Irish Stout
North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Dry Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.78
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Notes from May 2009 Spastic bottle generously provided by goatgoat. I quickly usher the anxious beer into my Sly Fox shaker. The beer is a murky/muddy brown oil stain on the road. Creamer-colored head that hesitates to leave much more then specks of lace on the glass. Smell is at first cocoa powder, but very quickly makes way for some jammy fruit & lactose. Endtrail is slight roast & some booze. Flavor is big on roast. Slightly sweet char, a burnt marshmallow or two, heavy on the earth & spent coffee grounds. A touch of vanillin softens the mood. Finish is a touch scorched & bitter with leaves. Burping up a little cocoa gives a happier conclusion. Carbonation was obviously at hostile levels before the bottle leaked, because even now, it sizzles almost like baking soda in my mouth. There is some disturbed yeast making their rounds, & an obvious calcifying-like feel. Certainly different. I wasn't expecting this much roast. Maybe a little too forwardly sweet as well. Conflicting, though it sure packs a lot of flavor into 4.5%.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
bottle from trade, pours black with a frothy tan head, leaves nice brown stains and lace as the beer goes down. Aroma is cocoa, roast, charcoal. Flavor is heavy roast, thin bitter sweet cocoa notes. Finishes ashy with thin smoke. This is a really nice dry stout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Growler thanks to angrypirate06. Pours with a small tan head and a brown body. Aroma is of coffee and light smoke. Taste is dry, coffee and a bit bitter. Creamy mouthfeel.