Flying Monkey Four Finger Stout

Flying Monkey Brewing
Formerly brewed at Weston Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Olathe, Kansas USA

Serve in English pint

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Black black. Is that a color? No, actually black is considered not to be a color, so...its damn black. Medium dark tanned/soft brown capping of lumpy thick foam. Lacing is adequated placed in a few scattered spots, flecks, and lumpy strings. Nice display on the nose. Big black roasted malts and grains on the nose. Burntness, roasted bitters, dryish, and lofty espresso notes burst from the glass. A tad bit dark fudgey and chocolatey with a little oaty touch of sweetness. Nice! Flavor profile is quite nice here. Big on tone and lasting flavors of roasted burnt stuff and spent coffee; dryish, yet leaks a bit of oaty sweetness way underneath. A touch chocolatey and plenty of roastyness continues late with a mild bitterness of burnt coffee. This stuff lays a groundwork that doesn’t quite until, well...never. It sticks with ya for a long time spending a oaty chocolate roast into the pocket book of your palate. Yum! Feel is pretty full and roasty. Mostly dry at the front and middle, gains some pace, stays roasted, burnt, and coffee toned. Then late, a very simple chocolate sweetness emerges underneath as does a bit of oatyness, yet stays dry and roasted. Solid stuff! Wow, who wouldv’e figured a beer this good is sitting in Kansas? A solid stout here that won’t dissapoint.

(I’m clearing out some old notes from back in the fall. Here’s the first one...) Still more from the stash rounded up this summer from the Great Midwest... This stout pours black, of course, with a dense brown head. Lots of mocha aromas and supported by burnt malt and roasty smells. Strident but lesser sweetish dark malt aromas mixed in there as well. It’s a nice balance of sweet and bitter flavors, damn near perfect balance as far as I’m concerned. Lots of dark chocolate flavors here with sweetish finish, lightly sticky and rich. Very full bodied with a lightly bitter finish. It’s nice, one of the best stouts I’ve had in awhile. I am impressed. Run, don’t walk.

Very nice ebony black color with minimal tan head that dissipates rapidly. Leaves a thin bubble film on top which produces decent, but minimal, lacing. Smells of dark chocolate and nutty, roasted malts. Light coffee notes. Tastes of burnt coffee and bittersweet chocolates. Minimal sweetness, which could benefit from being bumped up a slight bit. Light lingering bitterness. Carbonation is dead-on perfect. Feels good in the mouth but could use a bit more creaminess. Perhaps a bit more malts could help make this bigger and better. Several in a row could be thrown back easily. My only concern is that the bitterness would eventually build up.

Bottle shared with Rudilf, from Sammy. Thanks sammy. Deep black pour short with a short lasting khaki head. Roasted malt aroma thats a tad light. Roasty taste but little else going on. 1st Kansas beer

Thanks to Sammy, via Mike. Black, rich tan head. Nose is roasty & slightly milky with some licorice. Flavor is largely the same - big roast, sweet caramel/toffee, a bit sweet in the finish with a little hop.

Pours dark brown with an off white head. Smells earthy and sweet. Tastes sweet with some peppery splashes on the finish.

A more than competent stout that lives up to its rating. Pours black with a whisp of a white head. Decent roasty aroma. About average mouthfeel, with some chocolate in there. Very drinkable stout.

Bottle. Pours a darker color with a creamy tan head. Aroma is coffee and caramel. Flavor is roasted malts, coffee. Medium body.

12oz bottle thanks to theisti. Pours black with a brown head. Nose is of coffee grounds. Taste is very much burnt coffee. Mouthfeel is thin and watery, yet dry.

Bottle extra in a trade. Pours a black rich body with a tan head. Light smokey peat nose with hints of coffee bitterness. Starts lightly sweet with notes of chocolate with a light oily mouth feel and finishes with a moderate coffee bitterness a bit cloying. Simple with a nice roastiness reminds me more of an oatmeal stout

Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is smoked malt with a mild chocolate and coffee bit. Flavor is smokey and full of roast with just a touch of sweetness. Good flavor and pretty darn good.