Bottle at chrisOs... Deep black... Thin tan head... Soft dry toffee hop nose... Dull fruits.. Dull roast... Soft malt roast... Soft sweet malts 5.5abv... Cask at fynefest 2015... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft malts.. Soft chocolate roast.. Dark chocolate roast.. Dark malts big soft chocolate roast 3.6

Old Stormy Port plus a little bit extra in every way. Thicker, blacker, denser aroma, more complex flavor, longer finish. Chocolate, coffee, dark ripe fruit, vanilla, some smoked malt flavor as well. Deserves recognition.
Earlier Rating: 4/10/2014 Total Score: 3.9
Bought two bottles from Malloy’s and discovered that one was the 4.8% variety. Pours a thick dark brown with a medium to small tan head that left fairly good lacing on the pint glass. Nice inviting aroma of toasted brown bread, some vanilla, milk chocolate, freshly brewed coffee. Taste is very similar to the aroma with a nice dry chalky mouthfeel.

Keg @ Oslo, Galway [160414] NEW version
Black, rich tan head, good lacing
Aroma - Soft roasted malts, dark chocolate, dark malts
Taste - Soft roast, deeper dark malts than before on tap, fairly sweet malts, plain chocolate, getting a brown bread hint, dab of burnt malts, nice
Palate - Too cold and fizzy at first...so let warm up. Soft carb, medium body, mouth coating malts. Finish is a bit dry, clinging dark malts, soft chocolate.
Overall - This new one on tap gets 3.7, the old bottled brew 3.8 (which I might have overrated tbh). The old tap one I scored 3.4. So this for me has improved on tap (even though I’ve given a lower score overall to the new one). I rated it after it had warmed up for 20 - 30 minutes and lost some of the fizz.. I’’ve rated Buried At Sea 3.7 - I seem to like both these beers as much. Maybe I’ll do a blind bottle tasting of the two...
Earlier Rating: 12/5/2013 Total Score: 3.8
Take 2 Bottle from Drinkstore, Dublin [071213]
Now...let’s try the bottle...Very dark caramel brown, big frothy beige head, bit over fizzy from bottle, some lacing
Aroma - soft roast, soft dark caramel, slight burnt note, hint of chocolate
Taste - Smooth sweet rich dark malts, soft bitter roast, slight burnt notes, hint of coffee, dark chocolate, some molasses, dab of treacle, bit of yeast (err I accidently poured a couple of chunks in), much more flavour than the fizzy keg...this would work REALLY well on cask
Palate - Soft carb (after I let the fizz go down), medium body. bit sticky, quite dark rich mouthcoasting malts. Finish as main flavour, quite dry dark rich sweet malts
Overall - This is much better bottled 3.4 > 3.8

Keg @ Salt House, Galway [021213] 6/3/7/3/14
Fairly black, ruby edges through glass, off white head
Aroma - touch of dark malt, hint of bitter hop, subdued aroma
Taste of dark malts, roasted malts, touch of chocolate, some burnt toast
Palate - Moderate carb, light body, too fizzy for a stout, tad thin, Finish - some roast burnt malts, bit dry
Overall - Not quite as good as the chocolate milk stout. Think I would prefer this cask conditoned or bottled (which I have and will re-rate soon). Not sure that keg is the best dispense for this particular beer.

Draught. Jet black with a coffee head. Aroma is light sweet roast. Flavour is pronounced chocolate, strong base of roasted malt, vanilla cream on a very long dry roasted base.
Earlier Rating: 12/22/2012 Total Score: 3.6
Draught. Black with a tan heat. Aroma is dry malt. Flavour is toasted coffee malt with a touch of creamy vanilla. Dusty dry velvet finish. Very drinkable.

On draught at Salt House. The beer pours a dark brown color with a medium creamy tan head that diminishes steadily. Patchy lacing on the glass. Aroma of roast malt and mild coffee. Light to medium-bodied with a roasty character and notes of grainy malt and coffee. The finish is mildly bitter with a slight coffee and hops aftertaste. Decent overall.

Draught at Brew Dock, Dublin. Very dark brown, small head. Earthy coffee aroma,. Dry with clean mouthfeel. Earth and licorice. Mid bitter finish. Nice roasty flavours, but shallow malt character.