jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Black Fly Stout from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Pitch black coloured body with a super thin tan head. Deep roasty smell, chocolate and coffee also noticeable as well. Medium-bodied; Nice strong malty flavour with some coffee notes. Aftertaste shows bitter and dark characteristics - nice! Overall, a good stout, nice to try. I sampled this twelve ounce botttle purchased at Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 10-March-2007.
Lubiere (24605) reviewed Scottish Ale from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A dark amber ale with a thin off white head. A strong caramel aroma with notes of vanilla. In mouth, a rather boring ale, with sweet caramel, light hopping, nutty notes, rather cloying sweetness in final. Bottle from Gonzobeer.
shrubber (15840) reviewed Scottish Ale from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Sweet butter toffee and pepper malt aroma. Dark amber color with small head. Buttery toffee malt with an oak/mild hops finish. Long lasting hops aftertaste. This reminded me more of the Irish ales I’ve had.
CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed Halloween Ale from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a deep amber into a shaker. Tan, medium to micro head looks like pancake batter as it quickly recedes. Sharp, sour yellow cake batter aromas (if it looks like batter, and it smells like batter...it better not taste like batter)...Upfront creamy candy corns turns to a lasting bitter hop finish.
Irishboy (4684) reviewed Black Fly Stout from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Porterhouse; Nose of toasty coffee and chocolate; Transparent dark walnut color with a thick, long-lasting tan head; flavor coffee and hop bitterness, which lasts well into the finish. Body a little weak but pretty good for a low alcohol stout!
CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed Black Fly Stout from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep black into an English Pint. Roasted caramel and chocolate notes. Upfront dry coffee with a lasting bitter finish.
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 10
Brown with off-white head. Anemic aroma of malt. The flavor was a little hop and a little malt with a slight vinegary, short finish. Thin body. If this beer were the only beer in the cooler, besides Bud, et al, I wouldn’t pass it by. An OK session beer.
jcr (3164) reviewed Black Fly Stout from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
Overall, a tasty dry stout. Black pour with big tan head. The aroma was filled with roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. The flavor, too, started with roasted malts and revealed flavors of bitter coffee and chocolate. Quite dry. Thin body. Nicely done.
CosmicCharlie (9705) reviewed Best Bitter from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Best before Dec. 06. Pours amber into a shaker. Micro off-white head leaves no lacing as it recedes. Slight muddy sock notes. Flat, frat basement flavors with dry lasting bitter butterscotch finish. Sessionable.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Maine's Best IPA from Gritty McDuff's 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Draught pint at the brewery on 4/14/06 with SuIIy
A smattering of ivory colored bubbles sit precariously atop a deep bronze-mahogany body, with light golden tints, and a touch of chill haze. Large bubbles stick to the sides of the glass.
The aroms smells of earthy British brown malts, juicy, green hops and fruity yeast esters. Cherries, apples, lemons all mix with the hops to provide a rather lively mix in the nose, however weakened it might be by the high amount of water present in Gritty’s beers. Some toasty caramel-like malts and definite British crystal dryness give it a hard edge, as some buttercream and light acid notes mix unceremoniously on the finish. Juicy, minimally bitter hops fight with crusty, earthy, toasty brown malts to produce a fairly true highly-hopped British bitter-pale ale sort of thing.
The flavor shows plenty of yeasty, mineral-like notes, with tanginess from the hops without much bitterness. Some green, juicy flavors as well, from the hops, complement the pale malt sugars, light caramel touches and hints of buttercream on the end. Though it has a crystal malt flavor (woody, papery, simple sugariness) the texture is not overly hard. Fair amount of wateriness, but I found no flaws. Little bit of funk, even, from Fuggles or Norther Brewer hops? Carbonation is low, alcohol not apparent.