This morning we get our first look at a new bottle coming from Cigar City Brewing in Tampa, FL. This is their Café Con Leche and it is a sweet stout brewed with coffee beans, lactose and cacao nibs. This beer will remain at 6%-AbV & 28 IBU and it will be packaged in 22oz bottles. Stay tuned for more info on this former Nitro Series draft-only beer, and here’s the commercial description from Cigar City:
Sweet, roasty and always invigorating, traditional Latin American café con leche coffee can be found nearly everywhere in our hometown of Tampa, Florida and serves as the inspiration for our Café Con Leche Sweet Stout. The beer is made with bold, strong coffee beans to emulate the most characterful Cuban espresso and lactose, a milk sugar that adds sweetness, body and flavors reminscent of scalded milk. Despite it’s assertive flavors and full body, our sweet stout is deceptively low in alcohol, making it the perfect accompaniment to a late-morning plate of eggs, bacon and tostatas.
BEER DESCRIPTION
Sweet, roasty and always invigorating, traditional Latin American café con leche coffee can be found nearly everywhere in our hometown of Tampa, Florida and serves as the inspiration for our Café Con Leche Sweet Stout. The beer is made with bold, strong coffee beans to emulate the most characterful Cuban espresso and lactose, a milk sugar that adds sweetness, body and flavors reminscent of scalded milk. Despite it's assertive flavors and full body, our sweet stout is deceptively low in alcohol, making it the perfect accompaniment to a late-morning plate of eggs, bacon and tostatas.
TASTING NOTES
Malted milk, chocolate and fresh-ground coffee aromas bring to mind the finest cup of caf? con leche coffee while flavors of toffee, semi-sweet chocolate and a touch of roast on the palate are complimented by espresso and a touch of vanilla.
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