Livery Dixie OFlynns Irish Stout

Brewed by The Livery
Style: Dry Stout
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

Draft sample at brewpub. Poured black color with an average light brown fizzy head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Good roasted coffee aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture. Modertate to heavy roasted sweet flavor with a moderate bittersweet finish of average to long duration. Another good drinkable beer.

Tasted 4/27/08. 6oz sample from the brewpub. Pitch and dark hue. Trace head. Muddy malts. Medium bodied with flavors of brownies and toast. Weak coffee. Toasty sharp and mildly bitter. Chocolate and anise. A little too tart, but decent.

Draft @ The Livery. Pours a slightly oily, dark chocolate brown color; dark brown head with excellent retention and fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of chocolate, nougat, and cocoa in the aroma; plenty of chocolate. Medium mouthfeel: excellent dry stout presence: loads of chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa, and chewy tootsie rolls; excellent, dense chocolate character; very drinkable, with a touch of oiliness. Medium finish: cocoa, chocolate, and a touch of bread and toffee.

This is a pretty decent Dry Stout, even to one who’s not crazy about the style. It turns black in the glass and is capped by a creamy light brown head. The aroma is strong with roasted coffee, barley and malt, yet retains an underlying sweetness. Drinking is like supping a cold cup of coffee lightly spiked with alcohol. It finishes on a dry, mildly bitter note.

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On tap at the brewery. Opaque black with slight tan head. Nice roasted malt slight coffee, medium sweet aroma. flavor is powerful roasted malt, coffee like, slight dark fruit. Creamy smooth with a medium body. An amazing dry stout, perfect roastiness.

Name: Dixie O’Flynn Irish Stout
Date: 04/28/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black, whispy tan tan head, lightly sweet roasted malt aroma, creamy body, nice roasted flavor

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Anniversary Trip 2007

5/17/2007: Livery Dixie O’Flynn’s Irish Stout pours an opaque, turly black color with a creamy brown head. It is dry and very roasty, nearly burnt. Flavors contains lots of darkly roasted malts including roasted barley, black patent, and chocolate. Chocolate undertones throughout. There is a hint of burntness in the back of the throat. Very dry finish. A bit watery mid-palate. Medium to medium-full body with a smooth and mild texture.

Draught sample (4.25% ABV) at The Livery in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

nitro tap at brewpub-black with a nitro tan head-smooth and silky. chocolate, light char on thoe nose with a touch of dusty esters. dark chocoolate flavors mostly. light body hinders what would be a world-class dry stout. As it warms, char, light roast and more dark chocolate come out. some copper-penny flavor comes through. pretty good dry stout.