3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 29, 2008 on draught. Pours an opaque black with a picturesque, frothy tan head. There’s a fair amount of roasted aroma over the musty barley and a bit of sweet cream. The palate is silky but thick, and the flavor has ample truck-stop coffee and a thinner cream sweetness. The semi-dry dark chocolate finish pulls this stout together. It’s slightly thinner than I’d like for a stout to be and has a borderline English porter feel.
[April 27, 2008]
From a growler: This is a really good looking beer. It’s near black and has a creamy, even, long lasting dark tan head. The aroma is inviting with plenty of oats, chocolate, and an almost smoky bittersweetness. Palate on this one is nice and creamy with very low carbonation. I get hearty chocolate, medium roasted coffee, a bit of oats, and a nicely sharp finish. This is pretty enjoyable. I had no problem finishing the growler.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours near black. Good lacing. Light aroma of roasted grain. Taste is malty sweet forward with a smoked bitterness at the finish which also has the sweetness linger. I like this type of stout.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark brown in color, clear with a thin head. Dark roast malt with some chocolate and coffee aroma and flavor. Tad watery in the finish this an average Stout.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Great coffee aroma with a red black color and thin white lacing. Full on the palate with strong coffee notes. Probably the most flavorfull of the beer selections. Great in cold weather.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gift from SJ. A little thin for a stout. What I did like was the nice roasted malt and nut combination. And it had a decent chocolate aroma.
I just wish it was a bit thicker.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On Tap. Pours pitch black with a brown head and aroma of chocolate. Taste is of chocolate, roasted malt, and coffee with a sweet and toasty finish. Solid stout.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at The Boardwalk at Disney, pours pitch
Black with a nice creamy malty head. Aroma is all chocolate with
hint of caramel. Smooth taste , with hints of roasted coffee
and chocolate. Finish is mild, ok when your at Disney, and
you are surrounded by Miller and Bud. Quaff Score 6 / 10
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Pours near black with a beige head. Roasted malty aroma with light coffee and light chocolate. The flavor has lightly roasted malts, and some light sweet malty notes. Pretty good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On draft at Seven Bridges in Jacksonville. Pours a dark stout brown with a tan head. Nose is a nice amount of roast, dark chocolate, hints of black coffee, and earth. Flavor is similar with dark flavors all around- dark chocolate, roasted malts, and hints of earthy coffee. Medium in body for a stout with such low alcohol, and nice overall.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Black, with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate with a little coffee. Taste is fairly rich, roasty and malty sweet with a mild bitterness. Pretty full bodied. Nice stout.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap @ Chattanooga. Pours a mahogany black with a nice head and good lacing. Big toasted malt aroma with some cocoa and coffee. Taste is creamy and smooth with a good dose of semi-sweet chocolate and some coffee malts then a bit of hops and fruitiness. This is the best of the Big River Brews - should be their Flagship Brand. Very nice.
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