Laughing Dog Sweet Stout

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

Pours dark brown, ends up black in the glass. Light brown thick head. Rich chocolate nose with stinging roast more akin to a rich foreign stout like Angkor or Malaysian FES than to a sweet stout. Stingy rich roast character, yet it is fairly low in hop bitterness. Finishes with a dark chocolate character and a hint of almonds.

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 shared by boboski: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a thin, spotty-lacing tan head. Aroma of lightly sweet dark caramel and chocolate malts. Body starts with some dark caramel and a touch of raisins and light tartness toward a thinner, bittersweet dark chocolate finish. A decent stout, but could use a little more sweetness.

Bottle: Pours a dark rich black color, a full retentive dark tan/brown head with plenty of lacing. The nose is very roasty with a light astringent coffee note and a bitter nutty component that’s a lot like earthy yeast. The flavor is creamy and pronounced with a light hop bitterness and a moderate roast astringency. The finish is tangy, a bit much carbonation than I like in a stout but pretty good. Full body, complete roast profile. Nice.

Pours onyx with 1-finger brown head. Aroma of dark roasty malt, chocoff, molasses. Tastes roasty dark malty, with chocoff, slight cherry, and slight rauchy brown sugary notes. Nice complexity.

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.

Draft 10 oz at the brewpub. This place is 6 for 6! Black of course with an average stouty head. Sweet roasty aroma. Sweet and sugary with a bit of corree, bit of choclatey goodness. bit chalky. This place just doesn’t miss it. (#2906, 5/17/2007)

(Bottle) Purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle on October 20, 2007. I’d never heard of this brewery before Oakes mentioned it during the visit to Bottleworks but the scores on RB and positive remarks has me hoping we’ll see more of Laughing Dog in the future. This beer had a solid cocoa base with a roasted-cold-coffee-sitting-on-the-element-for-too Very thick and malty, this should be the pride of Idaho. Yummy!