Tag Archives: dry stout

APPALACHIAN SUSQUEHANNA STOUT

Tawny-headed mahogany-bronzed cream stout gains extensive lactose-aided coffee-nut souring as oatmeal backbone fortifies burnt caramel, black tar, and dried raisin illusions pared down by charred hop finish. Chocolate milkshake thickness counters soft-watered texture consuming smoked cedar trail sweetening cherry puree acridity and black chocolate remnant. But lavish frothing falters as phenol nature swells.

BAR HARBOR CADILLAC MTN. STOUT

Resplendent velvety smooth dry stout with roasted chocolate sweetening, syrupy Scotch salience, and chewy molasses density allows creme caramel, vanilla, marshmallow, and cocoa nuances to dot cookie dough midst. Recessive coffee-espresso and parched fig-prune-raisin souring neatly counter chocolate-y motif as roasted nuttiness, mossy earthiness, and pumpernickel tinge hang at the fringe.

BLUE RIDGE STEEPLE STOUT

Brewed in celebration of St. Patrick's Day, hoppin' mad stout delivers explosive carbolic fizz to alcohol-laden liquid. Roasted barley, dusky malts, and rye wheat counter unusual wine-like tendencies perfectly. Dark chocolate-y coffee grain bitterness rounds out robust finish. Expansive for such a sweet, sticky stout (and not too far removed from excellent Red Hook Black Stout).