Boscos American Style Stout

On tap at Memphis brewpub. Pours dark brown with thin tan head. Aroma is light roasted malt, chocolate, and some light caramel. Flavor is roasty with some chocolate malt and a little caramel. Very light on palate and easy to drink.

Dark black-brown, off white foam. Aroma is chocolate, berries, roasty. Taste is cocoa, roast, berries, sweet.

GABF. Dark pour. Aromas were dificult to decern. Some chcolate on the flavor, not much bitterness. Just Okay

Fine mix of malts and hops that went quite well with my ribeye. Little aftertaste but very flavorful.

On tap, Nashville brewpub. A chewy porter of a stout. What is the antonymn of "imperial"? Plebian? Democratic? Xenophobic? Colonial? Whatever it is, this is it: not creamy, not full bodied, not an expansionist threat to its neighbors. That being said, it’s very incredibly tasty. It reminds me of the porter up the street at Blackstone, but with the nuttiness replaced by chocolate and coffee notes. Musty coffee on a light nose; cold hard sweetness followed by a lightly bitter but very dry non-sweet mocha finish that lingers quite a while. The lack of head belies the lack of body and creaminess, but no matter. Not nearly as hoppy as the American style stouts to which it wants to pay homage, but I don’t expect hops from Boscos. When the best thing you can say about a beer is that it’s tasty, that’s not bad at all.

Draft at Nashville. Pours a deep brown with creamy brown head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, and cascade hops. Medium mouthfeel with a creamy texture and medium carbonation. Initial flavor of dark chocolate, hazlenut, caramel, and very tame amount of dark roast. Finish is hoppy with a slight fruit tanginess. Interesting and enjoyable, but leans close to a hopped-up brown porter.