2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Black with a frothy tan head. Roast and some cocoa in the nose. The nitro kills it, though. Strong roast flavors with bitter hops. Good feeling in the mouthfeel; smooth of course.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: MAR 24, 2012 Picked up a growler from the south side taproom and enjoyed immediately. Poured a beautiful deep brown with one finger of chocolatey brown head. Smells strongly of roasted malts, hints of coffee and chocolate. Taste - wow. Wonderful full bodied stout of roasted malty flavors, some sweet notes, all balanced out with a nice hop presence. Super smooth, perfect carbonation. What can I say; one of my favorite stouts, right up there with Deschutes Obsidian and Snake River Zonker. If you’re in Missoula, seek this out.
--- Mike, Missoula MT
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Growler fill from brewpub, not on nitro, drank a few hours later. Pours solid black with a large brown head that sustains well. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, milky sweetness. Taste is excellent, lots of thick sweet malt, some ashy bitterness. Medium thick body, soft carbonation. Finish has some coffee-like bitterness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
on tap-pours a tan head that laces and black color. Aroma is dark malt-molasses/chocolate. Taste is dark malt/oat-roasty/molasses/chocolate/ashy, some earthy hops.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
At brewpub: Chocolate brown pour with a finger of creamy beige head. Little sheets of lacing. Aroma is mild of roast and coffee. Tastes roasty, but not much else going on. Maybe a little stale coffee. Subpar.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the Kettle House. This black ale poured with a short tan head. There is a nice treacle flavor, slightly thin but tasty, leaving a bitter chalky taste on the tongue.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nitro at the Brewpub: Black, thick tan head nitro looking. The flavor is creamy, good roast, super balanced. The nose? What nose? Finishes creamy, long tail, intense coffee.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
sweet aroma, looks like a good stout, sweet alcohol and hints of berries mellow into dry roasted malt
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