White Dog Tall Dark Stranger

Brewed by White Dog Brewery
Style: Dry Stout
Rocchetta di Guiglia (MO), Italy

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Cask gravity @ GBBF 2010. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty dry chocolate finish with hints of coffee.

Draft. A dark brown beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malts combined with chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of chocolate and roasted malt, leading to a dry and bitter finish, where the chocolate note lingers.

Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 03/08/2010 Coffee roast aroma. Black a little rich on the palate strong in alcohol and hoppy with a hint of dryness in a bitter coffee roast finish.

Cask@GBBF2010. Deep amber colour, small beigeish head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, some spices, herbs as well as some liquorice. Flavour is liquorice, some roasted malts, coffee and mild spicyness. Pleasant and balanced stout.

3rd August 2010. GBBF
Opaque black beer with a tiny tan head. Light dry palate. Sweetish licquorish and some dark malt. That’s about it!

Cask at GBBF 2010 ... black ... soft chocolate roast nose ... sweet vanilla roast malts ... little chocolate ... quite sweet ... light charcoal ... very easy drinkin

Bottle. [thanks, ccskou]
Pour is almost black, slight brown edges. Large, staying, creamy, beige head. Lovely roasted aroma, light liqourice, some blackberries. Medium carbonation with some small bubbles. Flavour has lots of roasted malts, good dryness, some astringency. Mild chocolate, soft liqourice, light coffee. Long, lingering, dry and malty and coffee bitter finish. Very nice stout.

Bottle thanks to brewer Steve: Poured a black with light brown head. Aroma is coffee and spice. Taste is a nice mix of cocoa, coffee, and roasted malt.

Unlabeled bottle at the brewery, courtesy of Steve, shared with SHIG. Not sure if this is the right stout, since there is one other. Very dark brown color, medium tan head with solid lacing. Aroma of mild cocoa and cafe au lait. Taste is smooth, cocoa and weak American coffee. Light body. Nice dry, mild stout.

Draught @ Ølfestival Valby - CBF09, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Clear dark brown color with a huge, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090516]