On tap at Growlers To Go – Kitty Hawk, unsweetened chocolate meets light-roast coffee for dry Irish stout. Nutty black chocolate finish gains light hop char bittering.
6 BEARS & A GOAT O’DARK THIRTY IRISH EXTRA STOUT
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LOST COLONY CHARON STOUT
Bitter black chocolate nuttiness and ashen wood-burnt hop char reinforce dry template of tan-headed, obisian-bodied Irish stout. Raw molasses bittering adds musky viscosity to tarry mocha gunk and latent black licorice licks kick in latently.
GUINNESS FOREIGN EXTRA STOUT
In the bottle, this Foreign Extra Stout competes favorably with Guinness Extra Stout and the nuttier dark-roasted Draught version. As of 2024, 50% of Guinness brews sold worldwide were FES. Creamier and sweeter than porter-inspired GES or nitrogenated Draught, its dark chocolate syruping, maple molasses sugaring and burnt toast remnant reach a less nutty mocha finish than the aforementioned variants (though the dark-roast hop char remains elevated in comparison).
HANGING HILLS OPEN CONTAINER IRISH STOUT
On tap at Hop & Vine Taproom, silken dark chocolate creaminess leaves nutty coffee residue as tertiary smoked molasses, chalky cocoa, dark-roast hop char and seared rauchbier-like beechwood merge comfortably.
DU CLAW THE PASTRYARCHY CANDY CANE IMPERIAL STOUT
York Peppermint Patty knockoff under the guise of a lactic dry Irish stout lets its bittersweet Tahitian vanilla bean luster settle alongside green-minted dark chocolate candied sugaring – picking up latent cola, hazelnut and anise illusions, distant maple oats flaking and nifty Brownies confection against mild charred hop bittering. A wonderful chocolate mint dessert pastry liquified.
DROWNED LANDS CARLOW IRISH STOUT
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry Irish stout maintains bitterer stylistic rampage as dark chocolatey black coffee nuttiness and treacly Blackstrap molasses acridity receive wood-burnt hop char above barley-flaked unsweetened Bakers chocolate base.
BOLERO SNORT DUBLIN OR NOTHIN
Dry Irish stout retains dark-roast coffee bittering and musky black chocolate continuance as charcoal-singed hop nuttiness and black grape must advance sharp mocha bitterness.
FORGED IRISH STOUT
Supposed “world’s creamiest stout” copies fellow Irish brewer, Guinness, with its nifty cascading nitro head over deep mahogany body, smoothly dry nutty dark chocolate resolution and spunky Blackstrap molasses coffee bittering while impressively forgoing the plastic floating widget. Its fluffily foamed eclair creaminess softens the tarry mocha-blackened dark-roast hop char, sturdily reinforcing its rich cafe latte finish.
GHOST HARBOR MULLIGAN DRY IRISH STOUT
Soft-tongued nutty dark chocolate creaming settles upon dark-roast hop char. In the backdrop, Blackstrap molasses bittering engulfs espresso, cola, walnut and burnt wood illusions.
ICARUS OUR RIVIERA IRISH COFFEE STOUT
On tap at Cloverleaf, sweetish whipped coffee creaming contrasts debittered black malt dryness as oats-honeyed Maris Otter and Vienna malting surfaces alongside molasses-caked vanilla respite.
SINGLECUT DECIBEL IRISH STOUT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry Irish stout given smooth nitrogenated creaming and nutty buckwheat influence in flattish mineral grain setting. Gentle coffee-roasted dark chocolate bittering buttresses tidy walnut, cola nut, cashew and hazelnut whims. A tad underwhelmingly unassuming.
TWO ROADS IRISH EXIT – NITRO
On tap at Pompton Craft House, softly creamed dry Irish stout captured on nitro buttresses its nutted black coffee stead with dark chocolate malting and blackened hop char, gaining bitterer Blackstrap molasses treacle, caramelized espresso milking and distant dried black cherry snip. Smooth.
