Baird Shimaguni Stout

Brewed by Baird Brewing Co.
Style: Dry Stout
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Draught at Baird Naka-Meguro Taproom. Almost black. Gently roasy coffee aroma. Dry and creamy, drinks like a Guinness but with way more substance and life. Ligh coffee flavour. Finishes with salty bitterness. A pleasant easy going stout.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

Draught at Harajuku Taproom. Almost black - offwhite head. Burned, licorice, coffee, sweetness, light milkey, light hoppy, almost no aroma, light bitter finish.

Bottle at RBSG, thanks to TimE (I think). Dark brown cody with some caramel light at the edge of the liquid. Juicy gummy flavor, with some cannibus and milk flavors. Lacking any stout characteristics. Very watery, oily and slick. Dirty and gritty in the finish. Not a good beer.

360 ml bottle ordered to Systembolaget in Mölndal early April, sampled on May 2, 2013.
Marked 4.5%.
Black color, nice chocolate brown colored head. Sweet, malty, roasted barley scent. Sweet, malty, black currant leaves, roasted barley taste. Medium low bitterness. Roasted barley aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel.

Pours light brown, medium tan top. Woody, slightly smoky aroma that is supported loosely by malt base. Smoked malt, refreshing palate, and woody character with neat bitter to it. Not bad.

RBSG 2005. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, chocolate), lightly yeasty (barnyard), with a note of wood. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation. Interesting aroma with...wild yeast? Nah, couldn’t be. A bit thin, but a nice balance. I must admit I rather liked this.

On tap at Popeyes in Tokyo. Dark purple to black with a modest head; really strangely watery texture, next to no carbonation; light but unconvincing peat and cocoa powder. Dull finish

Sampled @ GJBF Yokohama: Dark black, nose of rich clove and licorice and roast, some coffee and chocolate. The flavor is chewy, some spruce and hop. The finish is clean, nice stout.

Bottle from systemet. Ruby brown, low head. Light roast and coffee aroma. Coffee bitterness, light cocoa. Medium light body, koffeeground dry aftertaste, ok bitter hop balance.