I can honestly say I haven't had many coffee beers, only three that I can think of. Kona Pipeline Porter, Redhook Double Black, and a homebrewed AG batch which was the only beer I ever dumped a portion of.
Both the commercial beers have been good in their own way. The Pipeline Porter has a more prounouced and sweeter coffee flavor, whereas the Double Black is definately more bitter and reminiscent of an espresso shot. I think the Pipeline Porter would be a coffee beer that would appeal to the majority, but in my opinion the Double Black is outstanding as well. For a larger brewery like Redhook, they did an excellent job on this one.
What other coffee beers are out there, and what did you think of them?
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The Southern Tier Jahva is an excellent coffee stout!
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Bell's Java Stout is good.
Surly Brewing (MN) now cans their Coffee Bender (coffee version of their Bender beer) and it is quite nice.
Dark Horse (MI) makes a coffee doppelbock that is great. Perkulator, I think (great name, coffee + ator, for bock).
I'm sure there are a slew of others.
As for homebrews, I've made award winning coffee stouts (two diff batches) by making aout 4.5 gallons of beer and adding 1/2 gallon of strongish coffee at bottling/kegging time. There are other methods, but that one works well for me.
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