Yukon Midnight Sun Espresso Stout

Brewed by Yukon Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Whitehorse, Canada

Deep and dark with a nice and frothy, tan head. Great mouthfeel; smooth and rich and creamy. Big dark chocolate and coffee, with sprightly nips of molasses. Healthy amount of bitterness balanced things out well. Muscular, yet suave. Good stuff.

Bottle from presario. Pours opaque with a small foamy tan head. Aroma is dark roasted chocolate and caramel malt (cardboard, straw), yeast (earth, dark dough), fruit (prune) and hints of burnt toast. Dark roasted malt, straw and earthy flavor, coffee and moderate acidity, bitter dark chocolate. Dark bodied, smooth and dry palate.

Bottled. Beer is very dark brown, nearly opaque with a small, off-white, mostly diminishing head. The aroma is malty with heavy notes of slightly smokey, roasted grain, moderate-to-heavy notes of chocolate, strong coffee, light-to-moderate notes of caramel; Hoppy light herbal notes; Yeasty with moderate notes of cellar/basement, trace of sharp cheese; Moderate miscellaneous note of lush top soil, light notes of vanilla, wood, fresh plum. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter, moderately acidic with a long, lightly bittersweet finish. The body is medium-to-full, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is softer-than-lively.

Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown to black. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted/burnt grain, coffee), with a light note of tar. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/creamy texture, lively carbonation.

Bottle. Dark clear brown, small beige head. Aroma is slightly burnt coffee, licorice, very warm and nice. Taste is lots of chocolate, bitter malts. Medium bodied, should be a little bigger. Drawn out bitter finish, reallly nice. Very fine beer.

Poured a very dark brown color with a ruby tint and minimal head. The aroma smelled like spent coffee grains, roasted malt, and a fair amount of ash. The flavor was a little on the small side. Raosty with some tartness.

Thanks to whoever brought this to share at kp’s Cellar Party. A black pour that produces a creamy head of tan. The aroma is roasty and a bit smoky with diminished coffee notes. A bitter and dry stout that might use a bit more sweetness to really fit the sweet stout style. A bit more body would bump this up as well.

An allmost black pour with a nice tan head. A good strong taste of coffee and chocolate. A good finishing bitter. A somewhat watery palate kept me from rating this beer higher. It was a good beer.