Callys Irish Stout

From the pub 4-19-09, thanks dkachur. Dark brown with a large head. Aroma was coffee and malt. Flavor was the same with chocolate.

On nitro tap at the brewpub on 04/19/2009. Very dark black body with a large creamy tan head. Dry roast aroma. Dry roast and light bitter flavor with light chocolate hints. Light body with moderate carbonation.

Served on nitro at the brewpub. Pours an extremely dark brown appearing black in the glass with just the faintest ruby highlights showing through. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of dry, nutty roasted malts. Taste is pretty much the same with a bit of coffee and a bitter finish. Creamy and thin-medium bodied.

[March 15, 2009]
Pint at the brewpub, labeled at only 4% abv rather than the 5.6% listing here. This is a very dark red beer and obviously nitrogenated. Lots of bacon and dark chocolate are in the aroma with virtually no hop qualities at all. The palate is of course slick and creamy. Hearty bacon, milk chocolate, and dry cacao solidify this one as a straightforward interpretation of a classic dry stout. However, this is one of the better ones I’ve had recently. The very dry and very meaty flavor really did it for me.

on nitro-pours a retaining creamy tan head and pitch black color. Aroma is dark malt-roasty/coffee/chocolate, yeast, oatmeal, milk, acidic. Taste is dark malt-roasty/coffee, secondary hops-bitterness/acidic. Dry, medium body.

Sampled on draught at the brewpub in Harrisonburg, VA. Pours to a jet black color, with a thick, creamy, white head, and a moderate carbonation. The nose is excellent, with lots of good aromas of dark chocolate, coffee, and roasted barley. The palate is firm, with good dark chocolate, coffee, and roasty flavors. This beer finishes with more good coffee flavor, then ends with a roasty, and dry with a bitter bite that lingers. Very well done example of Irish/dry stout. Lots of good roasty aromas and flavors. Would match well with a number of dishes on the menu at Calhoun’s, and makes for a nice pint to enjoy at the bar.

(nitro) Black body topped by a creamy tan head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, coffee, some cream, chocolate. Taste is moderately sweet, chococoffee, roasty, lactose, light nutty. Watery light-medium body with some cream and almost no carbonation.

I like it, it doesn’t have as many hops as I typically prefer, but it is very drinkable. Not the best, but a good brew. Deep dark colour, good aroma, and a nice creamy off-white head.