Gold in Coffee Stout or Porter
Beatnik
East Village Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
- Category
- Coffee Stout or Porter
- Entries
- 53
- ABV
- 6.3%
- IBU
- 20
- Style
- Coffee Stout or Porter
- Malts
- Not Found
- Yeast
- Not Found
- Adjuncts
- Coffee
Hops
Not Found
Not Found
Hop Profile
No hop profile is on record for this beer.
Research Notes
Beatnik is a coffee beer entered as a stout or porter by East Village Brewing Co., a neighborhood brewery in downtown San Diego's East Village.
Award
| Category | Medal | Entries | Brewery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10, Coffee Stout or Porter | Gold (1st place) | 53 | East Village Brewing Co. | San Diego, CA |
Specs
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Style | not published (category name used) | Not Found |
| ABV | 6.3% | Untappd (hand-read citation): East Village taproom menu |
| IBU | 20 | Untappd (hand-read citation): East Village taproom menu |
| Hops | Not Found | Not Found |
| Malts and grains | Not Found | Not Found |
| Yeast | Not Found | Not Found |
| Adjuncts, fruit, spices | Coffee from Bird Rock Coffee Roasters | San Diego Beer News: GABF 2026 winners |
| Other | Not Found | Not Found |
Brewery Description
No description of Beatnik was found on the brewery's site; its home page, tap page and tasting notes page do not list the beer.
Tasting Notes
Not Found
Ingredients
Local press reports that both of the brewery's 2026 golds "were for coffee beers brewed with java from Bird Rock Coffee Roasters" (San Diego Beer News). Whether Beatnik is a stout or a porter, and what malts it uses, is not published.
Hop Profile
Not Found
Brewing Details
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Color (SRM) | Not Found | Not Found |
| Original gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Final gravity | Not Found | Not Found |
| Water | Not Found | Not Found |
| Process | Not Found | Not Found |
Style Context
As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline Coffee Beer entry states that "Coffee Stouts or Porters should be entered in the Coffee Stout or Porter category," and describes coffee beers generally as beers that "incorporate coffee in any form." The dedicated Coffee Stout or Porter entry was not in the portion of the guideline page that could be read, so no ranges are given here.
Awards History
| Year | Competition | Category | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Great American Beer Festival | Coffee Stout or Porter | Gold |
Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.
Brewery Context
East Village Brewing Co. is in San Diego, CA.
Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.
Related
- Brewery: East Village Brewing Co.
Links
- Untappd (hand-read citation): East Village taproom menu
- East Village Brewing Co.
- East Village Brewing: on tap
- East Village Brewing: tasting notes and recipes
- San Diego Beer News: GABF 2026 winners
- Brewers Association: beer style guidelines
Gaps
- Not Found: Description, Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Water, Process. Checked eastvillagebrew.com, eastvillagebrew.com, eastvillagebrew.com, web page, untappd.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, web search 2026-10-14: East Village Brewing Beatnik coffee stout or porter, eastvillagebrew.com, eastvillagebrew.com, eastvillagebrew.com, web page, web page, brewbound.com.
Research Notes
- The brewery site's tap page rendered no tap list, its tasting notes page lists other beers, and a site search for Beatnik returned nothing.
- Web searches and the Untappd venue activity page returned no description, base style, ABV or IBU.
- The Bird Rock coffee attribution comes from press, not the brewery.
- Researched 2026-10-13.
- Field pass 2026-10-13: The taproom menu names Beatnik from East Village and publishes 6.3% ABV and 20 IBU. No named hops or new brewery beer page were found.
- Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the tap list does not name Beatnik and a web search found no description or recipe.
- Brewery site scrape 2026-10-14: found nothing new; 5 pages tried (robots.txt obeyed, one request every few seconds per host).
- Second deep dive pass 2026-10-14 (web search of press and social-oriented queries): found nothing new; 3 pages tried. No page names Beatnik. A Coronado Brewing coffee stout with Bird Rock coffee is a different brewery's beer and was excluded.