Saranac Black and Tan

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Utica, New York USA

Dark brown/black color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of toasted malt, & caramel; Flavor of roasted sweet malt, coffee, hops, and some caramel; Finish is slightly bitter; Overall, an average stout for me.

Bottled. Black and dark with hints at red with some tan medium head. Aroma is malty caramel burnt. Flavour is malty light artificial caramel, cardboard, with some hoppy finish. Long lasting taste in finish.

Pour from 12 oz bottle. Brown brew with aroma dominated by roasted malt. Flavor like a mild stout with flavor dominated by the malt and bit of sour, grassy hops in the finish. Meedium palate but pleasing mouthfeel. Not bad.

Pretty solid offering. Can taste the burnt malts, some caramel notes, hops are balanced out by the overpowering malts. Tastes a bit more like a stout, but still pretty good. Fairly thick mouthfeel, goes down smooth and thick. Good brew.

(12oz bottle, courtesy of Cavie) Pours a brown body with a medium cream head. Aroma of cocoa, roasted malt, and light grass. Flavor of roasted malt, grass, burnt caramel, and some baking cocoa with a dry finish.

Brown with a low head. The aroma is dominated by roasted malts, caffe latte, toast and caramel. The flavour is slightly bitter and medium malted.

More a stout then a black and tan, this is just a few notches below guinness with similar flavors.

Third beer in a row that I ’ve had at a tasting over at Barrios house. These beers are all so far far borderline average. Mediocre. The black and tan pours dark brown/black. The head is pretty sticky but there needs to be more. Aroma is of light coffee, roasted malt. Tastes a bit bland. I want more of a dark or roasty flavor. This beer kind of just goes no where. And it has the same bitter stale finish that seem to plaque the rest of this beer line so far.