3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Michigan BGF 06 Day 2: Opaque with a small creamy head and okay lace. The aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate, toast, raisin, and earthy yeast esters. The taste is sweet yet I get a big time smoke and roast much more than detected on the nose. Very well balanced with some twangy fruit and ending bitters. The mouth feel is smooth and oily, fits style. I like this, solid and works on many levels.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours deep brown with an off-white head. Slightly subdued aroma mainly of brown sugar. Brown sugar also leads the flavor along with dark chocolate, almost like a cocoa powder. Quite dry, but on the thin side. It’s alright.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
pitch black with mild head. roasty nose. thick mouthfeel. flavors of chocolate and some sweet crystal malt. alcohol present but not distracting. not much in the way of hops. decent stout
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a pitch black color with a ring of light brown lace. Good aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Solid flavor of roasted malt and coffee with a bitter finish. The body is light to medium with a liquorous texture and moderate carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft sample at MBGF 06. Black color with a moderate light brown frothy head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate dark chocolate roasted malt aroma. Medium to full body. Medium dark chocolate roasted flavor with a medium tart bitter finish of moderate duration. Good complex brew.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap. Black in color with a foamy brown head. Good lacing. Roasted malt with coffee aroma. Chalky taste. Thin bodied.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I think that their other stouts on tap for this month are a little better. This was a little watery. The alcohol was pretty well covered up. A little bit of coffee aroma, but when you drink it at the same sitting as a breakfast stout, the coffee in this seems almost none existant. I’d recommend one of their other stouts before trying this one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not too bad. Black as night with a tan head. Coffee and alcohol aroma, and the taste was exactly what the smell advertised. Not too bad, but I've had much better
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very robust and creamily full bodied with a decent head and lacing. Has the full forceful bitterness of absolutely unsweetend chocolate and tastes somewhat burnt as well - not unpleasantly so, but burnt nonetheless. Very long bittering finish.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
This is one great stout. Nice and thick and rich. Turkish coffee and toffee flavors. ABC did a great job this time.
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