Cigar City Cafe Con Leche Stout
BEER DESCRIPTION
Sweet, roasty and always invigorating, traditional Latin American cafe con leche coffee can be found nearly everywhere in our hometown of Tampa, Florida and serves as the inspiration for our Cafe Con Leche Sweet Stout. The beer is made with bold, strong coffee beans to emulate the most characterful Cuban espresso and lactose, a milk sugar that adds sweetness, body and flavors reminscent of scalded milk. Despite it's assertive flavors and full body, our sweet stout is deceptively low in alcohol, making it the perfect accompaniment to a late-morning plate of eggs, bacon and tostatas.
TASTING NOTES
Malted milk, chocolate and fresh-ground coffee aromas bring to mind the finest cup of caf? con leche coffee while flavors of toffee, semi-sweet chocolate and a touch of roast on the palate are complimented by espresso and a touch of vanilla
Sweet, roasty and always invigorating, traditional Latin American cafe con leche coffee can be found nearly everywhere in our hometown of Tampa, Florida and serves as the inspiration for our Cafe Con Leche Sweet Stout. The beer is made with bold, strong coffee beans to emulate the most characterful Cuban espresso and lactose, a milk sugar that adds sweetness, body and flavors reminscent of scalded milk. Despite it's assertive flavors and full body, our sweet stout is deceptively low in alcohol, making it the perfect accompaniment to a late-morning plate of eggs, bacon and tostatas.
TASTING NOTES
Malted milk, chocolate and fresh-ground coffee aromas bring to mind the finest cup of caf? con leche coffee while flavors of toffee, semi-sweet chocolate and a touch of roast on the palate are complimented by espresso and a touch of vanilla
3.9
270 reviews
Tampa, United States
Community reviews
Aroma: Strong aroma of coffee, vanilla, milk chocolate, cookies and cocoa. Slight aroma of nuts and green beans.
Appearance: Clear dark brown, very good beige head.
Taste: Lactose sweetness balanced by roasted bitterness. Slightly acidic. Fantastic fusion of tastes.
Palate: Medium body, average carbonation, creamy.
Overall: Very pleasant milk stout. Great aroma of coffee, extremely drinkable, beautifully balanced taste. An imperial version could be incredible!
650ml bottle. Black with two finger dense brown head. Aroma is initially green peppers followed by a nicer bouquet of slightly sweet coffee with loads of beans in the background, vanilla, chocolate, lactose and dry dark malts. Taste is dark malts, coffee beans, molasses and toffee. Medium mouthfeel, light, prickly carbonation and fently sweet coffee aftertaste.
Opaque, fine mousse forever lasting.
Very full body, little flavor for the body, rich mouthfeel with long aftertaste, good finish.
Moderately bitter, dry, low acidity.
Roast flavors dominate.
Good but not great.
Bottle from systembolaget.
Pours black with a tan head.
Aroma of coffee and oak.
Taste of coffee, vanilla, cacao, quite smooth.
Flaska. Mjuk munkänsla. Mjuka kaffetoner, lite vanilj, stor sötma, lien rökighet, knappt någon bitterhet.
Black with a brown head - Dark malt aroma with some fruity tones and a good coffee aroma with hints of wood and vanilla - Malt body with some dark fruity tones with roasted coffee along with some wood and vanilla - The malt and coffee flavours goes into the finish - This was real good
Draught > Flying Saucer. This is great! Really smooth and a super easy drinker. Coffee flavor and lactose flavors are just right
Doft: massa kaffe, grön chili/paprika, choklad, lite kaffe med mjölk/kola
Smak: kaffe, kaffe med mjölk, lite grön paprika, Toffee, len och fin! Med lagom beska, mycket trevlig!!
Draught at Haymaker, NYC: pours black with a nitro beige head. Aroma is coffee, roasty malts. Taste is ground up coffee, milkiness, roasty malts. Good flavors. Not too sweet. Good.
On tap at bgh. Nitro. Heavy coffee flavor and aroma. Super smooth aroma. Milky. Intense. Good.
Flaska från SB. Doft och smak med kaffe i förgrunden, tätt efterföljd av laktos och därefter kakao, vanilj, mjölkchoklad, toffee och en något nötig ton. Mjuk och len munkänsla utan att det blir för mjölkigt. Lättare kropp som gör den lite stram och ungefär som att dricka en kopp kaffe. Snygga smaker som håller ihop väl. Mycket gott.
On tap at Rbabarrab. Black with a tan head. Aroma of milk, caramel, maple syrup ad some candy. Smooth, sweet, slightly lactic taste, caramel. Full body, fizy, long and bitter and caramel finish.
65cl bottle, With Maurice, black, tan head, roasted, chocolate, lactose, sweet, milkchocolate, dark, rich, smooth, nice
Black with a brown head. Malty aroma with notes of chocolate and a roasted sensation. Sweet and mild with a slightly bitter, dry finish. Nice.
(650ml bottle from Systembolaget) Pours pitch black with a small stable mocha-coloured head. Notes of quite burnt malt, ash, very earthy black coffee, unsweetened chocolate, lightly sweet malted/scalded milk vibe, a little caramel. Despite the style, only lightly sweet up front and very dry on the finish. Lots of bitter coffee and burnt, ashy roast on the finish. Slight lingering lactose creaminess. Light to medium bodied and rather softly carbonated. Not really sweet for a sweet stout but a nice roasty flavourful low-alcohol stout nonetheless.
Bottle, courtesy of SinH4, thanks! Pours darkest brown with a brown head. Aroma is green peppers, coffee beans, cocoa nibs. Body is medium, strongly bitter but also lactic milky sweet. Still mostly coffee with cocoa, also peppers and caramel. Smooth and harmonic. Dryish palate with lingering flavours. Very good!
Bottled. Full bomber sample. The aroma has chocolate, roast, coffee. Some lactose noticeable, but not in annoying abbundances. Black coloured beer with a lasting, creamy beige head. The taste is sweet, light bitter, has chocolate, roast and coffee, hint of lactose. Very soft, creamy and quite full for a 6.0 ABV beer. Great beer.
Aroma: coffee, roasted coffee beans, cacao nibs, lactose and vanilla. Color is dark brown and the head is khaki colored and soapy. Taste: coffee, roasted coffee beans, cacao nibs, lactose, vanilla and malt. A nice beer!
29/VIII/18 - on tap, shared with KyotoLefty @ DOK Brewing Company (Gent) - BB: n/a (2018-1199)
Clear dark brown to black beer, small creamy beige head, very stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots of chocolate, mocha, coffee notes, sweetish, hint of liquorish, more chocolate. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: quite some coffee, bit sweet, malty, caramel, nice roast. Aftertaste: pretty sweet, roasted coffee, caramel touch.
Bottle 650ml @ RBNG 18, Grimstad
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, cocoa and caramel. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long roasted, coffee, cocoa and caramel finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tap at DOK. Pitch black, low head. Nose is coffee, cream, chocolate, lightly burnt. Very sweet and creamy flavor of chocolate, lactose, coffee. Rich and tasty but far too sweet and heavy for me.
On tap @Casa Lupulo, Gijón 02/09/2018
Color negro corona de espuma beige, aromas a cafe notas a cacao, sabor a cacao, torrefacto, cuerpo sedoso, rica.
Flaska. Mörkbrunt med ett beige skum. Dofter av espresso, rostad malt och laktos. Smakinslag av espresso, laktos, mörk choklad, karamell, rostad malt och försiktigt av lakritsrot. Fyllig kropp.
Appearance is black, with a foamy beige covering. Aroma- lots of coffee, milk chocolate, biscuity malt, dark malts, hint of dark fruits, some vanilla, more milky coffee. Taste- coffee dominates, dark sweet malts, chocolate biscuit, sugary milky coffee, cocoa, biscuity malt. Smooth mouthfeel, fairly rich despite the abv.
RFDP 18,wytrawne,dobre ale tak na jeden raz czyki nast raz inne
Color negro con capa de espuma marrón de dos dedos de grosor
y buena retención. Carbonatación suave. Textura entre oleosa y cremosa. Chocolate, café y dulzor en aroma. Chocolate, café, frutos secos y lactosa en boca. Buen nivel de dulzor. Lactosa bien integrada. Final dulce. Regusto y postgusto a chocolate y café. Poco que ver con un café con leche pero tampoco esperaba que se pareciera.
From bomber to tulip glass. Dark brown with dark brown head. Coffee to the forefront on the aroma whilst the lactose dominates the flavor. Nice beer.
65cl Bottle @ Mikkeller Webshop, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Black colour with a thin tan head.
Aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, lactose.
Taste is roasted malt, milk chocolate, sweet, coffee, nuts, vanilla.
Medium body, average carbonation.
Barwa czarna, piana beżowa.
Aromat intensywny, kawowy. Dużo suchego ziarna, ziarna fasoli, mocnej kawy, w tle nuty gorzkiego kakao.
W smaku lekko słodkie, bardzo ziarniste, kawowe. Goryczka niska.
Bottle shared at a tasting at Tom L's place. Black, tan head. Lots of coffee, roast, lactose, sweet, some cocoa, medium-bodied.