Furthermore is the brain child of Chris Staples and Aran Madden. Armed with delicious and unique beer recipes but not a penny to their name, they found a brewery in Black River Falls, Wis., that would take a chance. Because of this, you get to try one of the most delicious coffee beers I have encountered.

In the words of Aran Madden, "Our coffee beer is more 'iced coffee' than 'double-mocha-mud,' more 'summer quencher' than 'winter warmer.'

"I start with a brown Mexican lager to compliment the coffee of choice, 'Nicaragua' (beans from the La Fem Grower's Co-operative, roasted by Just Coffee of Madison). I include flaked maize both for added creaminess and to appease the sun gods. Extra-warm fermentation lets the yeast create more interesting flavors (the California-common effect, or 'Vapor Beer,' if you speak Beer-Spanglish). Hop bitterness is increased to offset the sweet flavor of un-brewed coffee. Whole beans are soaked in the beer during cold maturation -- the alcohol extracts and retains aromatics that would otherwise be lost to hot water."

This beer is 5.3 percent alcohol by volume.

This week's Beer of the Week was submitted by Sam Kolas, general manager at Apollo Wine & Spirits at Maplewood Plaza. If you would like to submit to Beer of the Week, send it to life@postbulletin.com.

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