Blue Ridge (MD) Steeple Stout

Brewed by Wild Goose LLC (Flying Dog)
Style: Dry Stout
Frederick, Maryland USA

12oz bottle via trade with slob! thanks Bert! Pours black with a short tan head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, and some chocolate. Flavor is mostly roasted coffee, a little bit of chocolate though and a nice dry finish. Easy drinking smooth and medium bodied on the palate. A nice example of a good dry stout.

I love the dry espresso flavor and finish. Beautiful pour, and a nice nocse of malt and just enough sweet to propell this above the herd.

bottle from chevy chase liquors. aroma is intense roasted coffee, chocolate. medium body, with a solidly malty fore (lots of caramel, biscuity malts) and a roasty, almost dry finish. good, but a bit too close to espresso for my liking.

Closing on black color, a rather effervescent stout, producing a mostly fizzy light brown head that mostly fades. High attenuation level, despite the malt flavors abundance, the palate remains rather dry and this without the use of overly agressive roastiness. It does hint at coffee, but otherwise remain a competent blend between chocolatey and herbal, still green hops. Active carbonation may apparently shorten the flavors, at the same time contributing to bringing a sweet licorice/vanilla kiss after swallowing and unfortunately gathering coke-like sweet rootiness peaks. Well balanced offering.

Bottle: Courtesy of Secret Santa. Great aroma of chocolate, caramel, vanilla, nuts, and light coffee. Pours a dark brown, with no transparency, and a fizzy tan head that fades quickly to a ring. Lots of chocolate and caramel up front. Hints of vanilla in the middle. Finishes lightly roasty with malt and coffee and lighter bitterness.

12oz bottle poured into a shaker glass - it pours a beautiful near-black brown with a small head. It has a roasted coffee and oatmeal aroma. Umm, delicious! It has a has a great taste and palate. The roasted coffee aroma persist into the taste. It has a definite oatmeal taste as well. The finish clings to the throat, leaving the wonderful body in your mouth for a long time. Excellent.

Tiny brown head, gone in a flash, lace?? nope. Roasty nose, notes of charcoal and some licorice. Black brew some red edging. Body is med/full, lightly creamy. Good roastiness, hints of caramel, chocolate, cafe and a touch of black patent. Mildly chalky finish is dry, roasty and coffeeish.

Pour is a dark black with no head. Aroma is nice and roasty and chocolate malts. Flavor tastes like liquid dark chocolate. Very tasty and leaves a nice roast flavor on the tounge which you can taste long after the swallow.