Half Moon Traditional Stout
Penobscot Bay Brewery in Winterport, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular|
Score
6.38
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3
Bottle sample at the last tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks Alexey. Black with a small tan head. Sourish infected aroma with fruits, olives, a bit of vinegar and some roast. Sourish flavor, roasty, with some fruitiness, a vinegar touch, some fruitiness and a finish with harsh bitterness. Medium-bodied. Infected
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Reviewed from old notes.
This was poured into a pint glass and a mug at separate times. Both times it basically looked the same.
The appearance was a nice hazy brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light lacing speckling and then sliding a little bit.
The smell had a bready and grainy to grassy sort of thing going on. Light combination of chocolate and coffee comes in to blend.
The taste was mainly the same thing.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium with a decent sessionability about it. There’s a decent smooth creaminess about it.
Overall, not a bad beer but not exactly one that is a stellar one of its style.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled at the DC Local Tasting a 22oz bottle pours a watery, opaque black with some creamy, white head. Malty nose, crackers, toasted bread, brown sugar, light vanilla. Flavor is sweet, brown sugar, vanilla, licorice, molasses.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
22 oz bottle. Poured as dark as Batman’s cape. Thick beige head upon first pour which died down a bit. Left nice lacing. Nose is a baker’s chocolate. Taste up front is malt, chocolate in the finish. Body is light, texture is an oily mouthfeel, carbonation is low. Ok stout. Shared with LiteWait
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, purchased at Bangor Wine and Cheese on August 17 2010, savoured on September 26 2010; eye: black, opaque, nice creamy coffee head, light lacing; nose: roasted malt, light cocoa; mouth: roasted malt, light vanilla, light burnt, light cocoa, finale in roasted malt with light presence of vanilla, a bit thin, medium-light body, good carbonation, lightly oily texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, achetée chez Bangor Wine and Cheese le 17 août 2010, savourée le 26 septembre 2010; œil : noire, opaque, belle mousse crémeuse café, légère dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, léger cacao; bouche : malt torréfié, léger vanille, léger brûlé, léger cacao, finale en malt torréfié avec légère présence de vanille, un peu mince, corps moyen-léger, bonne carbonatation, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : correct
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at ChrisO "I’m Trying to see the Stool" pre GBBF2010 tasting. Very dark brown colour, good malts, some Bovril flavour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ ChrisOs Pre-GBBF Shindig 2010.[ Raise The Roof Tasting ]. Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, caramel, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, dark malt, dry, vanilla notes. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100731]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
31st July 2010. ChrisOs Pre GBBF - ’Raise The Roof’ tasting. Opaque black beer - good tan head. Smooth light palate - somewhat dry. Smooth dark malt - lightly toasted and a little creamy. Finishes soft and slightly tangy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled@The Chriso rock the roof down pre-GBBF tasting. Deep ambery brown colour with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, toffee, some ashes as well as mild coffeeish notes. Flavour is the same with the coffee and ashes being in the main focus. Yet a very pleasant beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. A dark brown beer with a dense brown head. The aroma has notes of malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and chocolate, leading to a dry and roasted finish. The body is light.