Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

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

Very fresh batch read that it was bottled on 12/21/2007 and was consumed 1/11/2008. Pours a very dark brown to black with white to light brown head. Aroma of cofee and malts. The taste is slightly bitter and malty with cofee notes. Goes down very nice, very nice indeed. I usually prefer bigger imperial stouts because they have more flavor than their weaker cousins; however @ only 5.2% alcohol this stout is one that I could drink all night and enjoy. Well done Dogfish Head.

12oz bottle. Pours opaque black with a very thick, rocky, long-lasting (though not eternal), dark tan head. The aroma is thick and strong with loads of dark roasted malts and coffee. There is a touch of lactic sweetness and an odd, "green" nature to the aroma: herbal and almost medicinal - like a vitamin or a bottle bought from GNC. The flavor starts hoppy and bittersweet with lovely flavors of dark malts, strong coffee, and dark chocolate. The middle of the palate finds a very nice balance of malty, chocolatey, coffee sweetness and roasted, grainy, hoppy bitterness. The finish is somewhat dry with a nice touch of earthy hops and deep, roasted grain that lingers at length. The mouthfeel is perfect: just the right level of carbonation to lighten the medium-to-full body and just the right level of oats to give an exceptionally smooth and almost, but not quite, oily texture. Overall, a very nice stout (but awfully pricey...)

Tap at Max’s. Pours black with a small head. Tasted a little bitter, a little roasted malt. It got better as it warmed up. An easy drinker.

Pours black with a small, creamy, light tan head. Ive always enjoyed the nose on this beer. I like the thick chocolate, roast, light coffee, and syrupy malts that make up the aroma. The flavor has a pretty big coffee character to it. Pretty nice chocolate to it too. Medium bodied which is ok for this style. Just a slight little bitterness in the finish and the aftertaste. Pretty solid stout with alot of flavor, maybe a touch underrated I think. Great session stout.

Pours deep black, oil like with a thin off white head. Big coffee aroma with roasted and chocolate malt in there, too. Taste is dry stout like, clean and crisp, with lots of coffee notes. Finishes very nice, this is a nice easy to drink stout and great if you love coffee.

12 oz. bottle. Pours pitch black with a decent brown head. Smells of malted chocolate and roasted grains. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Has a thin, watery mouthfeel. Taste is of bittersweet burnt malts and stale chocolate. A mildly bittersweet burnt marshmellow taste finishes this beer tasting expedition.

Dogfish Head time after time produces some of the best beers in the world! The flavors in this one are outstanding, smokey with coffee undertones, light with a smooth finish. Great beer a night a home.

Little but tight lacing topped this dark as night beer. The nose was smokey and chocolately with a mineral edge. In the mouth the falvors continued in a medium-bodied beer that was easily drinkable. The smokey (chicory) side showed through almost like sitting in front of a burning fireplace. The low alcohol kept the body down and the drinkability up.