Tag Archives: dry stout

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.

“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.

RIDGEWAY LUMP OF COAL DARK HOLIDAY STOUT


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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.