“Beer. Coffee. Maple. The love triangle you didn’t know you needed—until now! Back in 2019, we brewed the very first Bright Brewery Affogato Stout. Now in 2025, we’re rekindling the romance—with a little help from our Mountie mate and the legends at Sixpence Coffee in Bright. Together, we’ve crafted the ultimate cross-continental collab: sweet, creamy, rich, and roasty—with just the right touch of sticky.”

Glassware: Snifter.
Appearance: Mostly black with some oddly shaped suspended sediment – like little pellets floating around in there. Definitely not a nice thing to look at. Anywho, one finger of tan foam rests atop with good retention and lacing as we go.
Aroma: The hunt for a good affogato-flavoured stout continues with this maple-infused expression. Not only do we froth over affogato, we could literally drink maple syrup like a Canadian so we’re hoping we’ve found the one here. Nice and roasty. Tick. Sweet and sticky maple. Tick. Creamy liqueur and vanilla. Tick. Espresso coffee. Tick. At this stage it’s on track but the all-important taste is the make or break.
Flavour: Quite good actually. They’ve nailed their base stout recipe that’s for damn sure. It provides a really sturdy base of charred malt, dark chocolate and espresso coffee but the creamy aspects i.e vanilla, liqueur, lactose etc are too subtle. Even the maple gets lost in it all. It finishes nice and roasty with a fleeting hint of vanilla and maple but simply not enough for what they were going for.
Mouthfeel: A tad lean and watery to be honest. Slides off the palate too easily. Medium body and Co2. The 6% ABV punches above its weight though.
Overall: The perfect affogato stout eludes us once again. Although this expression had a lot of good traits it just doesn’t have enough of the affogato qualities that we’re after.