Grand Teton Moose Juice Stout

Formerly brewed at Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Style: Stout
Victor, Idaho USA

The aroma is fantastic with notes of chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt. The color is black and it has a chocolate brown head though disappearing. The flavor is of roasted malt and dark bitter chocolate, in the end it turns to coffee and get a little acidic. A really good beer.

Bottled. Very dark brown coloured. Chocolate aroma. Roasty flavour with notes of dark chocolate. Dry finish with hoppy notes. Soft mouthfeel.

Dark oily color with a nice tan film of head & lacing. The aroma is roasted with tar and mocha, lightly apparent hops; from the aging perhaps. Also some licorice, vanilla and fruity dust. The flavor has a good balance between astringent roast, residual sugars and hop bitterness. Finishes mild, robust and chocolatey. Good stout, too bad it’s not in production any more. Fucking Moosehead Brewing! Thanks a ton mitch!

Eclipse Black color, medium tan head. Aroma is coffeeish. A medium to lighter bodied stout. Roasted malt flavors are chocolate, with a touch of coffee and toffee. It appears to be dry hopped. A very drinkable stout. Creamy and toasty and smooth. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

If there is anything more beautiful in the “Beer World” than a “Stout”, sitting in a Samuel Smith Nonick glass, I’m not sure what it would be. Deep dark and handsome on the pour, the head gigantean in size, spumous in texture with the lace a latticework of frothy bubbles that cover the glass. Nose is roasted grains, coffee, and bittersweet chocolate and quite sniffable. The beginning taste is that of sweet malt, the top skeletal in mouth feel, the finish hop spicy, minimally carbonated, the aftertaste cocoa dry and somewhat bitter. At 3.2 percent alcohol by weight, not likely to cause much damage to the liver, but personally I like the taste and other characteristics of this beer, although it could be a bit thicker in body, but hey it’s a pretty tasty beer nonetheless. Ranks #361 on my current 1000 beer master list.

On tap GABF ’02: Coffee aroma, medium brown color, smooth mouthfeel. Long slightly sweet finish, ends with a touch of chocolate.

Mild stout. A little bitter, but not too much. Nutty flavour. Quite roasted.

I thought this was a little bit thin for a Stout. Not bad, but it won't rate at the top without a little more body and aroma. Drinkable and pleasant beer.