very dark red/ruby pour. The aroma is quite nice. Loads of cocoa powder! Its like smelling cake mix. WOw, the flavoris really quite nice. loads of chocolate, cocoa powder, touches of coffee in the finish with a nice lingering bitteress. Very sweet overall, and not really what i would consider a dry stout. Kinda thin for a stout also, I think this would be at home in the porter category.

Bottle. Black body with a tan head. Light roast aroma. Malty body with something I don't recognise. Pleasant finish.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy dark reddish brown color with a small foamy khaky head with decent retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of caramel, toffee, toast, molasses, chocolate, roasted malt, raisin, cream, and light herbal. Nice aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, vanilla, light coffee, and light herbal. Light bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, toast, and light coffee, and light herbal on the finish for a short bit. Very nice robustness and balance of flavors; zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very creamy and lightly slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice dry stout! Nice robust and balanced flavors; very smooth to drink. Really enjoyable offering.

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run, 5/8/12. I never tried this back when it was available at my WFM store, so I’m glad to see it now. Pours a clear very dark brown color with a thin fizzy tan head that fades quickly. Aroma of dark malts, treacle, toffee, chocolate and some roastiness. The taste is chocolate, roasted malts, nutty notes, herbal hops. Medium bodied. Dark with an almost chewy texture and seems oxidized, though it is new at the store. Huh.

Bottle at home in CT. Brownish pour with a medium, eggshell head. Dry chocolate aroma, subtle dark malts. Has an atypical flavor, some dark malts, rich, homemade bread, dry-roasted coffee. Medium in body with average to lively carbonation. Semi-sweet cocoa finish, medium roast, some burnt wood lingering. Very nice beer on the whole.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a medium creamy light beige head that lasts awhile leaving good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a roasted malt with chocolate and nuts. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet roast flavor with caramel and coffee and a nice dry finish. Easy to drink, a very good dry stout from North Coast.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty coffee and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

Pour is a black with a small tan head. Aroma is chocolate and lots of roasted malt. Flavor is the same but nothing wrong with it. Lots of chocolate and roasted malt to go around. Leaves a nice roasted flavor on the tounge as this goes down.

A dark, red beer, transparent. The head is fluffy and pretty great looking. There is a lot going on in the nose for a beer with an abv of 5.7%, but it’s only good relative to the quality stronger stouts. The beer tastes pretty good but doesn’t live up to the nose. Not all of the coffee and chocolate notes come through on the tongue. Partly, it’s due to this funny metallic taste that’s coming through for me. The feel and drinkability suffer for this metallic taste, as well. It’s not a bad stout. It’s just not a great one.

12 oz. bottle, $1.89 single at Binny’s. Pours starts with a nice cola note upon pouring. Then a lot of graininess, and some sourness. Appearance is in fact cola colored: deep brown/black with easy to find brown edges and puffy brown foam. I’ve had this bottle a few months, but it’s still pretty fresh tasting. A deep bitter coffee component. I can pick out some hops immediately, just a slightly more than average load of hops for the style. A bit of orange "stock ale" sourness. Grainy texture, but not too much. Seems to have been force carbonation (no yeast sediment in the bottle) and that kind of pushes the palate away. Alcohol is a little on the upper end for what could be a fine session beer.