The Saint Louis Brewing Company's Schlafly Brand Coffee Stout

I've seen a few Schlafly beers pop up in Houston, but not this one or I think I would have bought it. Always up for a new stout.

Pours a brownish black. Fairly opaque, but as it pours it appears to have the average stout body to it. Nice head, even if it is a little on the light side color-wise.

No real coffee smell to it, instead it smells more like a milk stout. It has that sweetness that lactose can impart. If you try hard, you may be able to pick up a deep roasted bitterness that may come from coffee. It's faint though, at least while the beer is cold.

Nice. Surprising, even. It has a good solid body to it and a smoothness that again feels like a milk stout, but the lactose smell isn't present in the taste. The coffee really isn't either, but it's there a little bit. Fairly high level of bitterness for a stout. Nowhere close to Storm King, but quite a bit more than your average stout.

Very good beer. Hint of coffee. Just a hint. But nice feel and taste, even if it could do more in the coffee department.