Back Road Belle Gunness Stout

Bottle courtesy of shawnm213. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Smells of chocolate, soy sauce, egg dye, vinegar. Tastes of chocolate, peppery, some coffee, watery.

Notes of roasted malts, bitter chocolate. A lot of flavor for a relatively low alcohol beer. A nice session stout!

This is my first review since joining the site last week. Visited Back Road two days ago and had a sample of this at the brewery (also sampled their house ale and their blueberry ale. This is the one I liked the best). Found it inoffensive enough that I bought a 6-pack to take home. Out of the bottle it pours a dark brown/near black with a tan head that is more fizzy than frothy. The head dissipates fairly quickly with a touch of lacing around the glass. The overwhelming taste is of roasted coffee and it’s a tad bitter. There’s a slight aftertaste that is a little less than pleasant, but not awful. The mouthfeel is thin and somewhat watery. Definitely not a great beer, but it isn’t exactly bad either. Drinkable, but not something I would seek out again.

Sampled at the brewery and accompanied by the story of the murderous Belle Gunness. Pours a dark black brown with a thin creamy tan head. Roasted malts chocolate malts, standard fare. Lightly roasted flavors, a touch grainy. Finishes dry. Decent drinkable stout.

Black with weak head / Sour, roast nose / Medium body, watery, acidic, with decent finish / Flavors of unsweetened chocolate and dark roast coffee / Has potential but needs more oomph.

Pours black in color with only a ring of head. Smell is slight coffee. All roasted coffee in the taste. Very thin and watery for a stout. Easy drinking, but the roastiness lingers for awhile. This needs to be beefed up and a few flavors added.

black color, slight off-white head. aroma of cffee and chocolate. coffee, chocolate flavor, with a bit of hoppy finish. my notes on this brew include this item "yum", so i must have appreciated this stout.

Pours black, with a moderate, tan head. Light-moderate mouth feel. Aroma is roasty. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, and roast. Pleasant, drinkable stout.