Dogfish Head Chicory Stout

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

Coffee, coffee, coffee. Pours a deep dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is very strong coffee, with a hint of chocolate. Flavors are of strong coffee, burnt malt, and plenty of bitterness from the hops. Not overly sweet or bitter. Has a nice balance to it. Similar to some porters I’ve had, particularly Grant’s Perfect Porter, but not as smokey. Overall a very nice and fairly unique stout.

Appearance: Pours a dark brown body with a khaki-colored head. Smell: Scent of roasted coffee and chocolate. Also, there’s a light smokiness in the aroma. Taste: A real mishmash of flavors here, none which really stand out. Bittersweet chocolate. Instant coffee. Licorice. Grassy hops. It’s about this point that I start getting a headache and give up. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Light carbonation. It’s creamy, but a little thin at times. Drinkability: An appealing concept, but this brew just isn’t for me, I guess.

Bottle from shigadeyo. Pours an opaque blackish brown with a massive and lacy tan head. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Sweet chocolate, oranges and coffee aroma. Sweet taste, much like the aroma, but with some molasses and nutty flavors as well. Bittersweet finish. This one seems more like a robust porter than a stout, but either way it’s a nice beer. Thanks, Craig!

Bottle. Pitch black color, small tan head and no visible bubbles. Impressive lace on the glass. Rich coffe aroma with thick molases and a slight hint of hops. Oily type palate expected from a quality stout. Starts with a heavy burnt malt taste then a good amount of hops flabor, giving an excellent dry finish for such a powerfult malty porter. A good representation.

This stout show rich dark colors. It has a nice chicory and vanilla scent whoch trnascends into the palate. The finish is deep and shows some nice licorice.

I put the tasting of this off for a while but then I found it at Vintage Estates in Boardman for $1.5 in a 12 oz brown bottle. I think DFH is approaching cheapdark standards. As good as Bell’s Kalamazoo and Sierra Nevada Stout, but not as good as Yards Love Stout. Very opaque dark but not thick or syrupy appearing. Interesting initial flavor that reminds me of chocolate flavored wet rope. Like nothing I’ve tased before the other beers that I can recall. Spice seems to quell an ever present background bitterness. Smooth and mellow palate that is not offensive though possessess burned tree bark flavors. As mild as many sweet stouts I’ve taseted. Decent carbonation for a stout. Cold coffeelike. Nice description on the front of the bottle. Friendly at first and then gets just a little ornery.

Rated 11/22/06: Not all it’s cracked up to be, but still a relatively average stout. The aroma is bitter and has a decent note of roasted malts nothing out of the ordinary. Good initial pour very dark brown with a large head that quickly dwindles and leaves virtually no lacing. Not very full especially for a stout the thinness in the mouthfeel is a real let down. Flavor is relatively standard some strong coffee notes really come through. Other than that this is pretty basic for a stout. Glad I didn’t sink $10 into getting the entire sixer.

Bottle. Pours black with a small frothy light brown head. There is little to no lacing but the head sticks around the whole time. The aroma is of coffee and some burbon. Takeing the first drink it is quite malty with a good hop bitterness. The coffee is very well ballanced with the roasted malt. Along with citrusy hops. The budy is medium to full with a very creamy texture and soft carbonation. I like this one alot, the coffee does not overpower it like alot of the beers with coffee in them do. This is a very well balanced one.