Epic Big Bad Baptista
Big Bad Baptista is inspired by traditional Mexican coffee, Café de Olla, which is served with cinnamon and piloncillo, an unrefined sugar. The Cinnamon adds another layer of complexity and accentuates the earthy character of Mexican Coffee, but more importantly, it captures the essence of a place and its culture. As beverage geeks we wanted to pay homage to that rich tradition and offer our unique take.
Big Bad Baptista is a combination of Vanilla, Cinnamon, Mexican coffee roasted by Blue Copper, and Solstice Chocolate cacao nibs. It’s luxurious to say the least, with a pleasant warming sensation generated by the cinnamon and alcohol. Enjoying the interplay of chocolate, malt, oak, and spice is the perfect way to spend a cool evening, with friends around a fire.
[ I changed the ABV from 12.5%. Alex, Jan 2017 ]
Big Bad Baptista is a combination of Vanilla, Cinnamon, Mexican coffee roasted by Blue Copper, and Solstice Chocolate cacao nibs. It’s luxurious to say the least, with a pleasant warming sensation generated by the cinnamon and alcohol. Enjoying the interplay of chocolate, malt, oak, and spice is the perfect way to spend a cool evening, with friends around a fire.
[ I changed the ABV from 12.5%. Alex, Jan 2017 ]
4.2
263 reviews
Salt Lake City, United States
Community reviews
I haven’t had an Epic beer in awhile...
Epic Big Bad Baptist’s 10.8%
This spiced Mexican coffee stout has an increasingly soft body and exceptional balance featuring chocolate buns with molasses/brown sugar, soft spiciness and velvety coffee notes. It hides the ABV incredibly well and is super drinkable.
Bottle from Telegraph brewery in Santa Barbara, though I also see it at Total wine in Cupertino. 10.8% 2018 release whiskey barrel. Pours thick black with no foam, medium to low carbonation. Rich rich coconut barrel aroma. Some cocoa nibs chocolate. Dry finish. Thick body. Lightly sweet. Quite delicious. Abv well hidden. Excellent.
Manapság már nem robban akkorát, ha valaki kávét, kakaót, vaníliát és fahéjat tesz egy sörbe, mint ahogyan az a Big Bad Baptista nevű főzettel történt. Ettől függetlenül remek az ital, sűrű, krémes karaktere árulkodik a benne lakozó gazdagságról. Darált fűszerpaprika pikáns vonalaival meghintett jegyei a felsorolt összetevők mindegyikének lenyomatát magukon viselik, különösen lecsengése erősíti fel a kakaós, tonkababos elemek játékát. Egyedül a whiskys benyomások intenzitásának mértéke hagy némi kivetnivalót a számomra, ebből a szempontból ugyanis meglehetősen visszafogottnak tűnik. Mindemellett érthetőek a pontszámok, én is elismerően bólogattam a kortyolása közben.
Great. With a strong chocolate nose. Big flavors of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon and coffee. Full and heavy.
On tap at Epic in Denver. Pours jet black with a dirty tan head. Aroma is fudge, coffee, chocolate, cinammon. Taste is a big rich chocolate fudge cuddle, cinammon kicks in. Bit of coconut and booze on the finish but drinks nowhere near the 11.7%. Lovely stuff
Aroma: Dark roasted malt with coffee and chocolate.
Flavour: Very sweet with chocolate and bitterness with coffee and spices. Aftertaste is sweet, bitter and spicy.
Colour: Black with an offwhite head.
Bottle from Beer Republic. Black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee and spicy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily and soft. 021119
Pours a pitch-black coloration with a large, fluffy, mocha-colored head. Smells wonderfully of roasted, caramel malt, freshly roasted black coffee, dark bitter chocolate and lighter notes of vanilla, cinnamon, bourbon and oak. Taste is an exceptional balance of roasted, caramel malt and quite expressive roasted coffee and dark chocolate notes, as well as slightly lighter notes of vanilla, cinnamon and quite a mellow bourbon presence, with just a hint of licorice, tobacco and oak. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and bourbon lingering in the aftertaste. Full, creamy mouthfeel with a very rich body and light/medium carbonation.
I have to say that I had high expectations of this after Big Bad Baptist and was somewhat afraid of being disappointed by this more adjunct-heavy variant. However, I could not have been more wrong, This just has such an incredible balance to it, with the coffee and chocolate being quite expressive and the vanilla and cinnamon supporting that nicely without feeling too overpowering at all, as well as a great and quite mellow bourbon presence that's rich and sweet but without a hint of sharp booziness to it and lighter notes of licorice, tobacco and oak adding to the overall complexity. There's also a certain roasted bitterness to this that does a great job of balancing out the sweeter notes. I enjoyed this a lot more than Barrel-Aged Abraxxas, there I said it. I'll take a perfect, mellow balance instead of overdone "bold" flavors any day of the week.
On tap at Pinocchio’s. Dark pour, smallish head. Liquid chocolate, hints of red wine. Some roasted coffee and notable cinnamon sweetness. This had tons of character and deliciousness to boot. P good.
Very dark brown with red highlights and a tan head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, cinnamon and chilies. Taste is medium/heavy sweet and medium bitter. Carbonation is soft with a small amount of spice/pepper heat. Medium body and thin feel.
Bottle, ty sten. Pours black with beige head. Aroma and flavor are sweet and bitter, roast, coffee, malt, cinnamon. Overall: very good.
all-time favorite! such a good flavor . . . a must have!
65 cl bottle served in a snifter. Poured black as midnight on a moonless night with a two finger mocha tan head. Aroma: chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, coffee, chili peppers, hazelnuts, roasted sweet malts, cacao nibs, dark fruit, smoke, nutmeg. Taste: very complex and delicious...dark chocolate, vanilla, dark roasted espresso beans, cinnamon, nutmeg, chili peppers, muscovado sugar, molasses, whiskey, oak, roasted chestnuts, umami, soy sauce, caramel, toffee, sultana, plums, dates, raisins, cacao powder, gingerbread, speculaas, cacao butter, nougat, café au lait, chocolate milk, licorice. Full body. Chewy and thick gloopy mouthfeel. Porno in a glass this surely is...A big roasted bittersweet finish with a lot of cacao and coffee. Absolutely stunning beer!
65cl Bottle @ Beer Republic, Breda, Netherlands.
Black colour with a thin tan head.
Aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, cinnamon.
Taste is roasted malt, dark chocolate, toffee, coffee, cinnamon, vanilla, hints of chili and mugicha, slightly boozy.
Full body, soft carbonation.
Flaska från Beer Republic. Vintage 2018. Svart med krämig beige skumpuck. Kaffe och en snygg kryddighet från kanelen, choklad, vanilj, lite bakverk och kryddig chokladdryck, whiskey, åt det sötare hållet. Stor kropp, fin fatkaraktär. Mycket gott, och bäst av kvällens tre baptister!
Incredible stout, layers upon layers of goodness, with a massive dark chocolate front tempered by anise, molasses, caramel, coffee, and roast, leading to a decadent cinnamon-vanilla finish drenched in whiskey. Deep, complex, and indulgent without being cloy or boozy. Brilliant.
Bottle, 2017, release #11, 10.9%. Aroma: Roasted malt, coffee, cinnamon. Taste: Dark roasted malt, coffee, cinnamon, molasses. Hints of vanilla. Full body, below average carbonation. Boozy. Earthy. Moderate to medium sweet and bitter. Very nice.
65 cl bottle @ olio. Rated on 10.05.2019.
Release #22, 10,6%, GEN #5851.
Aroma is really neat with peanuts, chocolate and chili. Also alcohol. Flavour has chocolate, nougat, spices, chili. Also cardamom. Excellent.
Big beer, no shocker there, but not my favorite. Mexican stouts for me are hard to get right. Too easy to go hard on the cinnamon and all the other spices. I mean, it was FINE. Put down your pitchforks. Bottle shared courtesy of CMNS at Beerble Study
Black. Massive, tan-coloured head. Aroma has tonnes of cacao nibs, tobacco. Taste is toast, toffee, and coffee.
66cl Bottle at KJUBZT. Black colour, beige-brown head. Aroma of loads of coffee, sugar, caramel, some roast, molasses, dark chocolate. Flavour is sweet, smooth, caramel, coffee, roast, molasses, chocolate, bittersweet finish, tiny hint of cinnamon. Full bodied. Nice.
Bottle at KJUBZT. Aroma of strong coffee, chocolate, red fruit, cinnamon, mild chili and malt. Taste has strong coffee, cinnamon, chocolate, mild chili herbs, cherry and earthy vanilla. Very good.
22 oz bottle. Courtesy of olio.
Enjoyed on May 10, 2019.
Black color with a small dark tan head.
Chocolate, roasted malt, bitterness, herbs, nougat and sweetness in the aroma. The flavor is alcohol, roasted malt, mild bitterness, chocolate, nougat, sweetness, herbs and darkness. Yes, this is enjoyable.
Pours black with a shirt beige head of fine bubbles. Aroma is vanilla and cinnamon. Taste adds coffee malt and even more sticky vanilla. Rich and whiskey-boozy. Slightly cloying with a mild coffee-bitter tobacco aftertaste. Packs a punch, but noteworthy.
Pours dark dark with a creamy beige foam. Aroma has chocolate, roasted malts and light cinnamon, pretty much no barrel character. Taste is pleasant with chocolate again, cinnamon, dusty powderish chocolate. Aftertaste is has a lute cinnamon.. mouthfeel is light. Carbonation is soft. Had higher hopes..
deep dark Brown colour, minimal beige head; aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco, ash and some, chili pepper; taste of intensive cinnamon, dark chocolate, coffee, chili pepper and some vanilla; great beer!
Bottle thanks to Andras. Aroma of cigar tobacco, chili pepper, coffee, cocoa aroma. Cinnamon, vanilla, cocoa stout flavor. Sweet and chai tea like. I loved the aroma, but the taste is much sweeter. Really cool.
0.65l bottle thanks to Lore. Black body with a thin light brown head. Aroma and taste of tobaccoo, leather, chilies, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, coffee and cream. Taste is sweeter than the aroma. Awesome.
Bottle 650ml at olio tasting.
65 cl bottle.
Pours black color with a small head. Aroma is chocolaty, cocoa, some malty tones, caramel and vanilla. Flavor is chocolaty, cocoa, some bourbon-y notes, hints of coffee, some bitterness of malts. Super drinkable, excellent.
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