Finch’s Secret Stache Stout

Brewed by Finch’s Beer Company
Style: Stout
Chicago, Illinois USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Canned, deep brown with sticky legs, toasted head, aroma of milk chocolates, flavor of cocoa, vanilla, creamy body with lasting finish

Pours black with a dark kahki head. Smells of sweet milk chocolate and vanilla bean with a soft roastiness, beautiful. Same elements in the flavor but with more roast, less sweet, and more pronounced vanilla. Very very good.

Can at Wildfire Beer Dinner. Pours a syrupy aopaque blackish-brown, thin espresso colored head that dissipated quickly. Nose is roast and coffee, with some subtle chocolate and dried fruit. Big and sticky mouth, lots of rich coffee and chocolate going on here. Silky smooth and goes down really nice. Easily my favorite of the evening -- with or without the accompanying brownie! I could drink this all night.

16oz can into a pint glass. Pours pitch plack with a thin quarter inch dark tan head that fades away within a minute to some swirling on top of the beer. A few splotches of lacing on the sides of the glass but not much else. A little bit of a let-down. The aroma, however, more than makes up for the unimpressive aroma as it really blows me away. Tons of milk chocolate leaping out as well as coffee and a healthy dose of vanilla. There is a moderate roast tying it all together but a really mouthwatering and delicious aroma throughout. The flavor is even better. The vanilla really stands out married nicely with milk chocolate. Almost reminds me of chocolate milk or a Hershey’s bar. Coffee is there but remains in the background lending just enough roastiness to keep things from getting too sweet. Some swirls of caramel also come through with a very smooth and creamy mouthfeel finish with just a little stickyness and lingering roast. Overall, this is possibly one of the best lower strength American Stouts I have had. The vanilla is perfectly done as it is all too often overwhelming in beers. All flavors balance perfectly and the body is awesome. Definitely a beer you should pick up if you get the chance.

Yum, yum, yum. This is one mighty-fine beer. Beautifully dark with a smooth, rich palate. Little to no after taste. No bitterness at all. Great drinkable beer.

Pours thick black like espresso with a thin tan head. Nose is umami, roasted coffee and chocolate. Tastes of roasted mildly bitter coffee, charred beef, and chocolate come through with underlying vanilla and umami notes and a touch of sweetness. Full, creamy body with low carbonation. This is a tasty, easy drinking stout with pleasant roasted bitterness that’s tempered by a mild chocolate sweetness.

Can. Pours thick black with tan head. Heavy coffee aroma but thankfully not heavy on coffee grind taste. Creamy texture. Not a bad beer but I think I'm going add a touch of bourbon to it. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

From can, poured a very dark brown with smaller head. Aroma is definitely vanilla, with some roasted malt, coffee, cocoa. Slight metallic smell. Thick and creamy texture. Medium bodied at least. Slight metallic taste, maybe chaulky taste. Light sweetness, light bitter. A solid stout that is almost great, but not there yet.

Pours pitch black with a huge "milk chocolate" head. Carbonation level is on the lower side (which I appreciate) so it (the head) doesn’t stay around for too long, oh well. Aroma is really nice, with faint notes of vanilla, coffee and chocolate, I use the word "faint" but I’d rather say "in their place" as none is overpowering the other, quite wonderful! Flavor is also not overpowering, unlike many beers out there there is no standout flavor here. I get a little chocolate, a little coffee and a little vanilla - in that order. It is really balanced and not a flavor bomb which often come out as roasted malts or ash bombs when speaking about stouts, a really masterful act here!

Pint can poured like motor oil, but with a durable brown head. Aroma: coffee, milk and dark chocolate. Less roasted malt than expected. T: dark roasted malts; no burnt quality; lots of dark chocolate, light vanilla and a trace of coffee, Rather sweet but not cloying. . M: Full-bodied; appropriately low carbonation. Very creamy. O: A rich and satisfying sweet stout with a wallop of chocolate malts.