Blue Ridge (MD) Steeple Stout

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

Sweet wine-like aromas drift from the thick tan head. Pleasant chocolate and coffee flavors abound. A bitter-sweet treat from an Irish-style stout that is brewed especially for St. Patrick’s Day. All American ingredients make it quite different from Guinness or Murphy’s. Although this stout isn’t charged with nitrogen and doesn’t hold a head as long as the aforementioned Irish brands, it is more enjoyable and complex throughout and a better all around stout.

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.

I'm glad I found a six of this one! Very complex caramel and roast barley flavors blend with a great level of hop bitterness. Its creamy, rich, tasty and clean finishing on top of that. Well made 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!

Loved it! Black as night. Dark roasted coffee is predominant with nice touches of vanilla and cocoa. Perfect for a stout session. Price is great too. Enjoy.

Black as night with a nice waterfall effect in the dark brown head. Dark roasted aroma with wonderful toasted nuts and dark chocolate. Milky mouthfeel that is very pleasant, bitter-sweet and fully roasted. Nice.

Draft... This beer rocks!... Pitch black brew. I’m in a pub/eatery, so there’s no bright light to which I can hold this beer up and see through... so it’s just black! Small, creamy, deeply- tanned head with tight, thick lacework. The aroma is of cocoa, vanilla and rich coffee (Jamaican Blue Mountain). The flavor is of licorice, dark chocolate and espresso up front. Balanced nicely with a grassy and moderately bitter hop presence on the backside. Medium-bodied with a watery mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Lengthy, bone-dry, very lightly pungent and crisp finish with a touch of tin and grass at the very end. World class stout!

Opaque mahogany. Reducing, foamy espresso head. Light carbonation. Aroma of burnt chocolate, barley, wisps of vinous fruit and coffee. Mellow with a tender carbonation. Deep, dark roasted malt flavors and a coating of mildly sweet caramel. Medium body. Rich, coffee aftertaste and a bitter spruce sap hop charge, though tamed with age. Best before date July 30, 2002. Hardly shows it’s age though. Quite robust and just sweet enough to keep it from being stark. Tangy aftertaste develops as it warms further. Finishes smooth, intensely roasted and deeply flavored with bittersweet chocolate, caramel and a black malt twang. A burly Irish stout.