Estes Park Samson Stout

Brewed by Estes Park Brewery
Style: Stout
Estes Park, Colorado USA

Tap. Pours black with a thin foamy tan head. Dark chocolate and coffee aromas with a sweet caramel malt nose. Coffee and hoppy roasted malt flavors. Dark medium bodied and smooth palate.

bottle-pours pitch black with a nice tan hgead and great lacing to start. unfortunately, the lacing didn’t last very long after the beer reached a certain temperature. oily pour as well. Big chocolate rasin aroma with subtle notes of espresso and smoke. This aroma reminds me of Smuttynose Robust porter for some reason. long dark choclate flavors with some nice rasin notes as well. some resiny hops come in the finish. a good stout!

Should I not be pairing this beer with elk meat? Is that wrong somehow? Low carbonation, medium to light texture, sweet and somewhat dry cocoa and smoke flavor. Lightly dry finish, a little gritty.

Aroma: coco, coffee, dark/roasted malts, some cream
Appearance: dark brown-->black, tan head, some lacing
Flavor: coffee, baker’s chocolate, some light cream, some smoke, light hopped flavor
Palate: very smooth, slightly bubbly, burnt malts/baker’s chocolate aftertaste
Overall: good beer, goes well with the elk jerky making tonite

Astringent aroma. Good dark color. Medium body. Very, very bitter stout. Some burnt, cocoa flavors coming through but a little too hoppy for the style.

First off, a special thanks goes to my father-in-law for acquiring this beer for me. Pours a dark black with small off-white head and nice lacing. Very roasted nose. Incredibly watery mouthfeel for a stout. Mild hop and burnt chocolate flavor. It grew on me a little as it warmed.

Dark brown, tan head, very good lacing - this beer looked really thick! Sweet oatmeal and chocolate blend with a light roastyness and a generous amount of hops. Finish is dry with some lingering sweetness. My daughter was given a poster of Samson by a park ranger when she got her junior ranger badge.

Black body with a tightly-bubbled tan head. Hazy, dusty chocolate/coffee aroma with a porter-ish tartness. Satisfyingly creamy mouthfeel, suits the beer well. The flavor has a nice dry stout coffee flavor with chocolate and piney hops bringing up the rear. A sweet stout that leans towards bitter/roasted flavors.