Dunedin Nitro Stout

Brewed by Dunedin Brewery
Style: Dry Stout
Dunedin, Florida USA

Near black. Smells like...well... a nitro stout. Tart, black malt notes on the palate. Kind of thin underneath of that. A little bit peanutty. Meh.

on nitro-pours a retaining light tan head that laces and black color. Aroma is dark malt-cocoa powder, peat, roasty, secondary acidic hops. Taste is dark malt-chocolate, peat, roasty, faint acidic hops. Minimum carbonation.

Nitro... Pitch black ale with a creamy, khaki head that never goes away. The aroma presents coffee and vanilla. I’m not picking up much, if any, chocolate. Light to medium-bodied and silky with expired carbonation. Sweet with mild burnt bitterness. Well-roasted, lightly sweet finish that dries out a little.

Draft at Dunedin. Poured black color with an average nitro creamy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate toasted chocolate and coffee malty aroma. Medium body with a dry smooth texture. Medium roasted bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Smooth drinkable brew.

On tap at brewpub. Pours dark dark brown but coming up short of stout like jet black with tan head. The aroma is mild with roasted malts and burnt malts. The taste begins with highly roasted malts and a hint of malt astringency that helps create a bigger roasty malt punch. At the same point in time the burnt malts run through the flavor creating a tasty mix along with a slight malt sweetness. The beer ends roast, burnt and on the dry side. The burnt malts really linger into the after taste.

At brewpub. Nitro appearance with attendant flattened aroma that whispers of Cool Whip and coffee. Flavors are strange and like salty cheese. Oddly, I liked that Parmasean-like flavor even if it didn’t belong.

Tap at the brewery. Pours to a really dark black body with dark red hues around the edges. A long lasting densely packed creamy tan head sits on top. The aroma is a strong dry coffee bean and typical Irish stout aromas. The flavor is really good for a 4.8% beer. Rich cold extract coffee meets that astringent black malt. Some light walnuts. The palate is really drying and leaves you wanting a glass of water. Slick texture. Medium body up front but light and airy on the finish.

Draft pint @ Redlight Redlight. Pours a clear brown body, rather light in color for a Stout, with a small light brown nitro head. Fairly light nose, lightly roasty, more chocolaty than roasty even, with just s light touch of hops. The flavor is kinda thin, with chocolate malt, roast, and a very light bitterness on the back end. Light bodied with a watery texture and typical nitro carbonation feel. Overall, this was a decent drinker, it went down pretty easy and rather quickly.