Dragon Stout

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Huge thanks to Dragon Stout, appropriately enough, for sharing this one with all of us at the Orlando gathering.

Pours a dark brown body with a thin tan head. Aromas of chocolate, raisins, figs, plums, cherries. Flavor is sweet, wtih berry notes coming through, back of the tongue is molasses and sweet milk. Finishes with very odd note, almost cola like and very sweet. Palate is cloying and thin to medium. An interesting brew.

Courtesy of Dragonstout, big surprise, thanks!! Pours a very dark brown with a thinnish tan colored head. Aroma is chocolate, raisins, dried cherries, agreed with those that say this has some quad characteristics. Flavor is roasted malts, sweet caramel, again some dried fruits. Palate is medium to full, mildly carbonated, very sweet finish. Unique for sure. A little too far on the sweet side.

Courtesy Dragonstout. Go figure. Pours a pitch black with a thin light tan head. Alot of dark fruit in the smell, almost like a quadruple. Some licorice and dark malts round out the aromas. Very light bodied, and really sweet. Get some big caramel and almost like liquid sugar. Really unique taste, Ive never had anything like it. Kind of goes wierd with a stout though, not exactly how I like my stouts, but I can appreciate its uniqueness.

bottle @ Stout NYC. Very black & sweet aroma. Sweet malty taste a little roastiness but not enough. OK

Brown bottle, 300 ml, best before JUL 07, savoured on April 25 2007; eye: black, nice creamy cappuccino head, no effervescence, opaque, a bit of lacing, looks dense; nose: odours are faint, sweet, brown rhum, chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, candied small dark berries; mouth: in that order, surprisingly smooth and thin, lactic, candied small dark berries, velvety, syrupy, light roasted malt, milky, creamy and lactic average-length finale in light roasted malt with a hint of bitterness, mildly sweet, slightly bitter, medium body, not much carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 300 ml, meilleure avant JUL 07, savourée le 25 avril 2007; œil : noire, belle mousse cappuccino crémeuse, pas d’effervescence, opaque, un peu de dentelle, semble dense; nez : odeurs sont faibles, sucré, rhum brun, chocolat, cacao, malt torréfié, petits fruits foncés confits; bouche : dans cet ordre, curieusement « smooth » et mince, lactique, petits fruits foncés confits, velouté, léger malt rôti, « laiteuse », finale crémeuse et lactique de longueur moyenne en légère torréfaction avec une petite pointe d’amertume, moyennement sucrée, très légèrement amère, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : correct

black with some tan head. aroma pretty mild. tastes very mild. no hint of alcohol. sweet taste. very drinkable. interesting.

284 ml bottle. Solid black with a frothy light brown head. Heavy molasses aroma times three. Maybe some espresso and prune scents. Way too sweet molasses flavor. Sugary finsh. Not a whole lot of other flavor dimensions (roastiness, e.g.) to add facets to the overbearing malt+corn syrup+priming sugar sweetness. Maybe a trace of hop (from the ’extract’ perhaps). Then again, maybe not. Overall, just totally sweet and syrupy and I’m not liking it. Bad buy.

Appearance was a nice typical dark stout with good head. Flavour had some roasty notes, but mostly just sickly sweet. Mouthfeel was ok, but this stout was just way too sweet for me. The alcohol was hidden nicely. Would be a good substitute for chocolate sauce on your ice cream- that’s how sweet this was. No noticable hops either. Not worth trying again.