Flossmoor Station Dark Star Imperial Stout

frothy dark brown coffee colored head. pleasantly sweet, coffe aroma. the sweetnes of this beer sticks in the mouth and nose for a long time. it is also drinks kind of thick. all of the things i dislike about about dark beers are present here.

On draft at brewpub Don’t let the people who rated from a third-hand bottling fool you, this is an excellent beer. Dark, thick black pour, with a creamy brown head. Lots of aromas, dried fruits, chocolate, coffee, caramel. The roastiy taste hits you then devles into chocolates, and black coffee. There is some hop flavor as well, which is a pleasant surprise. I don’t often enjoy stouts, but this one is excellent.

Black Coloring with No Head. Possibly a Bad Bottling. Soy is as Good a Description as Any. Some Malt and Barley. Need to Give Another Shot.

Bottle from TAR. Black color with no head. Hmmm... smells like soy sauce, not a good start. Tastes of barley and not much else. I’m hoping it didn’t hold up well in the bottle.

Wow, thanks to Jeffin7 for sharing this one with me - when I was over to pick up a growler he bought for me no less! Hand bottled from a growler (TAR). Deep, dark brown - near black - with a small tan head. Aroma is medium bitter chocolate, roasted malt, fudge, with a hint of licorice and alcohol. Flavor is chocolate, roasted malt, licorice, toasted tree bark, mild coffee, mild tobacco, and a bit of yeast towards the end. Smooth, creamy, velvety palate all the way through.

Hand bottled from a growler (thanks TAR): Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate brownies, and dark fruit. Flavor of sweet and bitter chocolate, dark fruits, mild coffee, and a mild tobacco. An excellent full bodied full flavored imperial stout.

Draft: Black, but permeable. Thick beige foam settles to a creamy collar. Enormously estery nose of rum-soaked berries and cinnamon. Fudge, smoke, and toffee lay buried beneath the richness. Oily, delicately carbonated body. Opens with a gritty cocoa edge which adds sturdiness to the body. Quite yeasty. Myriads of assorted-berry esters beautifully frame a rich fusion of bittersweet chocolate and full-blown roast. Presence of alcohol is next to nil. Roastiness generates a flash of acidity. The center reveals loads of coarse char intensity with burnt matchsticks accompanying a huge black malt snap, which also dries out the beefy body. Decadence of espresso and fudge never fully blossom due to the regnant “unspent” roasted malt flavor. Fresh dried plums relinquish their ripeness to the intense grainy-dry, tar-drenched roast finish and mild huskiness. Notwithstanding the yeastiness, this is extremely nice.

New creation from FS...and it demonstrates their willingness to experiment. Great rich chocolate mouthfeel. Roasted malt sweetness and an usually hoppy aftertaste. I think they call it Dark Star because, midway through my third pint, not only did the lights go out, but the stars in the night sky, one by one, began to silently blink out (thank you Issac Asimov)