The second stop on our six stop tour is a beer called Uncommon Stout by a Bent River.
Bent River Brewing Company is located on the Quad (Cities) in Moline, IL, so its a local in-state brew. This was a very dry tasting stout and according to their website it is their oatmeal stout infused with coffee. I love me some coffee and I really think that someone should be able to infuse the two to great effect. I actually liked this beer, and while I dont usually like the drier stouts, I did enjoy this one and I enjoyed the coffee flavor. Still, I dont think that I've had the coffee stout that I believe is achievable.
I tried to look up what malts were used to make the oatmeal stout/this uncommon stout but I couldnt find the recipe online. Do any of the 4 fur-thers no what usually gives dry stouts that dry flavor? Is that what people even say, dry? I personally think its from using a lot of a certain malt, e.g. chocolate malt, but I could be wrong. It seems to me that there are only so many ingredients in beer so you really just need to balance your hops with your malts.
I also wish they would disclose the type of coffee they used in this beer, and I really don't understand why they would keep it anonymous. Seems to me like the perfect kind of cross-pollination of products. Hey, I really like Intelligentsia coffee, maybe I'll try this Uncommon Stout. Man I really like Bent River Brewing Company, maybe I should buy a bag of intelligentsia coffee.
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