 marchcow (467), Coralville, Iowa, USA
Feb 6, 2008
Sweet roasted malt and chocolate aromas. Deep dark brown with a rich thick foamy head. Flavor of light roasted chocolate, malt, and cream. Mild and even with a light bitterness, well balanced. Palate is creamy and smooth. Very drinkable. Doesn’t whop you over the head but is good like a morning cup of latte.
doogie (16), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Rating bottle - pours black with a tan head. The aroma is malty and sweet spice. Taste is roasted malt with coffee/chicory flavors added in with a slightly bitter finish that is very nice. It’s smooth, but not real creamy and has a nice light fizz. One of my favorite beers!
dpjuart (495), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 29, 2008 12 oz. bottle courtesy santoslhalper. Pours black with chocolate head, one finger, dissipating to an 1/8 inch foam that lasts. Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate and a whole lot of coffee and some anise. Very smooth and rich mouth feel with pleasant and mild chocolate and caramel malt taste at the beginning, followed by a roasted coffee bean/espresso flavor, a bit woody, with a good bitter from the hops. No astringency from the roast in the bitterness. The bitterness lingers for a while and plays with a mild sweetness in the after. Solid offering. It’s got the balls of an IRS, but not the alcohol. It’s quaffable and moderately sessionable, and isn’t very heavy. It’s a good beer.
Cruzan59 (122), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 26, 2008 Draft at Dogfish Head Brewing & Eats, Rehoboth Beach, DE...pours black, no head when I got it...aroma of toasted malts, chocolate, licorice...bit of an earthy-woody taste (not dry though), coffee bean, some chocolate...the chicory gives this stout an interesting twist...went down rather quick.
epf33 (144), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Jun 21, 2008 found this new place in Falls Church, VA that holds a lot of DH beers on tap, had the chicory in their version of the black and tan, out of this world!
santoslhalper (160), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 21, 2008 Pours a deep, dark burgundy white a not quite bone white head. The smell is kinda light, but has noticeable hints of chocolate, coffee, and anise, with some piny hops. The taste on the other hand explodes with character the coffee is strong, the roast is powerful, the bitter is long and the aftertaste is clean as a freaking whistle. I think this a damn good, often overlooked stout. Easy drinking, inexpensive, yet creative, balanced, adventurous, complex, and, most importantly, enjoyable. A go-to sixer for me.
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