Mackeson XXX Stout

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Black with thin tam head. Aroma sweet roasted. Flavor sweet deep roasted malt. Fizzy but smooth mouth. Ok stout but not as many american counterparts.

Rather attractive black bodied beer with a fluffy tan head. Roasted coffee with cream type of aroma with a bit of chocolate. Sweet tasting stuff with a hint of sourness at the end. It’s a well known and well loved beer if there ever was one.

12 OZ bottle. Black color. Average size tan head. Fruity grape/coffee aroma. Roasted Caramel, coffee, licorice, raisin flavor w some nut and fruity notes.. Thin body. Nice bittersweet toffee/licorice finish that is fleeting. Some sweet almond with just a tad bit of smokiness in the aftertaste. Somewhat dry and fleeting finish. No bitterness. This is good, but would be great if it just had more body, as it is just too thin and watery to be considered a great stout in my opinion. I think it is a bit over-rated..

Mackeson XXX Stout 12 oz bottle Bottled circa Fall 05, delected 08/06 Medium pour in an English pint. Poured black with a thin dark brown rim, and a long lasting frothy although thin 1/4 inch mocha head. Smelt of chocolate milk, or chocolate cream, really. Also a sublte hint of dark roasted malt. Taste was slightly smoky upfront, peaking in a semi-sweet chocolatey creaminess with a pleasantly lingering mocha coffee finish. Mouthfeel was light to medium, with average carbonation. Overall, a pleasantly sweet stout that offers great taste but not enough complexity. Notes: This was a relatively old bottle, so the sweetness may have died a bit as opposed to fresher bottlings I’ve had, but it seemed less aggressive overall.

Bottle. Roasted creamy chocolate malty aroma. Deep dark black color with milk chocolate head. Totally opaque. Good sweet taste with bitter chocolate accents. Slighty sweet sour milky taste. Medium body with creamy texture and soft carbonation. Very good overall.

Opaque black pour with a deep brown lasting head. The nose is of sweet chocolate roasts. The flavors follow suit, with brown sugar, chocolate and dark roasted coffee. The finish is sweet effervescent coffee roasts. It feels somewhat zesty-cream on the palate, and makes for a nicely complex, sweet stout.

i love this beer. very sweet, thick as a sweet stout should be. my only complaint was that it could possibly be too sweet and not quite complex enough to be perfect. highly recommended....

Bought this beer at JR’s Beer world in rochester, pa. $1.13 per 12 oz bottle. I will use this to compare all my ratings to. Purchased this because I love dark beers and ’ratebeer’ had it rated here as a 95 percenter. I don’t think I can afford more without the wife raising an eyebrow off the visa bill. This beer has an almost burnt charcoal flavor. It leaves quite an impression on the taste buds. Nice texture . Very pleased. Dark thick black beer with a dark tan head of about 1/2". Has about the right fizzyness. What is the difference between this stuff (xxx) brewed at Boston and the real stuff from england? There is a big difference in the ratings. I like this. Yuenglings black and tan is a little below this in taste, but Yuengling may be a slightly better buy at 75 cents per 16 oz can. You cannot say this beer is watery. Be careful, this stuff is like black dye, don’t spill it on any of your light colored shirts.