Greenshields Stout

Formerly brewed at Greenshields Brewery & Pub
Style: Stout
Raleigh, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint

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For a place that brews their own stout, this was good! It was very smooth and creamy, and quite enjoyable. I have to dissagree with the below comment, because most of us are used to commercial stout, this was actaully brewed their and served their. So as far as fresh goes, it was about as fresh a stout as one can get. I liked it.

Not much here! A disappointing stout! No authority, color poor, and not too much in anything ’stoutish!’

Pitch black beer - no light escapes at all. Mocha chocolate colored head, smallish really but decent retention. 1st pass - muted coffee tones mixed with red wine. Not real agressive given the bold appearance. 2nd pass - still laying kind of flat expecting the aroma to jump out. Somewhat disappointing. 3rd pass - some malt hints trying to escape but still essentially dead. Time to taste this bad boy. good mouthfeel- there is real body here. The flavor on entry is straight ahead coffee that dissolves into a winey fruitiness at mid-palate. finish is strong and clean. Not the best stout but certainly among the better.