St Peters Cream Stout

Black colored. Coffee and burned malts in the aroma. Coffee and burned malts in the flavor. Could be more creamy. Nice, but a bit average.

Pours jet black with hints of ruby highlights at the rim. Towering tan coloured head is tightly packed and laces brilliantly. (Head remains substantial till the end of glass!!) Aromas of milky coffee, dry roast and a hint of dark berries. Palate expresses much of the same with the appearance of some brandied characters that complement the hinting dark fruits. Carbonation is noticeably high, which gives the impression of a dryer finish complete with dry hop and highly kilned malt notes.

Black, roasted coffee, roasted malt, dark chocolate, Dark fruits, caramel, slight hop, dry.

In short: Typical stout with a usual but complete array of flavours of the style. Unfortunately marred by a lack of body. Decent brew.
How: Bottle 500ml, age unknown but drank within a few weeks after receiving it. Courtesy of hopscotch, thanks a lot Eric
The look: Black body topped by a tan sheet of foam.
In long: Strong black coffee aroma. Taste is rather simplistic. Roastiness level is medium-high. Initially the flavour is halfway between a cup of black coffee and roasted coffee beans. As the beer warms up some dark fruits (figs and such), some black chocolate and some vanilla start coming out. A bit dry. Body is thinner than it should be, even a little watery. Carbonation is appropriately medium. The thinner body and vanilla flavours gives a barrel aging impression. All in all a pretty standard stout like I’ve had many many times before, a strange sensation of déjà-bu.

Pours a ver dark brown color and retains very liitle head. The aroma is of roasted coffee and chocolate. It has a creamy mouth feel and tastes of creamy chocolate. It lives up to its name. This is not a bad stout, but it reallhy doesn’t stand out that much either. It’s a good beer, but nothing that I would go out of my way to get.