4.9 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
The best stout I’ve tasted to date. This beer has an amazing bitterness that wrestles with the toffee-coffee-chocolate notes the whole way. Let this one warm up for a while as it comes out very cold from the taps.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a growler purchased at Foothills and consumed the same day. Dark brown, nearly black, pour with a thick and creamy tan head. Sweet chocolate, dark roasted espresso, and smoky aroma. Rich, wonderful dark chocolate and coffee flavors. Easy to drink. An excellent stout from Foothills.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft @ Barley’s Asheville. The presence of an imp stout w/ more drinkability. Kind of like a semi-imperial stout. Full mouthfeel. Very nice.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAY 25, 2009 Good times here. Gorgeous midnight pours into the glass with a thick mahoganey head. Nice roasted malt on the nose with an off dry caramel malt suggestion. Espresso, fresh brewed, exudes from the glass and dances on the palate with sweet malt and earthy chocolate. I would almost call this a coffee stout, even though none goes in to the kettle.
.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewery. Very good. Aroma is of cappucino, and the taste is a nice mix of coffee and chocolate.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draught at Tyr Na Nog in downtown raleigh. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma is roasty, with licorice, chocolate and coffee. Similar flavor, nice bitterness on back end with a pleasant but not overpowering hop presence. Little bit of alcohol in aftertaste, but not much. Smooth, and heavy all at the same time.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Tried this a few beers into the evening, so who knows... but I loved it. Full flavor, toasty malts and great flavors. Nice medium brown head and a great body. Nice flavors of toasted barley, chocolate, mocha. Liked the fact that it wasn’t super high alcohol. Wish this was available in bottles, but glad it’s local and relatively available on tap.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft at Barley’s. Another fantastic stout while in NC/TN on vacation! A black pour with a thin off white head. Scent is chocolate, fruit and musty. Taste is dark chocolate with woody notes. Creamy.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Foothills, pours dark, tan lacing, great bitter malty aroma, a bit on the watery side, burnt chocolate, coffee, very nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A deep dark stout with a very thin off white head. A superb aroma of chocolate covered cherries and alcohol, muskey and complex. In mouth, a beautiful complex stout with nice restrained bitter chocolate, nice Brett notes, oak barrel, smooth and enticing. On tap at Great North Carolina Brewers Fest., August 28 2010.
|
