4 Pines Stout

Brewed by 4 Pines Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Sydney, Australia

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Yep definitely dry in style and if reviewing in this context quite a well made beer. Flavours are a little lean and actually quite hard to get a clear read on. No chocolate on my read, rather dry savoury roast and tang, but all a bit generic, hard to read and indeed perhaps a little unfriendly.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours a dark chestnut brown with a small beige head. Lots of chocolate and roasted malts on the nose. A good dose of cocoa in the taste with a lingering roastness. A decent amount of carbonation and a solid mouthfeel for an easy drinking stout. Best 4 Pines I’ve had so far

Bottle. Pours black with decent tan head and some lace. Choc, cream, mocha, caramel, nutty, almonds among very abundant grassy, floral hop aroma with anise. light-med body, med-light carb, complex flavours - caramel, burnt toffee, roast, anise, Finish light, but sweet, burnt toffee, toast and a touch of anise v nice beer.

bottle, 0.33cl, pours dark black with a frothy tan head. slightly hazy and sparkling. aroma of smoky burnt coffee, slight coffee malts, and perhaps blueberries. fairly bitter and astringent. lively carbonation, with a astringent finish. ok.

Pours black with a large tan head. Nose shows chocolate, treacle and raisins. Nice stuff. Big roasty flavours, lots of chocolate and molasses. Pretty full on. Low carbonation works well with the rich flavours.

Dry is the operative word here for this stout. A medium bodied moderately roasty and bitter stout with quite a dry finish. In my mind the dryness is over done and the thinnness of the beer was dissapointing.

330ml bottle. Pours an opaque black, with a small tan head, which fades quite rapidly, leaving minimal lacing. Strong up-front bitterness, with some peppery notes, introduces a smooth, darkly bitter, middle, with cocoa and espresso notes. To finish, there is a brief shot of warming, Scotch-like, alcohol. Quite a nice stout, by far the most pleasant product I have tried from this otherwise quite mediocre brewery.

Bottle at the beermentv Hair of the Dog Breakfast at Beer DeLuxe. Very much enjoyed this. The roast and bitterness just right to make this a very drinkable Stout. One you could sit on all night.

Bottle 330ml. Great beer, with a very nice nose. Aromas of caramel, chocolate, coffee, and floral notes. Taste is sweet, with balancing bitterness, and good length. Palate is velvety, and medium bodied. Black, with a thin head.

Good solid dark pour with a big pillowy head. Slightly roasty nose with lots of chocolate and cocoa. Good body and very slammable. A bit flinty oily with a good dose of chocolate and an enjoyable slightly sweet finish. Not overly roasty - which I like. Would be great on hand tap.