Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Flat Earth Black Helicopter Coffee Stout

Drinking from a bottle currently, looking on my initial notes from on -tap, back in May of 2008:

"Black Helicopter is a coffee oatmeal stout made with locally roasted Columbia coffee beans from Paradise roasters in Ramsey, MN. What makes this coffee beer different you ask? This is the first beer of its kind made with coffee brewed on a Clover machine, which uses a unique mechanism for extracting the subtle and complex flavors of a coffee bean. Don't miss this chance to taste this one of a kind brew." 

Is it an oatmeal stout, or a coffee stout...or a "breakfast stout"? Maybe it's all three? 

Murky black, roasty brown, slim head. 
rich, earthy coffeeish aromatics. 
Coffee right off the bat, rich and flavorful, but not overpowering. Silky smooth on the palate, oatmeal doing the trick. Very easy-drinking, and energized. Gets better, and mellower as we get further in. Smooth and snappy! 
This is the coffee stout to beat. It's the Goldilocks of the style, not too big, not too small, ...ju-ust right!


I still like it, quite a bit. Highly recommended. 

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