4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Growler sampled during the Coldest Day of the Year Stout Tasting on 1/21/12. Pours black with a medium tan head. Aroma is sharp coffee, chocolate and roasted malt. Sweet chocolate flavor up front, then a bit of coconut before a roasty coffee finish. Tasty stuff!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On Tap at Maumee Bay Brewing, rather insane an oatmeal milk expresso stout. 10 oz pour in a snifter. Rich red brown black viscous draught with a thick head of milk chocolate brown bubbles. Nose is sweet oatmeal and hints of alcohol. Taste was roasted malt and oats, body was very silk with the oat and milk adding texture. Finish was just a nice little kick of the roasted coffee nuttiness. just the lingering sweetness of the alcohol content underlying everything. A very nice beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample from growler at the 4th Annual Coldest Day of the Year Stout Tasting on 01/21/2012: The beer pours black with a medium thin beige head that diminishes quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted coffee and malt. Medium body with flavors of roasted coffee, chocolate malt and some hops. The finish is roasty with a malt aftertaste. Decent overall.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
On tap at the vintage estates. Mild dull coffee smell. Taste however is a big blast compared to the smell. Rams you in the head, kicks you in the head with a coffee black blast. Wallop and smack. Smell gives no inkling of the taste that follows. Black burnt coffee laced with alky. Some co2 surprizingly for a stout of this impact. Reminds me of grampa’s black coffee with a couple of shots in it when he was watching gunsmoke. Just plain rude finish for a lager lover. Brutally on coffe imp stout sound style.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours black with dark brown highlights with beige head. Low carbonation and medium body. Taste is roasted malt (mostly coffee). Alcohol is pretty well covered, this is a pretty good beer.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at brewpub. Pours very dark brown with thick dark brown head. Absolutely beautiful looking stout. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malts, roasted coffee, and some caramel notes. Flavors of roast coffee, roasted malts, dark chocolate, and some caramel. Finishes dry with perfect balance for such a flavorful coffee stout. Could have drank several glasses. Extremely solid stout.
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