Moylans Dragoons Dry Irish Stout

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Dry Stout
Novato, California USA

Serve in English pint

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Pours dark to black w/ a tall stubborn head that just sits there like a dead muledeer. Aromas of bitter cocoa. Full nectar w/ mellow effers creating an oily texture. Nice and smoooth! A moderate roast component balanced by dark unsweetened chocolate. This is one fantastic dry stout. Flavors of coffee, leather, and a pinch of molases w/ some aspirin bittering on the long finish. Beautiful!

Deep roasty aroma. Pitch black, with red around the edges. Thin head. Flavor matches the aroma. Roasty more then chocolaty. Beautiful example of what a dry stout should be on the palate. No lingering sweetness, crisp and refreshing despite being a dark flavorful beer.

22 ounce bottle, no bottle date. Pours pitch black color with a small 1 finger fairly dense tan head with nice retention that reduces to a lacing cap. A small bit of lacing clings to the glass as well. Aromas of big milk chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, vanilla, and some coffee. Some damn nice aromas here with good strength and balance. Taste of big roasted malt, milk chocolate, and caramel; with light coffee and vanilla. Some noticeable bitterness on the finish, with lingering notes of chocolate, caramel, roasted malt, and vanilla on the finish for a short period of time. Still quite dry as would be expected. Medium carbonation and body; with a nice smooth mouthfeel with tons of creaminess. No alcohol noticed at all in the taste or finish as expected. Overall, this is the best dry stout I have ever had. For 5%, this has tons of flavor with a great mouthfeel.

22 oz bomber pours black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. Taste is coffee and chocolate with a bit of the malts.

Full flavor with a carmel, coffee taste and light smoke flavor. Rich aroma with a dark head. Is dry and smooth. Very nice.

UPDATED: JUL 2, 2004 (Nitro draft: Moylan's Brewery in Novato, CA) Moderately sweet, far too sweet for a dry Irish stout, but very welcomed and enjoyable, style be damned! Dark roasted, mildly bitter initially, but very toasty in the finish, and wow, what a nice finish; But again, unlike an Irish stout, the dark roasted maltiness is somewhat lighter than is typical for the style; The superb nose is mildly sweet, alcoholic, chocolaty candy and overall, it's wonderful; Fairly dry and medium to full bodied palate; Total black color, even at the edges; Lots of bubbles collect on the glass below the head line; Dark tan head has good retention, but it could be better considering this is off a nitro tap;

super friendly beer. hafta be an idjit to not like this. Poured with a nice tan head that lasts forever with lotsa lace. Aroma is just good fresh balanced stout. easty beer. Good beer. friendly beer. I want more. dark, good body. Alcohol isn’t an issue. would be good with --- just about any got damn thang.

Black color with thick beige head. Great smoky peaty aroma. Taste of roasted espresso with spicy hopiness.

Aroma is smoky with a firm overtone of unsweetened chocolate and a roast coffee undertone. It pours a deep, opaque sable that is just a shade above black and has a thick, fine-bubbled, fairly persistent buff head. Flavor is smoky and fairly chocolaty, not sweet and just a teeny bit yeasty. Texture is fairly smooth, a bit chalky and fairly fizzy, a bit thinner than I expected but not disappointing.

~Coffee and roasted grain aroma with dark chocolate. Grainy. ~Pours dark black with ruby highlights. Thick moussy brown lasting head. ~Roasty coffee flavor with acidic roasted bite, bitterness from roast. ~Med body with med CO2, smooth with soem acidic bite, chocolatey roasty finish. ~Excellent stout!! Creamy and delicious! Easy to drink and oh so tasty.