Swashbuckler Captain Rudes Black Water Stout

Brewed by Swashbuckler Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Manheim, Pennsylvania USA

Draft at the Penn Spring Brewfest. Black-red color, small steady head. Smooth and malty, nice choco-roastiness. Good, but just doesn’t blow me away like some of their other offerings. Still above par for sure. Nice body/mouthfeel.

Draught at the PA. Renaissance Fair. Small tan head, good retention and some thin strips of lace hangin around. Black bodied brew with some brown edging. Nose is Chocolatey, lightly roasty, fruity with some faint berry notes. Body is Med/full, lightly oily on the palate, a little chalky. Chocolatey, weak coffee flavors, licorice with a hint of caramel malts and some light sour notes as well. Almost dry, chocolatey finish.

On tap at the PA Renaissance Faire. Poured a dark black color with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of was roasty, smokey, with some cocoa. Tastes of roast, dark chocolate, with a bitter coffee finish. Nice bitter finish. Some lacing left on the glass.

Draught @ PA Renaissance Faire. Pours a dark, dark bown with a medium light tan bubbly/creamy head. Aroma of chocolate, dark fruits, hints of vanilla, oatmeal and lactose. Flavors of the some with hints of coffee.

On tap at the PA Renaissance Faire... Appears black with a foamy, tan head that slowly fades into a small cap. Lovely chunks of foam lace sticks all around the glass. Smell is of toasted oats, grains, cream, cocoa, light caramel, and an open bag of cereal. Taste is of the aromas with a decent mixture, making for a toasty, sweet, full brew. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, sweet, grainy, semi-dry, with CO2 bubbles bouncing off the middle of the tongue.

Dark brown with a mountainous rocky tan head. Redolent with dark chocolate, thids dry style stout was sweeter than others that share the style. A syrupy molasses sweetness envelops the tongue at the finish. This lacks the roasty bitter character of its cousing, Peg Leg. Not at all bad, but overshadowed by its older cousin.

This is on tap right now at the PA Rennaisance Fair. It pours dark brownish/blackish with minimal tan head. The aroma is roasty dark patent malty, with some chocoffy notes, and some molasses and nutty hints. It tastes a bit dry, with the solid roasty malt coupled with some coffee and nutty notes. Medium bodied. In my mind, this one doesn’t stack up to the Peg Leg.