Dragon Stout

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

bottle @ Stout NYC. Very black & sweet aroma. Sweet malty taste a little roastiness but not enough. OK

Brown bottle, 300 ml, best before JUL 07, savoured on April 25 2007; eye: black, nice creamy cappuccino head, no effervescence, opaque, a bit of lacing, looks dense; nose: odours are faint, sweet, brown rhum, chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, candied small dark berries; mouth: in that order, surprisingly smooth and thin, lactic, candied small dark berries, velvety, syrupy, light roasted malt, milky, creamy and lactic average-length finale in light roasted malt with a hint of bitterness, mildly sweet, slightly bitter, medium body, not much carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 300 ml, meilleure avant JUL 07, savourée le 25 avril 2007; œil : noire, belle mousse cappuccino crémeuse, pas d’effervescence, opaque, un peu de dentelle, semble dense; nez : odeurs sont faibles, sucré, rhum brun, chocolat, cacao, malt torréfié, petits fruits foncés confits; bouche : dans cet ordre, curieusement « smooth » et mince, lactique, petits fruits foncés confits, velouté, léger malt rôti, « laiteuse », finale crémeuse et lactique de longueur moyenne en légère torréfaction avec une petite pointe d’amertume, moyennement sucrée, très légèrement amère, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : correct

black with some tan head. aroma pretty mild. tastes very mild. no hint of alcohol. sweet taste. very drinkable. interesting.

284 ml bottle. Solid black with a frothy light brown head. Heavy molasses aroma times three. Maybe some espresso and prune scents. Way too sweet molasses flavor. Sugary finsh. Not a whole lot of other flavor dimensions (roastiness, e.g.) to add facets to the overbearing malt+corn syrup+priming sugar sweetness. Maybe a trace of hop (from the ’extract’ perhaps). Then again, maybe not. Overall, just totally sweet and syrupy and I’m not liking it. Bad buy.

Appearance was a nice typical dark stout with good head. Flavour had some roasty notes, but mostly just sickly sweet. Mouthfeel was ok, but this stout was just way too sweet for me. The alcohol was hidden nicely. Would be a good substitute for chocolate sauce on your ice cream- that’s how sweet this was. No noticable hops either. Not worth trying again.

A stout from Jamaica. This I had to try. although it did not have the body, the flavor was quite nice. It had nice stout like notes of coffee and molasses.

This is a really sweet stout. Pure malt characteristics. Caramelly, mild cherry, prune, grape flavour. Pure opaque black in color. Not much nose and very little head. It really doesn’t taste like a 7% beer but not sure if I could drink 2 in a row. This one is okay. Cheers!

Pourss a dark brown color, with 2 finger head. Roasted malt flavor. Hints of caramel, and not a lot of hopiness. Medium bodied that finishes kind of sweet. Best Jamacian beer had so far.