5 Essential Coffee Stouts

, 5 Essential Coffee Stouts

(Courtesy Guinness)

Coffee and beer are two of life’s essentials and maybe that’s why they go so well together. And we’ve five coffee stouts that are eye-opening experiences.

Guinness Nitro Cold Brew Coffee 

Guinness, home to the world’s most popular nitro stout, has a new variation that combines everything you love about coffee and Guinness into one beer. The perfect balance of bitter and sweet with a roast coffee flavors, Guinness Nitro Cold Brew Coffee is a 4% ABV coffee-infused Irish Stout with a rich, smooth and creamy palate, and hints of espresso, chocolate and caramel.

“Nitro Cold Brew Coffee beer is a welcome addition to the Guinness family, and the response so far has been incredible,” said Nikhil Shah, Guinness Brand Director. “Now that it’s officially iced coffee season, we’re excited to give consumers a coffee-forward beer to enjoy during their spring and summertime occasions.”

With breweries in Dublin and Baltimore, Guinness Nitro Cold Brew Coffee beer is now a permanent addition to the Diageo’s Guinness portfolio.

, 5 Essential Coffee StoutsFounders Breakfast Stout

The coffee lover’s consummate beer, this award-winning brew is considered to be one of the best in the world.

Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this 8.3% ABV Oatmeal Stout has an intense fresh-roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.

There’s so much good going on here, but the prominent flavors are roasted, (nor overly roasted) barley malt, then coffee, then chocolate. If that’s not enough there’s also a mild spiciness going on.

Bad Dad You’re Grounded, Mister 

Recently named the “2020 Best Brewery in Indiana” Bad Dad Brewing is a family run business started by a dad and his sons, who are focused on having fun while brewing serious beer.

And they’ve a year-round coffee stout that’s one of the best in the mid-West if not the nation.

Brewed with freshly roasted coffee that’s toned with chocolate, Bad Dad You’re Grounded, Mister is a 5.8% ABV Coffee Stout that won’t disappoint.

Lagunitas Willettized Coffee Stout 

, 5 Essential Coffee StoutsLagunitas Brewing has a much anticipated winter seasonal that it whimsically describes as a “chocolatey, coffee-y, smoky, Bourbon-y beast of a barrel-aged thing.”

Aged in rye oak barrels from Kentucky’s own Willett Distillery, Lagunitas Willettized Coffee Stout is a MASSIVE 12.9% ABV limited release that’s become its own legend and a legend worth waiting for!

Left Hand Bittersweet Nitro

Big and bold, but unfortunately only available in late winter, Bittersweet Nitro is the ultimate expression of the Longmont, Colorado brewery’s nitro-infused tradition.

Infused with a special blend of Indonesian and Ethiopian coffee beans,  Left Hand Bittersweet Nitro is an 8.9% ABV Imperial Milk Stout with rich berry notes and spicy undertones.

Combined with the super smooth mouthfeel of nitrogen, the result is like a chocolate-covered espresso bean that melts in your mouth. Rich and robust while staying chocolatey and creamy, this beer is a bittersweet treat.

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