Arctic Craft Oak Aged Butterscotch Stout

Growler RBSG 07. Black pour with no head. Aroma of light booze and buttery malt. Flavors of light roasted malt, vinous notes and some hot booze. Medium body with no carbonation, roasty/boozey with a vinous/dry finish.

Growler at the RBSG grand tasting on 6/23/07: Pours an oily opaque with dark brown edges and a thin ring of light tan head. Aroma of earthy sweet lightly roasted and smoky malts with a hint of butterscotch. Body starts a little thinner with some mild lightly sweet and earthy caramel malt toward a lightly smoky bittersweet finish with a touch of butterscotch complexity. An interesting stout.

RBSG 07 Minneapolis Grand Tasting: Murky dark brown, no head, light lacing. Nose of wood and barrel, light bourbon and soy sauce. The flavor is dry and woody, bourbon and light roast, some clean sweet chocolate. It’s ironic how so many beers to reek of diacetyl and this one actually advertises such and has none.

Date: 06/23/2007
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007

opaque brown, wispy beige head, drops of lace, light sweet vanilla and chocolate aroma, dark chocolate flavor, lots of oakyness, hint of sweet vanilla, long bitter fnish from the oak

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4

RBSG 07. Growler. A very candy nose that has some abv with it (now I know why). A coal black pour with no head or lace. A deep hard coffee flavor and a diacetyl flavor that could be called butterscotch. A bit thin with no carbonation. I’m surprised that it was 15%.