3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the 2010 installment of Stogies and Stouts pouring deep darkness with dark brown edges and tan head. The aroma is pretty darn full with chili peppers and with hints of dark roastiness around the edges. The taste starts with roasty dark malts and chili peppers. The chili flavor begins chili vegetable like with a sense of heat and then convolving into more and more chili heat burn. The chili heat gets to a non trivial level and squashes out the modest dark roastiness and whatever else may have been going on there. Oddly enough deep into the after taste some chocolate and dark roastiness sort of coat the mouth around the edges of a long lingering burn. Very interesting tasting beer that I wouldn’t hesitate to try again.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ Dunedin for Stogies and Stouts ’10.
After enjoying the Dieu du Ciel Route des Epices, I was intrigued by Dunedin’s black pepper beer.
This one pours dark brown, thin off-white head.
Aroma of mild black pepper, hints of roasted/chocolate malts.
Flavor, light chocolate malts/roast, pepper doesn’t become too present at first but slowly covers the back palate coming to a climatic warming pepper finish.
The peppery mouthfeel is not overdone and blends perfectly with the low abv. of the Croon base beer.
Tasty!
2.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Tap @ the brewery. Poured black with an average sized brown head. Nose is roasted malt, chocolate, and black pepper. Body is thin with a smooth mouth feel. I found the flavor to be over powered with black pepper there were some secondary notes of roast. Finishes with lingering pepper notes and a burn in the back of the throat.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Final of three Croon treatments done by Dunedin for Stoogies and Stouts.
A: Dark black pour, medium sized tan head. Okay retention.
S: Roast, chocolate, mild coffee, and nose stinging black pepper.
T: It is the base croon stout, mild roast, chocolate malt, and coffee. Beyond that POW an entire cup full of black pepper. I have tasted nothing this peppery since the Dieu du Ciel Route des Épices.
M: On the lighter side of medium, lots of pepper from start to finish.
D: Unique and Good. Not the most drinkable due to the pepper overload. Good overall. The Dunedin guys swung for the fences with their beers and I say overall they were a Win.
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