Liberal Cup Tarbox Cream Stout

Brewed by Liberal Cup Public House and Brewery
Style: Stout
Hallowell, Maine USA

This, along with the Alewife Ale, was the best of the beers I tried there. Black body with consistent tan head. Mocha scent. Tastes very chocolately. While on the heavier side of medium bodied, it is definitely not quite as heavy as many stouts. Tastes similar to Samuel Adams chocolate bock in some ways, but definitely more tasty and richer. Good stuff. I’ll definitely be getting this one again. I realise I’m in the minority on this one, but I really liked it.

(Draft@brewpub) Pours dark tobacco/coffee color with a perfect-looking tight tan head that holds steady. Aroma of roasted grain, coffee, chocolate. Great lacing, nice cascading rings as you work your way down. Smooth mouthfeel, creamy - may be a bit watery but probably to style. Also slightly dry. The flavor is impressive - molasses, roastiness, coffee, bittersweet chocolate - really full of flavor. Some bitterness at finish. Wow, this was good.

Aroma:sweet chocolate aroma,coffe... Appearance:Dark,good cream brown head... Flavor:sweet coffe and chocolate,creamy...

(presumably nitro) Persistent creamy brown head atop black body. Aroma is medium sweet, chocolate, some coffee, light roast. Taste is medium sweet, coffee, roast, light chocolate. Light coffee bitterness. Creamy light-medium body.

On tap at the brewpub:
Mild, creamy coffee sweetness dwelling in a lifeless body...Roasted malts become burnt and clash with the yeast end...Not enough time in secondary?...

20oz Liberal Cup at the pub. Pours exactly like a guiness. Mouthfeel is the same, flavors are more along the lines of shipyard blue fin. It’s soy-ish in the nose with sweetness. The flavor is creamy smooth and mildly good, but nothing to write home about. One of those not stout tasting stouts that’s just black and creamy.

on nitro-pours a retaining tight foamy tan head and black color. Aroma is rich dark malt-chocolate. Taste is dry, rich dark malt-chocolate/molasses/coffee, some earthy hops. Not my taste but nicely done.

Nitro pint at Brewpub. Pours a dark color with a creamy nitro tan head. Nose is lightly chocolate with roast malts and coffee. Taste is buttery cream, with some light coffee notes and roast malts here as well. Palate is creamy, smooth nitro.