3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Very light aroma of chocolate and coffee. Very dark opaque brown. Extra dry taste with heavy coffee and sweet hop notes. I really enjoyed this with dinner.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Source: On cask at the Hillsborough Village location.
Glass: Poured into a tall pilsner type glass .
Appearance: Dark brown pour with a very thin tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt and a hint of chocolate.
Flavor: Roasted malt with a hint of chocolate and a very dry finish.
Palate: Medium/full body with a creamy mouthfeel and soft carbonation.
Overall: Loved thin on cask. Not sure if it would be as good on a regular tap.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the Nashville brewpub. Pours very dark brown with a nice lasting tan head and good lacing. Aroma is like a better version of Guinness - roasty and chocolatey with burnt coffee notes. Roasty flavor with prominent dark chocolate and coffee. Tasty and balanced. Only slightly dry on the palate with medium-light body. This was my second favorite beer at Bosco’s after the Isle of Skye Scottish Ale. A great dry stout, very drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 19, 2007 On tap, Nashville brewpub. Opaque brown with an Ovaltine foam head that leaves a thick film of lacing that "reminds" me of dehydrated chocolate milk (not that that even exists). Smells like the part of a brewery tour that takes you near the lauter tun and brew kettles (but softer), with a hint of malted milk powder. Nice creamy mouthfeel despite the low to medium body; the carbonation bubbles up into foam in your mouth, not at all prickly; a very good feel for this beer, and a great introduction for the lightly dry, firmly bitter and earthy finish. It’s pretty straightforward, but tasty. Lurking underneath the foamy intro is a little bit of semi-sweet chocolate. I like how delicate it seems. Not as dry or bitter as I like my dry stouts, but I like many enjoy over-the-top. This is decidedly not. Very enjoyable session style beer.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask at Nashville location. Dry and relatively light, with flavors of coffee and chocolate. Thinner palate, but very satisfying.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown color/ tan head. Milk chocolate, medium roasted malt aromas. Rich, smooth mouthfeel. Nice chocolate, nutty. deep roasted malt flavors. good stout.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Nashville. Served too cold. Pours deep brown black with brown head. Faint aroma of chocolate and dark roast. Medium bodied with average carbonation and with a slight earthiness to the texture. Flavor of nuts, cocoa powder, and mild roast coffee countered by a balancing bitterness. The dryness is subtle on this one, but it works. The beer starts to veer a little off course on the finish, where there is a very very subtle but distracting off flavor, sort of like butter meets soap (which weakens as it gets toward room temp)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown-red, thin tan head. Heavy roasty aroma, coffee. Taste is thinner, roasty, coffee, chocolate, but light, roasty bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown to black in color with an ok head. Somewhat dry. Smellis malty, sweet, a little coffee, and chocolate. Somewhat a typicl dry stout. Taste is much the same as the smell.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark garnet brown with no head. Roasted grain and chocolate aroma and taste with a decent bitter finish.
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