Flying Monkey Four Finger Stout

Brewed by Flying Monkey Brewing
Style: Dry Stout
Olathe, Kansas USA

A below-average stout. Looks the part - pitch black with a thin tan head, but it’s lacking anything to make it really stand out. Aroma of roasted coffee. Flavor the same with a bit of bittersweet chocolate in the finish. Bitter aftertaste.

Bottle courtesy of golubj on his trip back to California. Poured a really nice dark brown/black with a large creamy brown head. Aroma was good with chocolate, roasted malt and coffee. Palate was off; a little thin and watery. Flavor was too muted, but not bad. Same flavor as the aroma. (Easy drinking for those who are scared of anything dark)

Bottle from trade. This one is interesting as it has a bitter almost peppery flavor with a smack of cooking dark chocolate that my wife uses to make cookies. The dryness is here but it has a cigarette ashy quality I find in a porter. The finish seems wetter to me. Thats the part I find disappointing. The initial flavor smacks and hit my tongue but the rest of it flows away quickly. It beats the amber I had from this brewery.

Bottle with Zinister, courtesy of theisti. Smells like salty chocolate and weak coffee. Pours solid black, with an olive green head Flavor is ripe tree bark; fresh-cut leaves; cedar. Watery mouthfeel. Stout? Reminds me of cutting tree branches as a wee youth.

Pours a mostly opaque with dark mahogany edges and a thin, wispy-lacing dark tan head. Aroma of lightly sweet dark caramel and chocolate malts with some mild earthiness. Body starts fairly full with a nice, light sweetness and well-dissolved carbonation drying out more toward bittersweet, earthy dark chocolate finish. A pretty good dry stout.

Pours black with a creamy, dark tan head. The aroma is quite muted, primarily roasted malt and a touch of coffee. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied, lively and quite astringent. This beer literally strips all moisture from my tongue. The flavor is bitter chocolate & coffee with a lightly metallic and dry finish. This one takes the term "dry" stout to the extreme; I finished this beer more thirsty than when I began it.

12 oz. bottle via trade with PhillyBeer2112 - Pours a dark brown color with a one finger thick tan head. Light lacing. Aroma is roasted malt and light coffee. Flavor is the same. Mouthfeel is thin and dry. A nice beer. Thanks Dan.

Bottle thanks to theisti. Shared with Kaggie97. Dark opaque color with thin mocha head. Big, deep roasted coffee nose. Taste is roasted malts and not much else. Medium bodied. Tasty. Thanks theisti.