Maine Coast Black Irish-Style Stout

Brewed by Maine Coast Brewing Company / Jack Russells Brewpub
Style: Dry Stout
Bar Harbor, Maine USA

The pour a piceous color with a smallish head that is frothy and tan in color, the resultant lace a fine silk like sheet to smother the glass. Nose is that of finely toasted grain, sweet and refreshing and the start malt laden and somewhat sweet, top is moderate in its feel to the palate. Finish is biting in its acidity, the hops pleasingly spicy, aftertaste bittersweet and somewhat dry, a fine drinking stout me thinks.

Excellent beer. Near black, smallish coffee colored head with mild lacing. Roasted aroma with hints of coffee. Thick, creamy, slightly syrupy. dry roasted, woody, bitterness cuts through leaving a solid bite.

Black w/ huge almost uncontrolable head, though it didn’t last long.Roasted coffee flavour w/ notes of chocolate & fruit. Soft, medium, creamy mouthfeel. Burnt coffee & chocolate flavours w/ some fruitiness. Dry, bitter, somewhat sour finish.

Midnight-black, with darkish creamy head; very Guinness-like as it should be. Very nice aroma; cappuccino, toffee, and vanilla all present, nice and strong. Flavor very good as well, with those aromatics showing up for the most part, as well as a little bitterness; but what is really impressive is the mouthfeel, which might be the creamiest and softest I’ve ever experienced. Perhaps thats not what some of you are looking for in a dry stout, but I just loved it! Definitely one of the top finds from my recent trip to Maine; wish I’d been able to buy more than one bottle of anything.