Gritty McDuffs Black Fly Stout

On tap at Bukowski Tavern, Boston MA, 28 September 2009. Very dark red/brown with creamy nitro head. All the faults of nitro are apparent. Aroma and flavour are sacrificed for texture and appearance. Accentuated by the very cold serving temperature. As a Guinness alternative it is conspicuously successful. As an interesting beer, it doesn’t do it for me.

Bottle from Total Wine. Pours soy-sauce black, thin, and with a coca colored head that disappears quicker than a presidential candidate. Nose is coffee, though very slightly, bitter malts, some off-the-wall funk, sulfur, and maybe some wood. Taste is very, very thin with notes of chocolate, earth, discarded cigarettes, diesel fuel, and malts. Slight bitterness. Struck me overall as very watery. Meh, kinda lucked out on this one.Not very good.

Bottle. Large light brown semi-fizzy head that mostly dissipated, mostly opaque body with some light coming through, very little carbonation, and a fair amount of lacing. The aroma consisted of hops, hints of chocolate and roasted malt. The flavor was burnt, roasted malt, semi-sweet, and lightly hoppy. A mostly smooth mouthfeel and a bit tingly. A medium bodied beer. A decent beer for the style, but it would have tasted better if it had a fuller taste to it IMO.

Bottle thanks to Reginaldo (BA)!
Pours very dark cola, near black, with a small foamy beige head, long-lasting. Nose has hints of chocolate but is predominately roasted malt, rather bitter. Flavor seems a little green and is equally bitter, roasted malt giving way to coffee, licorice, and chocolate. A little grainy. Sticky body, rather thin. Some nice elements, but it never really comes together.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized brown colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a opaque very softly carbonated black colored body. The nice aroma was dark malt and red apple. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish. The yummy flavor contained notes of mild hops dark malt brown malt and chocolate. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Black, thick rich head. Coffee and oreo aroma. Palate is oddly crisp and dry. Flavor is coffee again, plus some flinty or stone-like notes. Maybe some hints of raisin in the finish. Pretty tasty stout.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 11/10/2007 Some fruit aroma. Black and smooth on the palate with a dry lasting coffee roast finish.

Thanks SuIIy for this Stout! pours a dark brown with a small tan head. notes of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Dry, some sweetness with a nice bitter finnish. unsurprisingly, there aren’t any boozy notes. makes this a good session stout.