Blue Ridge (MD) Steeple Stout

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

Out of the bottle, very dark in color. Smells like a stout, hint of chocolate. Same with the flavor. Smooth start and finish.

Bottle: Dark brown, near black with some ruby highlights and a small tan head that quickly dies. Aroma is roasted dark malts and a hint of roast dark chocolate. Taste is a nice roasted malt, roasty chocolate, a bit of bitter dark roasted malt, and almost a hint of grassy mint. Moderate carbonation, full-bodied, and spritzy mouthfeel. Finishes with notes of bitter, dark roasted malts.

12 oz bottle. Hardly a hed when poured into tulip. Black with some ruby and hardly any head at all. Aroma is cola and chocolate. Taste is very roasty with tons of chocolate and a nice lingering bitterness. Really good but the lack of carbonation is kind of disturbing.

Bottle from State Line. Had this over Memorial Day with the family. Deep black pour with dark tan head. Aroma of dark malt, chocoff, some licorice, oak, and bourbon. Tastes rich, chocoffy, roasty malty, with some licorice and anise at the finish. Dry finish. Very good beer!

Bottle. Deep mahogany with a tan head that disappeared quickly, but left a good lace. The first thing to stand out to me was the minty-chocolate aspect in the nose, very reminiscent of Thin Mint girlscout cookies. Very different. Also a bit of roastiness in the nose. Great mouthfeel. Very full and chewy, almost like an imperial stout. Again, the mint greets your tongue with a slight numbing sensation that sets up the dark chocolate and roasted malts very nicely. It slides down your throat with a roasted, dry finish. This is a thoroughly enjoyable brew, and one that I will seek out in the future. Thanks slob for the awesome brew!

bottle from Slob. Pour a very dark brown with red highlights. Small tan head that left very quickly to cling around the edge of the beer. A sour-bitter aroma is dominant, back by some more sweet scents that developed as it wrmed. Taste had not unpleasant sourness, just that usually with stouts. There was caramnel and chocolate. Mouth feel was not bad, good for a stout, and finish was dry, very dry.

deep brown color, light beige head. aroma has notes of chocolate, mint, bubblegum and clove. flavor is mild roast, cola, chocolate, faint dubble bubble notes, very lightly hopped throughout.

Bottle. Poured a small sized tan head that quickly dissipated, sparse lacing, fine-medium sized bubbles, softly carbonated, mostly opaque, and a dark brown hue. Malty and coffee nose. Malt, and roasted coffee flavor and somewhat dry. Smooth palate. Medium body.