Schlafly Irish Style Extra Stout

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: Foreign Stout
Maplewood, Missouri USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter, Tulip

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UPDATED: APR 8, 2010 sample from bottle at DLD - Pours dark brown with a fluffy enduring head. It has a good roast malt aroma and flavor, a medium to full body, light carbonation, and a mildly bitter finish. Pretty good stout. rerate - bottle - Very dark brown, small tan head. Roast malt and coffee aroma. Flavor has dark roast malt, coffee, and some licorice notes. Well balanced and tasty.

Poured a dry dark amber with brown head. No lacing. Rich chocolate aroma. Coffee and molasses flavor. Pretty light character for an imperial stout, it’s more inbetween. Overall a good selection

Bottle. Dark brown pour with a light tan head. Aroma of light roasted malt, coffee, and light chocolate. Medium bodied, bitter and roasty with a roasty/dry finish.

12oz. bottle. Fairly intriguing aroma of dark chocolate, molasses, earthiness, toffee, raisin, plum and blackberry, some very light coffeeish roastiness here, as well. Opaque brown-black color with a fine, slight head. Bottle-conditioned. Flavor features a blend of rich chocolate and dark fruitiness with lighter espresso notes and even some vinous touches in the background. Some slight bitterness, smoke and floral hop flavor creep in at the finish. Toasty, creamy and semi-dry on the palate with a full body. Actually pretty enjoyable, sort of an easy going version of the style but there are some nice things going on here.

Poured Brown with a short offwhite head. Aromas of roasted malt, coffee, and a bit of smoke with some chocolate. Flavor was roasted malts, coffee, and chocolate. Somewhat watery on the palate and medium body for a stout. Dry finish. Interestingly dry for an imperial stout.

Bottle: Dark brown with a white head. Aroma, chocolate, coffee, and some dry roasty notes. Flavor, roasty, chocolate, caramel, some bitterness, finishes dry.

When held to the light in a pilsner glass, this is a stunning Blood garnet color. Taller tan head dissipates to a lasting thin lid. Lots of sweet rich malt, with light molasses and cocoa. Hints of dry herbal hops and touch of alcohol present. Thick and slightly coating in fell. The alcohol thins it out in the throat, along with a mild burn. Espresso and toasted malt abound. White pepper burn in the finish and linger. A touch rough in spots, but a nice end of the day stout.

Pours a deep charcoal color with a dark tan hea that is thick and stays with the beer as you drink it. The aroma is roasted malt & chocolate. Mouthfeel is thick and slightly chewy, not syrupy. The taste is exactly what you would expect from an extra stout, coffee, chocolate and roastd malt flavors swirl around the tounge. It’s everything I want from an exra stout.

(bottle) deep black with very generous tan head. Nice lace. Aroma of roast malt, cocoa. Flavor is dark fruits, hints of oak and coffee. Ends with an roast coffee and whiskey.

Dark pour with a light tan head. Dark chocolate, caramel, slight hints of roasted malt in the aroma. Roasty and malty taste, some nuttiness and subtle hints of fruit, moderately dry hoppy finish with just a hint of booze. Very smooth, easy drinking. Not as much coffee flavor as I was expecting there to be, but I’m not complaining at all. Nothing too overpowering about this one. I wouldn’t exactly categorize this as an Imperial Stout, but it’s still a very well made beer by Schlafly.