Iron Hill Irish Dry Stout

Brewed by Iron Hill Newark
Style: Dry Stout
Newark, Delaware USA

Just like Guinness, only a little more roasted - nice touch. Like the other Guinness inspired stouts, tasty even if it is not St. Paddy’s Day.

"Iron Hill Irish Dry Stout." My second Iron Hill review of the day, and boy, the serving temperature must have been turned down a bit here (Newark). Heck, I haven’t tasted soap in any of my drinks yet, either. In any event, this one poured a nice black with brown edges and with a thick and airy, well-sustaining, tan head. Lacing was continuous, coating the glass all the way down. The aroma was hard to pick up, I practically got NOTHING (oh well). The flavor was interesting, the first beer of my life that I’ve picked up on a clear tobacco flavor (maybe I’ll spot it in future beers now). Interesting and likeable after all the beer reviews I’ve read where people taste that. Some licorice mixed in there along with light coffee underneath. This one finishes true to the style with a bit of a dry aftertaste. Not overly roasted or burnt, a very drinkable dry stout.

At the Newark, Delaware location: Awesome visual appeal ... black with a tan beautiful head. Roasty malt nose. Very smooth, but maybe a bit thin. Good roasty flavor, stark sharp bitter ending.

Nitro at p-ville. Pours a nice deep grayish black with a gray-tan head and good lace. Aroma is nutty, dry toasted malts, light coffee and roast malts- and some acrid burnt malts going on. Flavor is roasted malts, black patent, light sweetness up front, drys out in the end, body is a bit bigger than Guinness, but at 3.9% it is really quite nice. Very well made dry stout.

Served on nitro at the North Wales location. Pours a deep brown with amber highlights and a creamy light tan lacing head. Aroma had a lot of caramel and toffee, milk chocolate and some toasty/roasted malts. Flavor of roasted malt, toffee, toasted bread, traces of some citrus.

Nitro pour at Wilmington. Blackish pour with Darker roasty aroma. Taste is dry with some coffee and hop bitterness thrown in. Pretty good dry stout.

Poured dark brown/red (not opaque) with a medium sized, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Nice aroma, lots of dry roastiness, chocolate, and a bit of piny hops in the background. Dry roast, and light chocolate in the taste, with a weak, watery mouthfeel.

On tap at New Wales. Brown, with a tan head. Roasty, malty aroma. Flavor is predominatly roasted malt. Palate is too thin, though.