Church Brew Blast Furnace Stout

Brewed by Church Brew Works
Style: Sweet Stout
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Dark brown body, creamy nitro tan head. Slightly roasty winey merlot-like taste. Some chocolate for sweetness. Chocolate is roasty. Okay... interesting with the tanniny wine in there.

Growler, from brewpub, 03/10/07. Pours a flat black colored body under a thin large bubbled brown head that faded quickly. Aroma is very roasty with lots of coffee, some licorice, and a little burnt malt. Flavor is dry nutty and roasted malt with the coffee and licorice coming out on the dry lightly bitter finish. The hops have a pretty substantial impact througout but still just an accent to the malt. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly oily with light soft carbonation. This was a pretty decent Stout. Nice and roasty without being watery at any point. Not a chore to drink a whole growler of this one.

On tap at CBW, dark black color, a creamy tan-colored head, leaving laces, black roasted malt nose, with a burnt toast note, faint bitter dark chocolate, dark coffee beans roastiness, molasses, with a vanilla-mochaish spiciness in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a roasty malty character, with a faint mochaish note, hint of dark coffee beans roastiness, dark chocolatey accent, leading towards a malt roastiness, and a floral hop bitterness finish.

draught at church works. being served at 60 degrees did it for me i think that allowed all the flaours comee out and being from florida where everything is freezing cold it was perfect. the taste was a little more sweet then i wished but i cant wait to go back and drink it again

On tap @ the Church Brew Works. Dark Brown-black with tan head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, and molasses. Flavor is chocolate, caramel, coffee, and malt. Smooth and delicious, but to me this is a sweet stout.

Sample at the brewpub. Pours pitch black with a wispy tan head and thin spotty lacing. Pleasant aroma of coffee and malt. Smooth and rich mouthfeel with toasted malt, coffee and chocolate flavors. The finish is bittersweet chocolate with a lingering touch of hops afterward. Solid all around.

Light roasted malt, mild smokiness and bit of coffee. Very mild hops in the nose. A tad chocolatey but not a strong aroma. Dark brown black clear with no head. Thin watery body with mild to medium carbonation. Mild sweet roasty notes. Light grains. Some chocolate. No real bitterness or dryness, with smooth sweet finish. Has a bit of vanilla. An OK stout, but again I think this is aimed at people used to IC Light or something.

Pruney, dark malt aroma. Nice looking opaque brown. Moderately bitter. Mouthy, with an odd frothiness. Dry Fairly quick finish. Not acidic or burnt tasting. Somewhwat simplistic, but solid.