3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Monk’s Kettle for a Craftsman dinner. Pours a deep brown with a khaki head. Full flavored with caramel and nice roast.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Many drafts (gallons) at Beachwood BBQ. Aroma is minimal. Opaque or nearly so. Taste is of fresh oysters. Very good. Palate is creamy even the bottom of the keg. Grab a local oyster stout - no comparison to the bottled DOA imports.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A: The pour is a very dark brown color with a finger of tan head.
S: Strangely heavy on the graham cracker and vanilla aromas. A touch of butter and a definite saltiness. Mild to moderate roasted malt notes and a hint of milk chocolate.
T: There is a slight briney character with a nice bit of roast. Still a lot of graham cracker and vanilla along with some milk chocolate. Light pepper notes on the back end.
M: Light to medium in body with a medium carbonation.
O: One of the better Crafstman beers I’ve had of late. Oyster stouts aren’t a terribly popular style, but I thought this was a pretty decent example.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at San Diego Real Ale Fest, Carlsbad (6/12/09) as O’ Stout: Pours a barely transparent dark blackish mahogany with a frothy well-lacing beige head. Aroma of dry toasty cardboard and black malt (not as bad as it sounds). Body starts with average fullness and mild dark chocolate character with a faint grainy sweetness and a touch of sea salt. Pretty smooth finish and very true to style.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask) Pours a dark brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of cocoa, roasted grain, chocolate, and light lactose. Flavor of roasted malt, light coffee, cocoa, cream, and caramel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Pizza Port San Clemente’s Session Ale fest 2009, this dark brown pour had a nice roasty flavor with some good complexity. It was very easy drinking.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Stone Bistro. Dark brown pour, frothy off-white head. Chocolate, roasted malt, light cold coffee, salt, and this strange grainy malt taste. Silky cask mouthfeel, but rather thin. Interesting beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
ON cask at Beachwood BBQ with Bman1113vr and bu11zeye. Dark brown pour. Aroma is sweet caramel malts, chocolate. Flavor is musty, vanilla, sweet. Excellent syrupy mouthfeel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Beachwood BBQ. Pours with a large, creamy tan head over a black body. Great lacing. Aroma of chocolate, salty, tangy, lactose and lightly spicy. Taste is exotic nuts, toffee, chocolate, salty and coconut. Typical cask creamy mouthfeel and light bubbles. Very different and pretty good.
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