This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another.

I like beer. That should be clear by now. If there’s a beverage that I prefer, it’s coffee. It stands to reason, then, that beers that incorporate coffee into their flavor profile would make me giddy as a barfly with an unlimited tab that never requires payment. An approach to beer once put forward as a sitcom gimmick is now common enough that an article ranking a couple dozen of the best is far from comprehensive. There’s nothing indiscriminate about my affection, though. I don’t want it to simply be a fizzy coffee. Every sip should deliver the best of both blessed potables. When I find one that strikes the balance just right, it’s worth cherishing. The coffee stout from Schlafly does exactly that, hitting the tongue with the sharp splendor of a great beer and finishing with a rich cascade of coffee goodness. It’s one of those beers worth coveting. And once a few bottles are in hand, they’re worth squirreling away until the moment is exactly right to pop off a cap and get down to the business of working on a buzzy buzz.

Previously…
—Point Special
—21st Amendment Bitter American
—Abita Restoration Pale Ale
—Rolling Rock
—Skull Splitter
—Foster’s
—Highland Thunderstruck Coffee Porter
—Red Stripe
—Rhinelander Bock
—Samuel Adams Boston Lager
—New Glarus Brewing Company Wisconsin Belgian Red
—ABA Hoppy Saison
—Hamm’s
—Abita Strawberry Harvest Lager
—Three Floyds Apocalypse Cow
—French Broad Brewing Gateway Kolsch
—Big Boss Brewing “High Monkey”
—Stevens Point Brewery Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale
—The Native Brewing Company The Eleven Brown Ale
—Labatt Blue
—Smuttynose Winter Ale
—Point Beyond the Pale IPA
—Guinness
—Capital Brewery Supper Club
—Highland Brewing 20th Anniversary Scotch Ale
—Mickey’s
—Central Waters Brewing Company Sixteen
—Blatz
—Pisgah Pale Ale
—New Glarus Brewing Company Pumpkin Pie Lust
—Asheville Brewing Company Rocket Girl
—Sierra Nevada Blindfold Black IPA
—21st Amendment Brewery Down to Earth
—Point Bock
—3 Sheeps Hello, My Name is Joe
—Corona
—One Barrel Brewing Company Bilbo Baggins Black IPA
—Green Man ESB
—3 Floyds Gumballhead
—Ale Asylum Velveteen Habit
—Central Waters Brewing Co. Mudpuppy Porter