Terrapin Brewing Company Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout (365 Day 94)

By scot in 365 Days of American Craft Beer on Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Terrapin Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout

When I have an American craft beer with coffee in it, I usually try to make sure that beer is on a Friday or Saturday in case there is enough caffeine to play games with me sleeping that night. So Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout has sat in the cellar for a short period.

It’s looks like they changed the label since my first go around with this beer: it now include W-n-B. A quick bit of research shows me that this is an alias for Wake-n-Bake, sort of like a super hero. I like super heroes, so that lands a good impression on me.

W-n-B is brewed by Terrapin Brewing Company out of Athens, Georgia. I have had the pleasure of having about 10 different flavors from Terrapin and, on the whole, I have been pleased with their offerings.

Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout pours with a rich, brown foam. The aroma and taste are close with coffee, chocolate, dark malts, etc that all intermingle to give a great backbone that it enhanced with a zealous helping of local coffee. I would say the coffee might be a bit over done as it dose seem to mask a lot of the beer itself, still I find it quit tasty. Enjoy!

Aroma: 8, Taste: 8, Look: 8, Drinkability: 8, Overall: 8.0

Useless Fact: A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.