Laughing Dog Sweet Stout

Brewed by Laughing Dog Brewing
Style: Sweet Stout
Ponderay, Idaho USA

Sample tray. Dirty sticky lacing looks like caramelized sugar. Very dark brown beer. Rich sweet coffee and cream nose. Body and flavour are thinner and not as sweet as the aroma promised. Still good coffee flavours with notes of chocolate.

Pours a black-brown with a robust brown head, leaving behind some early lace. Bitter chocolate, dark roast, hint of prune in the nose. Lively carbonation early, seems to play itself out to become a more creamy mouthfeel later. Chocolate liqeur, coffee roast, hint of greenstick hoppiness. Quite rich, and very tasty.

Received a 12-oz bottle via trade with André. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a thin tan head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and tan ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some flowery hops, a touch of coffee and dark chocolate. Taste is medium to full bodied, light carbonation with flavors of toasted dark malt, coffee, some sweet chocolate and light marshmallow sugar. Finish has a touch of coffee and a strong Nestlé bittersweet chocolate that lingers around after the finish.

Thanks to Skyview for sharing. Heavily carbonated dark brown body with faint white head. Sweet chocolate aroma with a hint of coffee biterness. Strong roasted coffee taste that leaves little room for other flavors.

12 oz. bottle - pours thin and black with no head; creamy chocolate aromas with no bitterness; some sweetness too; roasted flavors come first with the same touch of sweetness found in the aromas; musky aftertaste

12-oz. Pours jet black; even the bottle stream is inky black. Thick, creamy, surging dark tan head. Piles of rocky peaks and sticky lace rings--no shortage of head rentention, either. Very luxurious. Nose is chocolate, a bit too sweet, maybe. Dust and CO2 there as well. Nice medium body, a bit overcarbonated. Sweet chocolate and a bit of roast on the mid-palate. Long sweetish finish. A little too rich and sugary pretty much anywhere you can be too rich and sugary. And coming from me, that’s going some.

Thank you Tom/After4ever for this one! It’s black/brown with a nice, huge head. The aroma isn’t very strong, but it has a slightly sour roasted malt note. The flavour has notes of roasted, slightly burned malt, a bit of licorice and a nice bitterness. I would like some more body between the burnt and the bitter - not that it’s bad, it’s just not extra ordinary IMO.

Bottle from a trade. Pours very dark.This was a pretty tasty brew with all the nice roasted flavors one might expect from a stout but it was a little thin.