Long Trail Brewmaster Series Coffee Stout

This is another beer that my wife bought me when she was in New York.  It’s from a Vermont brewery called Long Trail Brewing Company.  This beer is a coffee stout and it’s from their Brewmaster series.  The coffee they used when they brewed it was from Vermont Coffee Company so you are truly getting a taste of Vermont from this company.

The beer came in a 750 ml bottle and I poured it into a pint glass.  It poured a pitch black color with only a hint brown in it and had a nice coffee brown head.   The head didn’t last long and there wasn’t a lot of when I poured it.

It has a nice roasted malt smell along with the expected coffee scent.   It smells sweeter than I would have expected it to smell but not in a bad way, it’s a very pleasant aroma.

The beer tastes as good as it smells, it’s a nice and smooth stout with noticeable coffee and dark chocolate flavors.  It has a thinner mouthfeel than I would have liked and not a lot of carbonation but all in all, a very good flavor.

The beer has an 8.0% ABV but you would never know it by the taste it of.  The strong flavors of the beer mask any noticeable taste of alcohol.   It made it a very drinkable beer.

It’s the first beer I have ever had from Long Trail Brewing Company.  Up until last week when my wife brought the beer home, I had never even heard of them before but am happy I found them and am looking forward to try some more beer from Long Trail.