4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 15, 2005 5.5% ABV - Pitch black, tan creamy head. Nose held notes of roasted espresso, chocolate, cream, light vanilla and toast. Very well balanced, roasty, with a light hop bitterness at the finish. Medium bodied, pillow soft carbonation, dry roasted coffee finish. An outstanding example of the dry Irish stout. Nice job Jim...
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Got this on tap today. Very smooth and mild flavor. Went down well, but not a whole lot as far as flavor goes. Good, not great.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On Nitro at Bel Air. I was a little worried this would be a watery-bland Guiness clone, but I was pleasantly surprised. The body is a bit watery, but smooth and very very easy to drink. The flavor is quite impressive for its subtlety. Great roasted/nutty profile, flavor really shines and is clean, lasts throughout. Roasted coffee, but again, very clean and well put together. Flavors weren’t muddled or watery, they stood out. Drinkable and delicious for the style. May be the best irish style stout I’ve had yet.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is nice a chocolaty,roasty-coffee,slight metallic twinge.Nice looking stout that had a pleasant roasted barley taste with some choco-coffee present.Some hops at the end with a pumped Co2 vibe though the palate was creamy and easy.Good session stuff.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
a great coffee aroma leads this off...almost imperial in nature, but you can tell there is enough hop going on in the background from beggining to end of the flavor to understand why this is in the class it is. pours a deep cola brown with a big fizzy head on it. hints of vanilla and of lactose along with a healthy dose of chocolate, after taste is not cloying at all, but instead is lightly bitter, tailing away into light chocolate tones. possibly my favorite DuClaw offering ever.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very nice beer! Pours a deep dark brown with a beige head that lasts. Aroma of coffee and chocolate is strong. Tastes of chocolate, milk, and coffee with a dry,hoppy finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black body, not much for head is formed. Aroma is dry smoke, slight metallic note. Flavor is dry, roasted bitterness. Nice full body.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured a totally opaque black with a whispy, lacing, slightly off white head. Aroma is all roasted malt and nuts. Flavor is heavy roasted malt, hints of coffee, smoke and wood. Smooth on the tongue with a below average bitterness on the finish. Definitely a session beer, one that doesn’t get old the more you drink it.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Arundel Mills in Mar 2008: Pours a mostly opaque black with a thin, frothy covering of tan head. Mildly roasty dark malty nose has a hint of sweetness and some fresh grassy green hops. Body starts semi-sweet quickly drying out revealing some dark caramel and chocolate before a roasty dry finish. A nice dry stout, even better on nitro tap as Nitro Fury.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thin, mocha color head with a subdued aroma that was primarily roasted malt and coffee. The taste was a blend of chicory stout and sweet stout, with the slightly bitter, aromatic qualities you would expect from the former and the smoothness, sweetness, and body you typically find in the latter. Well carbonated with a lingering finish. Tasty.
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