Psychocandy

Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Milk / Sweet Rotating

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7.23

ABV: 3.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

While the Irish prefer their stouts dry, since the early 1900s the Scots have preferred their stout sweet and with a low abv. Psychocandy, our Scottish Sweet Stout, is brewed with milk sugar (lactose). The malt bill includes roasted barley and malted oats. We also use UK Goldings hops for their earthy and floral aroma. The finished product is black with pronounced malt sweetness, the aroma of sweet toffee, and roasty malt. This style of stout has a much bigger body and flavor than its modest abv lets on.

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7.1

Jow (8309) reviewed Psychocandy from Notch Brewing 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Wow 3.3abv didn’t realize when chose to end night could be had this hours ago. Dark pour. Nose is chocolate and earth. Tastes earthy, of cola, chocolate, sour mash, tar. Easy drinking. Not too sweet.

Tried on 04 Sep 2021 at 02:58

7.9

cuso (17193) reviewed Psychocandy from Notch Brewing 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Dark brown with beige head. Light coffee aroma with chocolate, Taste, sweet chocolate, nougat, moderate coffee. Well balanced beer.

Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2021 at 18:57

7.6

tfontana (7277) reviewed Psychocandy from Notch Brewing 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can pour into nonic pint glass from Redstone Liquors, Stoneham. Appearance is hazy dark, dark brown (mahogany with light source directly behind) with tons of sparkle, finger-width foamy light brown head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is toasted malt, roasted coffee, lactose, dead leaves and milder baker's chocolate. Taste is toasted malts and lactose with spare coffee and chocolate; late nuts. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with a somewhat watery texture, soft carbonation with late lively kick and finish as taste. Overall, as noted previously, pretty amazing for 3.3%. That's only notable in the texture as it a bit watery but good in its own right and quite impressive for such a low ABV.

Tried from Can on 11 Dec 2019 at 02:46

7.6

CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Psychocandy from Notch Brewing 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours mahogany tinged cola into an English pint. Tan head with good retention recedes to skim surface leaving scant sheets. Sharp with sweet chocolate and fig upfront turning to bitter roots in the lasting finish. Impressive for the abv.

Tried from Can on 18 Nov 2019 at 00:32

7.6

Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Psychocandy from Notch Brewing 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Crowler filled and drunk 1/13/18.
Clear, dark chestnut-mahogany. Creamy, thick, dark beige head atop shows moderate-to-strong retention.
Sweet maple, fudge and good malt acidity help keep balance in the nose, though it certainly still tends to the sweet and malty. Vanilla, hazelnut, dark chocolate and light buttercream all add to the complexity and there is no alcohol or flaw noted.
In the mouth it's sweet, lightly, but pleasingly syrupy, with tons of maple, treacle, raisin, vanilla, buttercream and light fudge. A bevy of malt variation, with mild acidity on the end and low but engaging carbonation. Still shows decent attenuation with roast growing somewhat stronger as it warms, helping ward off the fudgey, chocolatey sweetness. Very unique and interesting and, I think, successful. A 3.3% dessert stout? Definitely makes you wonder why so many breweries feel the need for 10% + abvs in their versions....

Tried from Crowler on 21 May 2018 at 16:28