Flying Monkey Four Finger Stout

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

Serve in English pint

Very dark, deeply roasty to start and then the lactic sour seems to grow on your tongue with the pH change. Lightly particulate feel, otherwise light medium bodied. A good stout with an interesting twist.

(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.