Follow Sean Inman to the best in craft beer
The next winter stop is Asheville, North Carolina for Highland Brewing’s Cold Mountain.
“It is typically malty in body, lightly hopped, and rounded out with a delicious mix of spices that vary from year to year as we search for the best vanilla, hazelnut and other flavors.”
Yet another first! Thanks to the still giving in February generosity of Christmas past, I had my first ever Highland Brewing Company Beer! And since, I had written a piece on coffee beer for a past edition of Beer Paper LA, I thought I would give their coffee beer done in collaboration with Dynamite Roasting a whirl.
There is a medium hit of light and silky coffee on the nose but that is then replaced with pure, straight up milk chocolate. And that flavor dominates the rest of the 12oz. And I mean that in the best possible sense. The coffee flirts underneath and as it warms a bit more coffee ground bitterness does rear its head but primarily this is like hot chocolate and I liked it.
And for a first beer, it does intrigue me enough to try more from this North Carolina outfit.
