Firehouse Smoke Jumper Stout

Brewed by Firehouse Brewing Company (SD)
Style: Dry Stout
Rapid City, South Dakota USA

Growler filled right to the rim... Thoroughly ebon hue, this one, with a thin ring of cocoa on top. Mild roast in the nose, bittersweet espresso, but only a bit...nothing besides, really, just the roast, but it is nice enough... Smooth, nearly creamy entrance on the palate, but only a limpid presence therafter. Light flavors of chocolate and coffee lie delicately on the tastebuds, and float softly away. Look how nice I’m being... Medium bodied, with a soft, disappearing, unmemorable finish. Bit watery, not as hefty as we’d want from a stout, even a meek one. This is a Caspar Milquetoast, a Dilton Doily, a Martin Prince. But, it’s not bad, either, let us not say that. Just rather middle-of the-road, maybe even mediocre. Serioiusly, this requires some major muscle to really count as a stout. As it is, it must take company with so many other lackluster brewpub versions, but at least they tried, eh?

Nice dark color,small brown head that had a decent hang time then faded slowly to leave little behind.The aroma was dark and coffeeish with maybe a slight burnt caramel side,and a decent smoke.The taste was to bad but nothing really great eather.Decent flavor of coffee and smoke with a good malty side and maybe a bit of a slight grittiness to it but that maybe something from the food who knows.Good service though and well worth trying more of the other brews.

Dark, almost opaque, with a smoky flavor it goes down smooth. A growler of this goes exceptionally well with fresh chocolate chip cookies!

I thought i was going to receive a one hell of a beer with a name like that but was not impressed. It tasted like someone put too many coffee beans in the mix.

Very similar to the Strong Arm Porter they offered but had a very smokey aftertaste almost like someone added liquid smoke or roasted coffee beans. It wasn't my favorite of the brews they offered.

See my porter review, because I could hardly tell these beers apart. The stout presents with a bit more body and smoke, and a tanner head.

Has a very dark brown color and a smoked/roasted malt smell. Taste is smooth smoked, malted and finishes with little bitterness. Overall a pretty good smoked stout.

Has a good roasted smoked flavor. Black as night appearance with a mocha colored head that sticks around for quite a while. Smokiness presents itself in the flavor as well. Goes down very smooth - had a pint of this after the sampler. Best of my visit to Firehouse.