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01 November 2005

Coffee Beer Yay! or Meh. ?

post by: dhruva at: 19:50 | 16 comments

No alcohol? What's the point? Coffee is already booze-free, smells like coffee (duh) and can be served cold.

posted by bmarkey 01 November | 20:00

Meh.

posted by dg 01 November | 20:06

If there's no booze in my coffee, then no thanks. Just 'cause it's fizzy, doesn't grab me. I'll stick with espresso martinis at the Railway Club for the maximum caffeine-to-alcohol ratio. mmmmmm.

posted by Zack_Replica 01 November | 20:07

not that stuff, but beer brewed with coffee = yay! Lagunitas makes a fantastic Cappuccino Stout.

posted by pmbuko 01 November | 20:16

Mmm...
The little spanish restaurant near my house makes a wicked coffee drink - vodka and 151 in a brandy glass, flaming, sprinked with cinnamon (flares up spectacularly), then add Kahlua, spanish coffee, more cinnamon, and whipped cream.

posted by muddgirl 01 November | 20:32

Mercy, muddgirl. That sounds awesome!

posted by jrossi4r 01 November | 20:34

muddgirl, so when can we go for delicious spanish restaurant coffee drinks? They sound fantasic.

posted by gaspode 01 November | 20:40

I find both alone to be detestable. The combination or even the thought of makes my stomach want to invert itself.

posted by Eideteker 01 November | 21:04

I had some beer brewed with coffee about 10 years ago -- Silverback Gorilla black coffee ale. Great stuff. Unfortunately, it's no longer made.

posted by me3dia 01 November | 23:57

Coffee in the morning. Beer at night. It is simple and to the point and never, never, should they meet.

posted by mygothlaundry 02 November | 00:22

mill street coffee porter is really nice.

posted by joelf 02 November | 02:14

me3dia, I was sitting here before trying to think of that. I had some! I barely remember it but I know I liked it.

posted by stilicho 02 November | 02:42

vodka and 151 in a brandy glass, flaming, sprinked with cinnamon (flares up spectacularly), then add Kahlua, spanish coffee, more cinnamon, and whipped cream.

Here in Portland, this is called a Spanish Coffee, and a little bar called Greater Trumps makes the best one you've ever had. They even carmelize sugar onto the rim of the glass by setting it on fire.

posted by Specklet 02 November | 13:29

Speck, when I tended bar in Portland, we would get streams of orders for those fuckers. The joys playing with fire/performance art wears off rather quickly when you're making them in batches of 4 or more because they're so labor intensive and they're really not the same if you don't do them just *so*.

The closest I ever came to telling a customer to flat out piss off was the woman who wanted an iced Spanish Coffee. Completely assinine.

posted by Frisbee Girl 02 November | 13:58

And to get back on topic, dhruva, I'd try it. Sounds interesting, if nothing else. It also brings to mind Bibicaffe and Pike Place's Espresso Stout for coffee/beer/carbonation combos.

posted by Frisbee Girl 02 November | 14:13

iced Spanish Coffee. Completely assinine.

I agree! Yeah, Greater Trumps is a tiny place, and I knw the bartender, so it works out okay...

Wish I could take you out for a Spanish Coffee, Fris!!!

posted by Specklet 02 November | 14:33

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