Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Stout
Milton, Delaware USA

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a stemmed glass. The color is a dark black with about two to three fingers of brownish head and some thick lacing. The smell is is a coffee flavor mixed with a bit of a hickory flavor that reminds me of steak. A bear that makes me hungry The taste is a bit like creamy coffee with some roasty malt flavor and some toffee and chocolate flavors. The coffee bean flavor is up front with that roastiness coming at the back end The feel of this beer is a bit deep. Not too hard for the average craft beer drinker but really flavorful for the novice. It goes down quite easy but again if you are inexperienced it may hit you the wrong way. Just pleased to have experienced this flavorful beer. Just a wonderful beer.

$1.59 / picked up as single- Well, okay. Thiner palate for a stout, but i usually don’t care about that anyway. What matters most to me is taste! I like the coffee undertones with chicory and licorice root, but St. John’s Wort? Not so sure about that decision; I would have no idea if I’m enjoying that flavor or not! Despite my reservations, I actually find myself enjoying this very drinkable stout.

12oz bottle into an English pint glass (2009). A straight pour reveals a huge tan head floating a top a black beer with light showing through the edges. The aroma is a lot of stout - roasted barley, chocolates, coffee, and a hint of smokiness. The flavor is nice creamy chocolate with coffee in the background and a nice stout sourness lingering in the back. This is capped with a touch of smokiness but it’s blended well with the roasted malts, etc. It’s a bit watery, though - kinda thin in flavor and body.

Pours a dark brown, almost black, with a thick tan head. Plenty of lace. Aroma consists of wood, coffee, and a bit of caramel. Flavor has some burnt wood, caramel and roasty, with a very light touch of alcohol. Medium bodied and creamy, with a touch of carbonation. Overall an interesting beer, but I’ve had better from Dogfish Head.

Tasted at the ’09 Portland Holiday Ale Fest. Was disappointed in this one. I was expecting more based on the reputation of Dogfish Head and my own enjoyment of the 90 minute IPA. Poured dark black with lots of foamy head (in fairness, I think this may have had something to do with the keg...they seemed to be having some issues). Mouthfeel was thin and flat despite all the bubbles that were initially in my glass. There was a distinctive toasty, roasty, coffee and nut flavor in both the aroma and flavor, but not much beyond that. Just not a very complex beer.

Bottled. Brownish black with medium tan head. Aroma is slightly sweet and is of burnt chocolate and roasted coffee with notes of molasses. Taste is also slightly sweet and has heavier notes of the burnt chocolate and light molasses sweetness. Nice roasted-burnt taste in the finish.

With a coffee and roasted malty aroma, this stout pours dark with a full creamy dark head. The coffee flavor is subtle with a pure rich roasted flavor so smooth on the palate.

12 oz. bottle from Grape & Gourmet (bottled Nov. 9, 2009). Pours black with a rich, creamy tan head. Big roasted coffee aroma. Roasted malt, a hint of smoke, black coffee, and bitter chocolate are the main flavors. This is a very good stout.