3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured black, slight tan head. Roasty oats in the nose. Oily, slightly chewy, coffee and slight mocha. It was pretty bitter for a stout, much less a sweet stout. Really not bad, just not great.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a small white head. Aroma of roasted malt plus an odd smell (cheese?). Flavor is sweet with some odd watermelon ice cream flavors plus roasted malt. Weird but drinkable. Overall, I’m not sure what was going on here...
6/4/6/3/12 [3.1/5]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft @ Mackinaw Brewpub. Dark brown colour, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate. Flavour of roasted malts, cofffee, sour fruits, oats. Highly carbonated. Doesn’t pull it off.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I thought this was a really solid beer. Lots of flavor. Smooth, roasty, bitter. Only problem was the hops were out of balance, too strong. Perhaps it was too cold. Nice!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a dark black, somewhat transparent color, with edges of copper and a finger of creamy off-white head. Aroma of lightly roasted coffee and toasted walnuts. Light bodied, creamy mouthfeel. Simple, but devoid of other off-flavors clearly present in the other brews I tried from this brewer. Starts out with a hint of caramel sweetness and toasted nuts, transitions to a thin bread toast-like mid-palate flavor, and finishes dry and pleasantly roasty. I’m not really getting that oily, slick oatmeal palate or flavor, but it’s satisfying nonetheless.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft sample at Mackinaw. Poured brown color with moderate off-white head that diminished quickly with fair lacing. Moderate nutty roasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth thin texture. Medium sweet nutty flavor with a medium sweet smooth finish of short duration.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
This is far and away the best Mackinaw brew, exploding with complexity after the simplemided, single action whimpers of the rest of their beers. This is not to say that they stuff is rich in comparison to, say, a Bell’s stout, but it is an oasis in the Mackinaw desert, with its solid roasts and spicy edges.
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