Echigo Stout

Brewed by Echigo Beer Company
Style: Stout
Nishikanbara-gun, Niigata-ken, Japan

Serve in English pint

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Deep brown, small brown head. Brown sugar nose.Light sweet start, light roast,light hops , lightly metallic. Lacks body. For the $5.95 price tag this is a rip off

Bottle at matsuya sushi in great neck. Tastes like a more cultured Guiness. Pretty solid stout. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Can. Choco roast malt aromas. Dark brown (not black) with thinness at the edges, thin filmy tan head. Light chocolate flavor with a hint of coffee. Seems like an extract base. A bit thin and watery for a stout. Okay, sweet, but thin. How many times did I use the word "thin"?

Dark ruby red colour, tan head. Aroma with lots of caramel, wort, reminding of kvas (квас). Sweet malty flavour, wort sweetness. Light coffee. Very low carbonation, finish: sweet malts.
(From 350mL can shared @ ZZT3, Oirschot. Thanks Jänku for bringing it for me)

33cl can @ ZZT III, courtesy of Martinus. Very dark brown color with a deep dark red glow coming through, small off-white head. Smell malts, dark malts, some coffee, alcohol. Taste malts, alcohol, caramel, lightly roasty. Nothing really wrong with it. Decent carbo and body.

Bottle thx to martinus@zzt3. Nice dark brown to black with some redness shining trough, pretty off white head. Smells caramel, wort, hay, sweet. Tastes sweet, some coffee, some chocolate. No carbo, thick.

Can shared by hcalsos. Dark brown body, limited clarity. Low tanned bubble head. Sweet chocolate and licorice aroma. Some pretty nice fruit tones too. More fruits in the flavor, jammy with an acidic touch. Also nice chocolatey malt profile, with some rounded burnt tones added. Feels light in the mouth. Fresh, choco-fruity finish. Very likeable.

Smells of roasty caramel,smoke, bread and almonds. Dark brown to black color, with a tanned head, medium bitterness, creamy, quite balanced and tasty.

Pours dark brown with a tiny tan head. Smells simple, roasted malts, cocoa, and some dark fruit. Taste rich, yet very light with notes of chocolate, cola, dark fruits, and light on the hops. This is very clean and light, very much like a Japanese beer. This is not as robust as many stouts. But, I think this is very well crafted and a good example a more delicate balanced stout.

Small dark brown head. Dark red barely translucent body with carbonation. Deep dark chocolate aroma with earthy perfumy fruity notes. Dry-sweet chocolate and fruit taste with almond notes. Mid-bodied. Mild mouthfeel. Dry-bitter chocolate and earth aftertaste with long smoky burnt tar notes. Nice! (0.33l can shared by hcalsos.)

Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown to black with a medium to large dense tan head. Sweet caramel and toffee on the nose, roast with a slight floral component. Medium bodied, roast, more sweetness. A bit of chocolate and bitter cocoa. A good amount of toast. Smooth and easy.