Year of New Beer: Shannon the Dude with Nate's After Midnight, Rock House Brewing (Lexington)

Written By: Dion on 05/19/2018

For their coffee beer kick-off to Lexington Craft Beer Week, Rock House put caffeinated twists on several popular brews, and I was lucky enough to sneak over for a howler of this one. The coffee is very forward on the aroma, as is to be expected given the light nose of the base beer. Warmth allows a lot of chocolate and nuttiness to be expressed. On the tongue is a nicely balanced, slightly sweet coffee that again features plenty of chocolate and nuts. Mild, roasty bitterness along the middle with an almost creamy coffee finish. Very well done.