Long Island Potato Stout
Blind Bat Brewery in Centerport, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Dry Regular|
Score
6.68
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draught from ginger manhattan. Poured dark without too much head (tannish that was there). Some maltiness etc. Thought it was more of a sweet stout than a dry one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
16oz can pours an oily black, basically no head. Nose is starchy, malty too, plenty of toast, some rubber and burnt stuff. Flavor has some earthy notes, a little truffle or mushroom, toast, rubber, toast. Finishes oily, lots of body for 4.2%.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Thanks Justin.
Poured into a mug, the appearance was a very dark brown to black color with very little head. Some stringy lace slides into the glass.
The aroma had a deep roasted maltiness flowing into some chocolate/caramel sweetness, light biscuit and light grassiness and a touch of earth.
The flavor had a dry earthy sweetness up front really going hard at the biscuit/caramel maltiness. Some roastiness comes back but seems to not show it’s face in the aftertaste as it’s all about the earthy/grassy maltiness. Finishes fairly quick, somewhat malty and earthy.
On the palate, this one sat about medium bodied. Felt good as a sipper. Good sturdy carbonation with an ABV not very noticeable. Roasty and dry along my tongue.
Overall, in the words of Cool Hand Luke, \"what we have here is a failure to communicate.\" I mean, well, I know what potato tastes like, so where’s the potato? Sorry Blind Bat, get that potato in here and maybe I’ll try it again. I dig the idea, but I’m not digging the potatoes for you.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle thanks to Bill! Pours opaque black with a small quickly dissipating brown head that leaves some lacing. Aroma is roasty, earthy, yes a bit of potato (but like Bill I would have never pulled it out blind), ashtray. Flavor is surprisingly savory, almost salty, acidic, smoky, burned. Light sweet, light tart, light bitter. Lingering acidity. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. This has to be infected.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to Jason. Pours black with tan head. Nose and taste of roast chocolate malt, vanilla and light roast coffee. Potato is noticeable in background, but I don’t think I would have picked it out without it being on the label. Creamy mouth feel with a crisp dry finish. Good stout.