Iron Hill Sweet Stout

Served on cask. Poured a dark brown to black color with a nice tan head that sustained itself quite well and gave good lacing. The aroma was mostly of coffee and a little bit of chocolate. A little bit of licorice was present. The flavor was much of the same with a bitter finish (sweet stout?) and some bubble gum. The mouthfeel was somewhat thin for the style. Not bad, not great.

On cask in Newark. I was told by the barmaid that they split this batch and added lactose to half (milk stout), and left half w/o leaving the Sweet Stout. Not very sweet, though. Mostly all coffee from first sniff to last sip. Not bad.