 kujo9 (1044), North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
Jul 17, 2003
Milk chocolate brown head turns to beige when it settles and laces and the liquid is pretty well black. All those dark grains and hops still come through! Although they are subdued compared to the roasty and chocolate aromas as well as some malty sweetness and a little toffee. Malty sweetness and roasty/bitter from dark grains start the experience, almost like chewing on coffee beans or drinking espresso. Chocolate comes in second while hop flavor follows right behind in the finish and aftertaste. Finish is also dry, lightly diacetyl, and slightly sour from dark grain acidity, and I'm not quite sure why it's qualified as a sweet stout as there is not much residual sweetness. Fuller bodied with higher than usual carbonation for a stout, but very well made. It's been a while since I've had one of these, it's good to find it's as good as I remembered it.
Fruitfly (29), , Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 17, 2008 22 oz bottle. Pours deep brown with a full creamy tan head and large bead. Aroma is carmelled malts and very solid and robust sweetness. Flavour is smooth and sweet, full bodied: like creamy, sweet coffee. Had an excessively carbonated mouth feel. Hopping is light.
dchmela (686), Orlando, Florida, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Bomber. Pours a blackish red with a huge tan head. Chocolate and coffee dominate the aroma, but I also caught little hints of citrus hops in there, too. Chocolate malt, coffee, bitter hop in the taste. Slightly thin body which makes this an easy drinking stout. Hints of chocolate and coffee in the aftertaste.
buzzoven (93), Japan
Aug 15, 2008 On tap @ Rogue pub, Portland Airport. I have had this in a bottle a few times in the past, but this pint on tap was surely the tops. A malty, smooth, chocolaty creamy experience. Hints of nutmeg and coffee. Extremely drinker friendly.
joebudzjoe (102), Connecticut, USA
Aug 12, 2008 22 oz bottle. From the bottle a marshmellow and dark chocolate aroma steams out as a fizzy, tall but thin root beer float brown head cradles the black body. The strong carbonation forms the wet palate. The taste sensation wans like a wave drying sand. Dry dark chocolate aftertaste. Would like a bit more smoothness that the carbonation takes away, I bet it’s much better on draft.
WesKBob (145), Bethany, Oklahoma, USA
Aug 10, 2008 Pours an opaque black. Thin tan head with decent retention and lacing. Aroma is coffee malt. Flavor has a bit more sweetness with some chocolate notes. A smooth, slightly bitter finish with a coffee aftertaste. Good, but a pretty standard stout.
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