Dragon Stout

Brewed by Desnoes and Geddes (Diageo PLC)
Style: Foreign Stout
Kingston, Jamaica

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

284 ml bottle from an off-license near Archway in London; BBE Jul 09. Sweet roasted/toasted malt. Black/brown color with a good tan head. Thin to medium body with slightly fizzy carbonation. Flavor is rather sweet toasted malt, but not sticky. Some hop does appear, which renders it quite drinkable.

284 ml bottle from Oak Tree. Pours with a medium to htin black body and a large fizzy beige head. Aroma on this one makes you say meh.... Smells overly sweet, dusty chocolate notes, slight black olive, corn syrup and alcohol. Medium to thin bodied with obvious carbonation. Flavor is like a chep Porter and a few packets of Nutra Sweet, yuck. I’m shocked to think I used to love this stuff many many years ago. I guess if your sitting on the beaches of Jamaica this would be acceptable be as a stout but if the sun isn’t beating down on your head and you can’t see a single hottie in a bikini then this thing is just plain wrong.

Deep red color with dark darkish beige head. Aroma is sweet malts. Flavor is sweet, sweet, sweet and some sugar with a maple syrup finish. Minor complexities, but far too sweet for my liking. Sweet is good if there are hops to balance everything out... unfortunately i found none in this beer. Disappointing for a stout.

UPDATED: JUL 4, 2008 Wow..I never thought this would be in rate beer. We bought this in an old pharmacy to do more damage than the regular Budweiser fare. Black death.. wow rates a 3.22 ..scary. Nasty and poorly made. Like drinking from a tar pit.

Courtesy of DragonStout! Pours a opaque ruby dark brown color with a medium frothy khaki colored head. Nose is faint, mild chocolate, dark fruits, boozaka joe grape bubble gum, lol. Initial taste starts immensely sweet, brown sugar, mild chocolate, caramel. Mid palate minor dark fruits again. Finishing with average palate duration. Good head retention. A little to sweet but interesting.

Bottle thanks to DragonStout. Poured a deep brown/black color with a medium tan head that stuck around nicely. Aroma of light chocolate, some roast, light dark fruit and a hint of licorice. Sweet malt entry stays sweet with some light chocolate, That finishes with a hint of light fruit and licorice, some faint roast on the finish. Definitely sweet. Decent beer, but too sweet to drink very many.

11 oz bottle. Very unique beer, but I personally wouldnt be able to finish one of these. The aroma is alcohol - smells and looks like a Rum & Coke. The taste is ultra-sweet. Ive never tasted a stout as sweet as this one.

Just had this on S Beach. Very sweet stout. Too sweet. I couldnt even finish the whole thing.