Buckhead Black Diamond Stout

Formerly brewed at Buckhead Brewery (Corp HQ)
Style: Dry Stout
Lithonia, Georgia USA

This is a fairly uninteresting stout, I thought. I had it on tap at the brewery, and it was nitro tapped. I don’t know if they changed it since the other reviewer tried it, or what. It was quite watery for a stout (kind of dark amber red colored), though the flavors were quite good. Some chocolate and malt flavors, with a bitter aftertaste. Not bad. Overall, it just wasn’t that great though.

Murky brown-black with stiff camel foam. Chocolate and coffee stout aroma. Bitter chocolate, expresso and fairly hopped flavor. Velvet palate with sharp nutty finish. Quite good. Compares favorably, in overall quality, to Heartland’s Farmer Jon Oatmeal Stout.

No distinct aroma, thick, creamy pour with a lacy head. Very dark black appearance. Initially smooth and smoky but bitters up toward the end. Not bad for a microbrewery stout.

As for appearance, I need not describe it. Pretty typical for a stout. For an Irish style dry stout, it’s unusually powerful in flavor. The espesso flavor of the dark malt is strong and there are some underlying caramel flavors and aromas underneath. Since it isn’t served on nitro it won’t come across quite as creamy as Guinness, but it is more flavorful.