3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20UPDATED: OCT 30, 2006 Draft. It’s been hard to catch this Iron Horse at the station. There’s only so much brewing capacity, and this take awhile to make, so this is usually the tap that suffers (but we usually have the Eclipse or Dark Star as compensation). I was there yesterday while the US Open was going on nearby, and it was flowing pretty freely.
Brown head kicks up a few larger bubble than an average stout, and fizzes away quickly, I had no lace. It has that watery but substantial mouthfeel you usually get with a good hand-pulled English beer. Taste reveals complex coffee and coca notes, a subtle suggestion of whisky, and a warm oatmeal feel. It gives one that feeling only those who have become acclimated to a slightly oily stout can enjoy. It’s bitter, but not hoppy-bitter. I’m left with an impish grin… or am I just puckered up?
Additional note, 10/30/06: Iron Horse is back after nearly 18 months. Matt was trying out just about every other style of stout known to man in the meantime, though. He says this recipe is not changed from the original. But this particualr batch didn’t ferment all the way through and stuck at 5% abv. But I do not find a noticable sweetness here, just lots of roasty coffee and chocolate malts. Oatmeal barely makes a dent in its flavor. I also catch a bit of tart cherry, like soured Guinness, toward the end.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft:
Pours black, dark brown head.
Aroma is roast, smoke, chocolate.
Taste is bitter, dark chocolate and ash.
Light and a bit thin, but good.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Dark chocolate, cherry, and coffee aroma. Black with moderate head. Sweet chocolate malt flavor. Light ashy finish. Solid.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ brewery. Peaty roasty malt aroma. Black brown with a small creamy tan head. Peaty roasty malt and slightly lactic flavor. Medium creamy body, soft carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A really solid beer. A suped-up guiness with cocoa and peat notes but a smooth delivery.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Brew Pub. Pours a deep brown color with two fingers of thick, creamy tan head. Smell is mildly sweet and a bit roasty. The taste has notes of roasted malts, cocoa powder, light molasses, brown sugar, and toasted oats. The body is medium, with light carbonation and a very smooth feel.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On draft at Flossmoor, poured a dark black color, aromas of roasted malt, lots of chocolate, and a twinge of coffee. Flavors are the same, light vanilla cream in the aftertaste, solid sessionable stout.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the brewpub, pours black with a tan head and a little lacing, the aroma is very roasty with a little bit of chocolate and coffee, flavor has an odd sour front end with a finish of chocolate and roasted malt, kind of like soy sauce on the front end, ok just not my thing.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at the brewery. Very nice looking pour, chewy and thick as is only appropriate for the style. Thick silky head, and a scrumptious nose of toasted oats, silky choc, and bitter hops. Mouthfeel as good as hoped for, and the flavors are perfectly apposite for the style. I’m always a sucker for a dry stout when done well, as this one was.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This has strong coffee notes coming of this, almost in a porter-like way. Lengthy aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Flossmoor Station - brewpub. Black - brown head. Licorice, chocolate, oiley notes, fruity, ok burned, soft body and finish, light creamy, light dry finish.
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