Black Fly Stout
Gritty McDuff's in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Dry Regular|
Score
6.48
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There's beer and then there's stout, and Gritty McDuff 's Black Fly Stout is the real deal. Black Fly is a dry, all-malt stout packed with roasted flavor. We use six different grains in the brewing of this dark masterpiece and balance the full palate with Oregon Willamette and Yakima Clusters hops. Like the legendary Irish stouts that inspired it, Black Fly Stout is rich, robust and a touch mysterious. The finest stout west of Galway Bay!
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Porterhouse; Nose of toasty coffee and chocolate; Transparent dark walnut color with a thick, long-lasting tan head; flavor coffee and hop bitterness, which lasts well into the finish. Body a little weak but pretty good for a low alcohol stout!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2006
at 18:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep black into an English Pint. Roasted caramel and chocolate notes. Upfront dry coffee with a lasting bitter finish.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2006
at 07:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Overall, a tasty dry stout. Black pour with big tan head. The aroma was filled with roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. The flavor, too, started with roasted malts and revealed flavors of bitter coffee and chocolate. Quite dry. Thin body. Nicely done.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2006
at 21:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
2004 bottle at the Downtown Liquors Stout tasting, 3/10/05. Pours a nearly transparent, brown and black layered color, with an espresso colored head that is creamy and lasting (flaked barley or oats probably, as the relatively high carbonation level should not dictate this good of head retention). Aroma smells thick and nutty, with caramel, light barley and low hops apparency. A bit of chocolate and milk in there as well. Flavor is fairly simple, yet flavorful. Milk chocolate, light roast, not very bitter, with toffee on the finish and a touch of hops. Solid, well-executed beer, with a respectable medium, bordering on medium-full body. Not overdone with hops, so cheers to these guys for resisting the temptation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2005
at 22:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
This comes to me from Willblake way back when! Opaque black pour with a generous tan head that lasts and lasts. Aroma of roast malt with a bit of chocolate coming through. Dry palate, with just a bit of sweetness to balance the roast malt flavor. Smooth and not too overdone in any way.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2005
at 20:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very dark brown. Nutty, cocoa-ish aroma. Palate is dryish, with notes of almonds, cocoa and cherry lozenges. It works ok.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2003
at 15:46