Jupiter Dry Stout

Brewed by Jupiter
Style: Dry Stout
Berkeley, California USA

Poured dark brown/black, roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate, little oatmeal, slightly nutty, dry finish.

On tap. Pours black and opaque with a creamy and light brown head with good retention. Burned malty aroma. Medium body, low in carbonation - nitro - with a soft mouthfeel. Hard roasted malt and some coffee. Some malty bitterness. 120709

On nitro at brewery. Black with a creamy tan head. Faint chocolate aroma and a mild bitter chocolate taste.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, dark. Roasted malty flavoured, mild acidity and dark malt. Smooth mouthfeel from the nitro pour. Acidic roasted malt flavoured finish, light bitterness.

Date: July 08, 2009
Mode: Draft, Nitro
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: black, creamy beige head
Aroma: dry roast aroma, dark chocolate
Body: creamy body
Flavor: roasted flavor with lots of coffee character, touch of black chocolate bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Tap at Jupiter. Not quite there stylistically. Nose is on the grainy side and very plain. Tastes of cheap coffee and stingy chocolate. Doesn’t unify well, ends abruptly and is kind of boring.

Pours a deep brown, perhaps, black, with a thick tan head that ended up lasting through the entire pint. Aroma of milk chocolate, molasses, and tootsie roll. I could say the flavor is dark roast coffee with some roasted malt and a hint of hops, but I think it’s ok to say: tastes like Guinness. Actually, this brew looked like Guinness, tasted like Guinness, and felt like Guinness. As it warmed up, there was a nutty, slightly alcohol taste that stood out... much like in Guinness. I’d have this again, partly because I enjoyed it, and partly to confirm whether they didn’t accidentally fill my glass with Guinness. EDIT: I was, indeed, given a Guinness by mistake the first time. This brew poured a deep brown with a thinner (though still creamy) beige head. Flavor was a bit nuttier and had a bit more of an oatmeal stout texture. Very good stout in its own right.

Not a bad beer overall. The best lingering head I’ve ever seen, perhaps due to Nitro? Some decent roasty flavors, not overly complex but not bad coffee flavors. Not a bad beer at all, but nothing to write home about. Jupiter itself is awesome.