Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Stout
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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On the red side of black. Excellent, persistent creamy head and lace. The aroma is divine. Roasted malts and what i think is the chicory? This is freakin good! Smooth, borderline medium bodied, semi-lush mouthfeel. Roasted malts balanced by the chicory, then rebalanced with more bitter coffee undertones. I guess it helps to have once been a coffee drinker. Finish is sooo smooth and you get another hit of the chicory, making it stick with you. Its a bit thin but unique and tasty nonetheless. A great ’once in a while’ beer. These guys impress me. The 90 minute is next.

VERY different, pretty nasty. Smells interesting. Chicory does not belong in beer in my opinion, it makes it taste like shoe leather. It does get points for originality. For me, not drinkable. I gave away 4 of the 6 pack.

Not sure if I should even rate it, as I don’t like coffee. The description says ’touch of organic mexican coffee’. Touch, heck, this thing is loaded with coffee flavors. Way too much coffee flavor.

Nice, best I’ve had so far from this brewery. Just a little bit wattery.

I like coffee and I love beer so this was pretty good.

Black color. Head was really rocky. Brown sugar in the aroma. Lots of coffee flavor with oily mouthfeel. Left a ton of pretty lace on the glass.

A tasty stout, but a tad too much on the coffee.

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2009 Quite light (ruby) in color for a stout. Creamy head and dominant chicory root tatse throughout. Extremely roasty, but oh so thin and simple, with underattenuated rotten fruit notes throughout. Very dull.

Roasted coffee. Nice finish.