Dragon Stout

Brewed by Desnoes and Geddes (Diageo PLC)
Style: Foreign Stout
Kingston, Jamaica

Bottle 284ml.
Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate notes, moderate to heavy yeasty, phenoel. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091113]

Bottle at Cock & Bull Pub. Poured black color with an average frothy brown head that mostly diminished with good lacing. Moderate roasted malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth dry texture and flat carbonation. Medium toasted sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Good start, soft finish.

30 cl bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Chemical and paint, metallic. Sweet malty flavoured, slight chemical from back of the nose though. Sweet malty and roasted lingering finish. Smooth sweetness.

pours black with the slightest warm brown at the edges, like dark brown oil paint right out of the tube. Smells of a molasses, hop infusions, bit of booze. Thin tan head. Some apple sweetness. Taste has a strong sweetness and apple juice to it, along with honey, molasses. Good, but I don’t think I could drink much.

Served from a 12 oz bottle while in George Town, Cayman Island on the honeymoon cruise. The appearance is deep mahogany (thank goodness for some darkness!!!) and a creamy brown head. The aromas and flavors are sweet chocolate and cereal. Mouth has some mild carbonation.

THIS IS A BLACK BEER WITH NO HEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE FLAT SODA. THE TASTE HOWEVER ISNT FLAT AT ALL IT ACTUALLY HAS A TON OF CARBONATED SWEET FLAVORS ALMOST TOO SWEET, SORT OF LIKE SWEET SLIGHTLY BURNT BLACK COFFEE LIKE SODA WITH A TAD OF PRUNE JUICE, SOUNDS NASTY BUT IT WORKS WELL, GOOD BEER. NOT GREAT.

Pours black with a fizzy, light brown and short lived head. Smells of port and molasses. Also some alcohol and dough in there. The taste is very sweet all the way through with a syrupy texture. Medium bodied with a fizzy carbonation and an alcoholic finish. Ricola herbal bonbons. If I had tasted this in a blind tes I would have guessed it to be a one of the belgian doubles that Cardinal used to have on tap. World-Beer-Awards just rated this one as Highly recommended in the category of World’s Best Export Stout. I do not agree it’s THAT big a deal.

Bottle, Rehills, Newcastle. Man that’s rich!! Extreme chocolate flavour, reminds me of a very pleasant barley wine, but without the overpowering alcohol kick. A fine array of aromas to delight the senses; cherry, cough syrup, a hint of aniseed, caramel, more chocolate.... Gorgeous deep fruity flavour, a smoothness that just glides over the tongue and leaves a lovely warm glow. Epic........