Boscos Dry Stout

Source: On cask at the Hillsborough Village location.
Glass: Poured into a tall pilsner type glass .
Appearance: Dark brown pour with a very thin tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt and a hint of chocolate.
Flavor: Roasted malt with a hint of chocolate and a very dry finish.
Palate: Medium/full body with a creamy mouthfeel and soft carbonation.
Overall: Loved thin on cask. Not sure if it would be as good on a regular tap.

On cask at Nashville location. Dry and relatively light, with flavors of coffee and chocolate. Thinner palate, but very satisfying.

Date: November 08, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: black with ruby edges, big frothy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: dry roasted malt aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: dry roasted malt flavor, touch of coffee character, bitter dark chocolate, light bitterness rolls out from the roasted for a long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap at the Little Rock location. The body was dark brown and ruby with a khaki head. The aroma was light coffee with some milk chocolate. The taste was cola with some milk chocolate. Some hints of roast are in this one. Fairly light overall, it’s like they watered down a stout with some brown ale.

Draft at Nashville. Served too cold. Pours deep brown black with brown head. Faint aroma of chocolate and dark roast. Medium bodied with average carbonation and with a slight earthiness to the texture. Flavor of nuts, cocoa powder, and mild roast coffee countered by a balancing bitterness. The dryness is subtle on this one, but it works. The beer starts to veer a little off course on the finish, where there is a very very subtle but distracting off flavor, sort of like butter meets soap (which weakens as it gets toward room temp)

Dark brown to black in color with an ok head. Somewhat dry. Smellis malty, sweet, a little coffee, and chocolate. Somewhat a typicl dry stout. Taste is much the same as the smell.

Draft. Very light aroma of chocolate and coffee. Very dark opaque brown. Extra dry taste with heavy coffee and sweet hop notes. I really enjoyed this with dinner.

On tap, Nashville brewpub. Opaque brown with an Ovaltine foam head that leaves a thick film of lacing that "reminds" me of dehydrated chocolate milk (not that that even exists). Smells like the part of a brewery tour that takes you near the lauter tun and brew kettles (but softer), with a hint of malted milk powder. Nice creamy mouthfeel despite the low to medium body; the carbonation bubbles up into foam in your mouth, not at all prickly; a very good feel for this beer, and a great introduction for the lightly dry, firmly bitter and earthy finish. It’s pretty straightforward, but tasty. Lurking underneath the foamy intro is a little bit of semi-sweet chocolate. I like how delicate it seems. Not as dry or bitter as I like my dry stouts, but I like many enjoy over-the-top. This is decidedly not. Very enjoyable session style beer.