Pizza Port Sticky Stout

Draft @ Carlsbad. Pours dark brown. Thick tan head with chocolate malt aroma. Thick mouthfeel. Decent but not great.

GABF 2007. A brown beer with a red shine under a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of over ripe fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of vanilla and roasted malt, as well as lighter notes of coffee, leading to a dry bitter finish.

Growler courtesy of Ibrew2or3. Thanks, Dave. I had this at GABF last year too, but was too loopy to rate it. The aroma is redolent with piney west coast hops and chocolate malt. Toasted/roasted notes are present as well, but the hops and chocolate are the standouts by far. The body is a dark ruby brown to near black and holds a remarkably well formed and lasting mocha head, considering this has been in the growler for over a week. It’s a good looking head, but the body just isn’t stout dark. Big milk chocolate fore. Followed by massive hops. I am distracted by what I consider excessive hop flavor. This is like Gonzo if they tripled the hops. Still there is a tasty dark chocolate, burnt coffee roastiness beneath that and the mouth feel is very creamy. But, for my personal taste I’d like to have this with about half of the hop pine/bitterness.

Dark brown. Aroma is a little smoky with light coffee notes and some creamy chocolateyness. Sweet, almost creamy body with late coffee notes and a hint of nuts.