Barrier Lights Out Stout

Brewed by Barrier Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Oceanside, New York USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Draught, 6.1%. Coffee-like aroma, a little sweet. Black colour, small stable light brown head. The flavour is roasted, has a little coffee. Some roast barley bitterness. A bit of alcohol which also gives it an OK solid mouthfeel.

Tap at Dive Bar. Pitch black pour. Creamy tan head. The nose is fairly cocoaish. Lightly chewy with a nice rich almost herbal back note to the chocolate. Herbal and quite hoppy on the back. Chewy and lightly earthy. Softly hoppy but it’s not really all that compelling.

On tap at Rattle N Hum. Pours a deep black with a thin beige head. Roast and chocolate, coffee. Sweet, roast, chocolate and char. Malty, chewy roast. Nice tannins, long roast and char.

Draft at alewife. Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of heavy roast barley, roast chocolate, charred oats and burnt coffee. Dry bitter coffee finish. Medium body.

draft @ Jimmys#43. darker pour, lighter body. loads of roasted malts in the aroma. taste follows up aroma witha little pepper. OK

Draft at RnH a few weeks back. Pours a deep brown body with nice head. Aroma and flavor is great chocolate roast. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy.

On tap at Dave’s Bellport Cold Beer and Soda. Pours black with a brown head that leaves a coating of foam on the glass with each sip. The beer itself leaves a film on the glass with each sip all the way to the end. Strong aroma of coffee (probably one of the strongest aromas of coffee I’ve experienced with no coffee actually present in the beer) along with some smokey notes and roasted malt. The flavor is more centered on the smokiness with wood smoke and a good dash of peat. Roasted malt and mild coffee in the flavor as well. Very enjoyable stout.

Growler from the brewery. Pours black with a thick light brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, light smoked malt, bitter chocolate, light roasted nuts. Flavor of roasted malts and roasted nuts, light smoke, and a hint of bitter chocolate, light bitter hops. A hoppy, roasted stout, very delicious! Excellent stout. 7/4/8/4/15 [3.8/5]

The aroma is roasty, coffee, unsweetened chocolate. The appearance is black in color, tan head. The flavor is more burnt, ashy, roasty, chocolate. The finish is roasty, and slightly sweet. Medium/thick in body. Pretty good stout.

I read about Barrier Brewing in the Ale Street News, and I have been curious to taste what they have been up to. This was on tap at RnH, but I find myself wondering if the staff poured me the right brew. This had a very light color for a stout. The sweet, malty aroma was pleasant indeed. The flavor was good, but much closer to an amber than a stout. I’m still scratching my head a little over this one.