Deep mahogany dry stout offers black chocolate acridity, roasted coffee souring, and nutty espresso dirge, but oily flow lowers raisin-fig midst. At busy finish, creamy mocha malts counter peat-hickory notes and tart fruity register.
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ORKNEY DRAGON HEAD STOUT
Wood-charred tobacco-stained black coffee souring lures maple-sapped burnt hickory, chalky mocha, muted raisin, black licorice and cola nutty illusions for fantastic frothy tan-headed dry-bodied peculiarity. Sneaky orange rind influence makes brilliant cameo below tar-stained leathering. Richer, creamier, and more pungent than Guinness Stout.
YARDS LOVE STOUT
Up-front dark chocolate resonation envelops wood-smoked espresso dryness and roasted nuttiness lingering to creamy malt finish of English oyster stout. Tame black cherry cola backdrop counters unrefined maple sap bitterness and burnt coffee sourness. On tap, soy-milked dark chocolate roast, chalky cocoa powdering and black coffee bittering counter sweet toffee-candied caramel malting.
COOPERS EXTRA STOUT
“PIKE 5X” STOUT
Velvety smooth bubblegum-scented dry-bodied Imperial Stout retains great tan head, ester-y grape souring, black licorice lining, and black cherry margin. Burnt toast aspect dominates embittered espresso frothing mid-palate before powdery sugar (reminiscent of Bazooka Joe baseball card gum) invades fully formed mocha finish.
(SAPPORO) YEBISU STOUT DRAFT
(DARK HORSE) FORE SMOKED STOUT
Ink black stout pours like thick milkshake, increasing dark chocolate-y cocoa prominence as burnt-sugared molasses haunts deep recess. Faint smokiness brings out wood burnt-charcoal bitterness, oak-aged cherry dryness, and charred hop roast. Distant herbal notion finds daylight inside vanilla-toffee center, above bittersweet roasted coffee bottom.
RANDALL’S GUILTY LONDON STOUT
Between France and England lies Channel Islands, home of this efficient brown-hued ruby-highlighted dry body. Jaunty cappuccino uprising enjoins black chocolate bittering, burnt caramel mellifluence, and wispy whiskey waft, settling to coarse cherry puree finish. Licorice hints and sour-fruited spell surround secondary maltose sweetening in earthy midst.
(DE DOLLE) SPECIAL EXTRA EXPORT STOUT
Musky tan-headed mahogany-hued strong ale/Imperial Stout blend conveys syrupy dark chocolate-spiced expectancy to contrast highly hopped dark fruited souring. Dehydrated fig-banana-cherry conflux and coarse hazelnut lunge bedeck tranquil gingered cinnamon seasoning before dry port-sherry-bourbon finish picks up strong alcohol acridity.
RIDGEWAY LUMP OF COAL DARK HOLIDAY STOUT
Sadly, nebulous maroon-hued winter stout lacks expectant spicy seasonal intrigue and lusty mocha wanderlust, allowing witty Yuletide moniker to be more notable than muddled watered-down flavoring and diffuse charcoal aroma. ‘Dark Holiday’ seasonal claims to be “much more than you deserve for X-mas,” but thin roasted malting, dim chocolate-cocoa confection, concealed raisin-fig meekness, and dirty earthen whimper deaden impact. Understated hop-oiled cocoa-dried astringency blemishes dulled red-purple grape frolic, smothered pineapple-grapefruit slip, and cryptic anise snip.