sampled at brewery in Belfast Maine - one the best beers i sampled at the brewery - complex, really good

Draft at Mikkeller & Friends in Reykjavik. Black pour with a tan, creamy head and evident lacing. Aroma is primarily coffee. Taste is bitter, with lots of roasted coffee. Finish is long and bitter. Okay, but nothing exceptional.

1 pint can. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small brown and creamy head. Aroma is roasted malty, breadish. Dry, roasted. Bitter and dark malty. Slight chocolate note. Dry and roasted finish.

Draught at 3 Tides, since debut, and pretty much every time I’m there (which is frequently).
My favorite beer these guys make and my go-to every time I’ve tried their newest offerings. Tastes great in Summer and Winter regardless and though they use a bit sweeter malt profile to balance the salinity of the oysters, I think it actually works to make the beer much more drinkable in general. Unlike most of their other stouts, which are very roasty and challenging to session with, this one comes close. Still can’t exactly down ’em, but it’s softer on the palate, with less acidity and charred flavor. Mouthfeel ranges from slick to almost creamy and the beer slides down the throat leaving behind notes of raisin, dark chocolate and vinous berries. Maltiness increases with warming, of course, and it becomes a bit more sumptuous and delightfully flavorful.

16 oz. can thanks to Willrunforbeer. Damn nice presentation with a thick foamy tan head that laces the glass. Aroma is very nice as well, deep roasted malt, chocolate and light salty brine, very pleasing.

The flavor of a 5 % stout is well above average. I can appreciate that as a novice homebrewer. Nice level of roast, soft chocolate and that nine comes in the finish. There is also a hop bitterness in here as well. If you are in Maine and can get this fresh, do it!

on nitro-pours a retaining light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/peat/molasses. Taste is dark malt-peat/chocolate/coffee, secondary earthy hops. Dry. Not my taste.