes like someone took a piece of chocolate cake and drowned it in coffee, vanilla then poured bourbon all over it to finish it off. It’s absolutely delicious. It’s sweet but not cloying. I can see something like this getting way too sweet and rich, but the bourbon cuts that. The said bourbon isn’t overpowering. I’m not a huge fan of bourbon barrel beers, but this one and their bourbon barrel porter are both excellent. This one isn’t as heavy on the bourbon as the porter in my opinion. Overall this is a solid BBS. I love the beers Alewerks brews, I’m glad they’re so consistent. Cheers.
Brow bomber, bottled on June 30, 2015 at Rustico Ballston. Black with very small beige head. Aroma is roasty & Bourbon, thick body, creamy texture, medium carbonation, and very little lacing. Taste is roasty, bourbon, dark chocolate, some vanilla, and dry finish. This good, but really heavy.
Sampled at Great American Beer Festival 9/24/15. Nice, rich coffee aroma. The flavor adds chocolate, lactose, vanilla, light oak and a hint of bourbon. Tasty.
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Black with tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, bourbon. Tastes of dark chocolate, roast, light coconut and oak, bourbon. Medium-full body with a dry finish. Always enjoy this one.
Bomber->snifter. Black with small lite brown head. A: huge coffee with chocolate malt, hints of bourbon. T: bourbon over coffee, chocolate. Some spice on the end. Rich, smooth. Tons of coffee in the finish. Good.
Sample, draught, during the Great American Beer Festival (Denver), savoured on October 4 2014; eye: black, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: chocolate, coffee, coffee liqueur; mouth: chocolate, coffee, coffee liqueur, light hops, finale in coffee with presence of coffee liqueur, medium body, below-average carbonation, lightly bitter, mildly sweet, lightly liqueur-like texture; overall: correct
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Échantillon, en fût, lors du Great American Beer Festival (Denver), savourée le 4 octobre 2014; œil : noire, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : chocolat, café, liqueur de café; bouche : chocolat, café, liqueur de café, léger houblon, finale en café avec présence de liqueur de café, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, légèrement amère, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement liquoreuse; en résumé : correct
Poured from the keg at the "Bucket Trade" in Chester, VA.
Aroma- Nice coffee aroma with a chocolate follow through.
Appearance- The brew is black with a small brown head.
Taste- Has a nice malt and bourbon flavor with a hint of coffee.
Palate- This is a medium bodied beer with mild carbonation. It has a slightly oily texture that compliments the flavor.
Overall- A real good find, I would drink this again.
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours deep brown, nose is chocolate, coffee, bourbon, taste is similar, rich, vanilla.
On tap at Whole Foods in Market Square, Fairfax, VA.
Opaque, brown-black with a thin tan head and good lacing.
Aroma of roasted malt, milk chocolate, roasted coffee, licorice, bourbon and oak.
Taste of bourbon, roasted coffee, chocolate, licorice, roasted malt and vanilla. Nicely balance complex blend of dark flavors. A little heavy on the bourbon, but it still give the other flavors room to shine.
Medium/full body and medium carbonation.
Fonefan 300814. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is bourbon, coffee, roasted malt. Flavour is bourbon, roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, oak, vanilla, alcohol. Full body. Nice beer.
Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, licorice, alcohol and a mild bourbon and oak. Dark chocolate, coffee, licorice, sweet bourbon, mild bitterness and a nice amount of carbonation feel. Real good beer
Bottle share thanks to beechner224. Big coffee aroma, roasty and sweet, lactose aroma, milk chocolate. Deep dark blackish pour, large brown head. Big roasty flavor, coffee, light chocolate, fairly sweet, a bit grainy, some alcohol warmth.
Bomber: Thanks Moyman: Shared with Iluvatarmilan: Served at roomtemperature in a Chouffe glass:
Black beer with a dark beige light brown head.
Great aroma of coffee, Bourbon, wood/spice roast, mocha and chocolate.
Flavours of mocha, coffee, some (coffee) roast, chocolate, praline, bitters, light wood, lighter Bourbon and lightest vanilla.
Aftertaste is mocha, coffee, chocolate, bitters...
Low carbo, light creamy light watery mouthfeel and between medium to full bodied. Nice!
Bottle. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aroma of coffee, bourbon, chocolate and wood. Flavor was quite sweet with chocolate, coffee, soft bourbon, caramel, wood and vanilla. Smooth texture, full bodied, low carbonation.
Bottle. Thanks!
A: Black body with a foamy mocha head
N: Huge cocoa and milk chocolate, vanilla, and coffee. Caramel and oak. Crunchy brown sugar and char. Bourbon is well-integrated.
T: Very sweet, very little bitterness, not cloying.
M: Medium heavy body, almost crunchy, alcohol is well-hidden, creamy carbonation.
O: Powerful coffee/sweet stout. Bourbon gets added rather than taking over, and I would drink this yearly.
Bomber from drake - thanks Dan! Pours dark brown with a brown head leaving some lacing. Aroma has vanilla-y bourbon up front, with roasty coffee and caramel poking through. Later a touch of fruit as well as licorice and some lacticity. Yum. Taste is of sweet bourbon, heavy roasty coffee beans, sweet caramel malt, some bitter chocolate, and a touch of earth with sugary lactose. 8 Medium bodied with some alcohol. Finishes sweetly bourbon-y with bitter coffee and the touch of chocolate, in a great blend. Maybe the best combination of bourbon coffee, with that light chocolate mixed in, that I’ve had to date. (ok, beyond BCBS Coffee) There was just too much sugary lactose or it would be wonderful. 15.2
22 oz bomber into a snifter. The pour is a thick viscous and black with a dark brown head and no lace to be found. The aroma is big on coffee. There is a great vanilla and bourbon character to it, which I just love! There is a little licorice and some great booze heat. The flavor is wonderful. Coffee, vanilla, cocoa, licorice, bourbon. Very well balanced and smooth. The mouth feel is a touch thin, but there bus a great carbonation and velvety texture. The aftertaste is smooth coffee with a great coffee and vanilla addition. I'm a big fan
Aroma is bourbon barrel, cocoa, vanilla, oatmeal, milk. Appearance is black, thick, not much head. Taste is great, chocolate, bourbon barrel, vanilla combined perfectly, then the flavor disappears for some reason, then a great coffee aftertaste. Mouthfeel is great, but thin, oily, good carbonation, flavor lingers. Overall, this is really really good.
Pour from a bottle is a nice dark chocolate bottle with a light brown head. Aroma is a nice blend of bourbon and coffee. Taste is a little sweet with a nice bitterness at the end. Goes down smooth.
Pours black with aroma of coffee, vanilla, roasted malt, and bourbon. Great balance of coffee with roasted malt, vanilla, and a hint of bourbon. Great beer!
On tap at the brewery, pours dark rich black brown with small tan head. Nose is rich creamy chocolate, latte, milky coffee, balanced dark bourbony fruit. Taste has great silky cream mouthfeel, well integrated mocha coffee and tasty fruity bourbon spice and touches of oaky vanilla. Finish is chocolate milk, coffee, vanilla, light bourbon. Pretty impressive.
Quite a lot of coffee here and subtly done barrel - the way barrel should be done. Aromas come together well, but this doesn’t quite taste as big as an imperial stout should be. A regular stout or foreign stout at the most. Lacks complexity. Pours dark brown/black with good head and lacing. Medium bitter finish. Tap at Churchkey.
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ The Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2014, TSODRBSG14.
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Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, light wood, bourbon notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sugary dark malt, sweet chocolate, sweet roasted, roasted, coffee, moderate bourbon. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light light alcoholic. [20140830]