Coffee Abraxas

Name: Coffee Abraxas
Brand: Perennial Artisan Ales
Rating: 4.42 (260 reviews)

Perennial Artisan Ales

St. Louis, MO

Tavour Rating

4.42

Style

Imperial Stout

ABV

10.0%

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About This Beer

This is the granddaddy of Pastry Stouts, arguably the one that started them all. Annual vintages regularly sell out so quickly that Perennial even dubbed its release “Abraxas Day,” a brewery holiday that requires months of preparation. And even amongst the exalted Abraxas releases, Coffee Abraxas 2021 is the highest rated non-barrel-aged Abraxas to date!

Tasting Notes

Like an artisanal mocha, each sip comes replete with chocolate decadence. The dark, deep flavors swirl with light hints of spice, and finish with the lovely roasted notes from those premium coffee bean additions.

Roasty Thick Complex Rich

Noteworthy Ingredients

Cacao Nibs Coffee Vanilla Cinnamon Ancho Chile Pepper

Reviews

4.42

260 Ratings

d111442

4.25

Subtle coffee that could stand to be a little more up front

betsy34

4.25

Love the coffee addition

Pepe

4.5

One of the best non BA stout I’ve ever had. Strong cold brew coffee with cinnamon on the nose. Taste is roasted coffee beans and cinnamon with some vanilla. The chili hits you on the finish. Nice viscosity. Goes down super smooth. Love it!

Bacarellab

5.0

Fantastic mouth feel

Jfreedm

4.5

Wished for more coffee, but it’s still Abraxas

Mikebikesforbeer

4.5

Awesome! Everything in the description comes through and is very balanced

blake949

4.5

Mouthfeel is incredible and the mild pepper finish is interesting

Bearblitz

4.0

Regular better

hailey70

5.0

Amazing take on a classic.

Jasmine

4.5

Delicious... smooth, coffee, chocolatey, vanilla, with just a hint of chili

tyler723

4.75

Love the coffee. Probably my favorite of the three Abraxas not including barrel aged.

Darkbeer69

5.0

Like the original, thick, chocolate and a bit of peppery spice. But the coffee did have a small window that it peaked through. All big beers should stay in bombers! This one is that kind of beer you want to share only w yourself. Try along side smoked oysters w chili peppers!

william2927

4.0

Quite enjoyed

david149

4.25

Roasty although a little thinner than last year. Still a solid coffee stout with fire in the belly

bergenbeerguy

4.25

could do without the lactose, also the heat was very muted

LTrain

5.0

One of the best in the game

encore

4.5

Toss up between this and the vanilla varietal as the best Abraxas.

jeff3701

4.5

Highly recommend

Notoriousliz

5.0

Utter perfection!

mathieux68

3.75

The cinnamon and chilies were strong throughout, with little to no coffee or vanilla.

Xian

5.0

Awesome beer. Perfect subtle flavors and doesn’t feel like diabetes in a bottle. Best imperial stout I’ve tried in a long time.

JAK408

5.0

Truly special and spectacular. A coffee beer doesn't get any better than this. Decadent, rich coffee throughout with pops of mocha and cinnamon swirling throughout. All the flavors mesh well, even the ever so slight ancho pepper. Amazing nose on this one.

Henryrt00

4.75

Loved this on a cool Sunday afternoon!

david9659

4.5

The coffee didn’t particularly stand out to me, which was a bit disappointing. But the base beer is phenomenal. Broccoli Abraxas would get a similarly high rating from me, so I will it for this one, too.

mrmsmith

4.5

Coffee rocks this beer.

alin

4.5

Nice coffee

Rude

1.0

Really disappointed in this. Lactose does it no favors. Drain poured the last 10oz

jonathan688

5.0

Another great release from Perennail.

Nickmerulla

4.5

Lots of coffee

Rbarrette

5.0

Fire

scott4916

4.5

So rich and smooth.

matthew212

4.75

An all around excellent stout. Coffee takes the forefront, but it’s balanced with the cinnamon and peppers over a rich chocolate roasty base. Like with regular Abraxas, it has a subtlety I wouldn’t expect from a beer with so much flavor. Love it.

salvatore39

4.5

Coffee, barrel, cinnamon

nicholas1643

4.0

great stout with that pepper heat. but definitely missed the mark on the coffee. very faint at best. would have liked to taste more bold coffee

Zerathep

4.5

Thick coffee with a bit of heat

Gore

5.0

Deliciously spicy with coffee flavor. Let it breathe just a bit to get the spice.

Razakel

4.25

Cinnamon and chocolate up front, the chili and vanilla cut through and soften the bitterness, followed by its return as the coffee comes on in the finish. Lingers sweet and tangy, with a subtle booziness that's deceptively drinkable.

nick1353

4.25

Coffee subtle but welcome

Avobandit

4.0

I liked the regular Abraxas much better than coffee. This didn’t taste that special.

Potato

4.75

Probably my favorite variant but I still prefer the OG

chris7005

4.5

favorite varaint

john5589

3.25

Enjoyed the subtle richness from the coffee addition. My 2nd from the bundle and still no sign of the chili.

paul20

0.25

.25 cuz Lactose (undisclosed in both Tavour and Untappd descriptions)

nick3960

4.25

smooth and tasty

FreakyFrred

4.25

slow sipper. lots going on, not to sweet. but heavy.

shane1554

4.0

Coffee was nice. It wasn't just the right amount.

Marmolejo

4.25

thick. delicious.

kyle3830

5.0

dark rich

michael13878

4.5

excellent coffee stout - stands up next to and even better than some anchorage coffee stouts I’ve had

calbear

4.5

Great cinnamon and coffee flavors present first and float on top of the outstanding stout base. Spice drops in at the very end and is subtle and warming without destroying the overall flavor profile.