Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Siren Noire (-2012)

Formerly brewed at Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

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2011 vintage, 22 oz bomber into a DFH signature glass. Opens with a very loud pop. A - Pours a jet black body, Two fingers of light mocha foam with some pretty impressive lacing and retention. Stuff just clings on for dear life. S - Oh no. Ohhhh no. Bittersweet chocolate, plastic, roasted malts, burnt coffee and some vegetal qualities. This is bad, real bad. T - I’d rather not try this, but I must. Bitter chocolate fades into wet cigarettes, weird red fruits, and an underlying plasticy element. This isn’t an infection, its just a beer that probably saw some less than ideal living conditions during its two year stay on the store shelf. I can’t finish this. Ugh...mouthfeel is medium and coating and lasts for a long time, which does NOT help. O - Chock it up to a bottle past its prime, but this is just undrinkable. BA Siren Noire was a bit average but a hell of a bargain. I was hoping that the base beer would be similar. Note to self, buy this beer fresh.

Chocolaty Stout yes it works and this one is a good example. And a hell of a lot cheaper than most well worth the money and trying. Great coco flavor and not overly sweat making it a good pick for a cigar as well

Bottle 22fl.oz.

Clear dark black brown colour with a small large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, chocolate, dusty coffee. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, chocolate, vanilla, sweet chocolate, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120616]

Bottleshare BBQ at Dave L’s, PA - 27/05/12. Extreme dark brown approaching black, tan head. Roasted dark malt, cocoa, brown sugar aroma. Taste marries nose with a little dark fruit and more sugar. Medium bodied and carbonation a little too sweet.

Black color with tan head. Chocolate syrup, earthy kelp, black malt aromas. medium body. Chocolate, kelp, saline flavors with lightly astringent burnt malt--not bad.

On cask at Evening Star in Alexandria, Virginia. The beer is dark brown with just a few bubbles of carbonation present. Both the aroma and flavor are dominated by a huge chocolate presence. The beer tastes like chocolate Yoohoo and melted chocolate candy bars. While the beer is decent for what it is, I find it quite one dimensional. The feel is medium bodied and smooth, as is typical of a cask ale. Overall, a decent chocolate stout. Serving type: cask Reviewed on: 01-30-2011

Decent, but more carbonation than creamy. Had some chocolate notes, but there are plenty better chocolate stouts out there.

Bottle @ Papsø. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty sweetish milk chocolate aroma. Roasted malty spicy chocolate flavor with weak hints of orange. Has a roasted malty spicy chocolate finish.

Bottle at Papsø. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of caramel, dark chocolate and licorice. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel and dark chocolate with notes of pepper. Roasted finish.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear almost black - white head. Roasted, light burned, cacao, light spicy, chocolate, vineous, light oakey, red berries, light coffee, light caramel.