McKenzie Black Lab Stout

Brewed by McKenzie Brew House
Style: Sweet Stout
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania USA

From draught at McKenzie Brew House II. Aroma has a nice roasted character with quite a carbonic gassy light sour tang to it; almost-burtn malt with light coffee and chocolate. Dark black, hard to tell if clear, with thin cocoa-colored lacing head. Medium watery body with some lactose. Medium carbonatoin. Starts with bitter chocolate and coffee, dry. Much less sweet than I’d expect for an oatmeal stout. Carbonic mild tang but not sour. Smoky notes but not overpowering. Licorice. Finish is dry, like tonic water with medium bitter roasty after.

tap @ Malvern location. pours DARK opaque brownish black. aroma is black coffee, brown sugar, chocolate, light liquorice. taste is a straightforward oatmeal stout: lots of malty chocolate, coffee, liquorice. finish is not my favorite. bland, abrupt, THEN coffeebean. kinda thin.

Had this at the Melvern brewpub. Nice big black pour but does not seem to be as viscous as many sweet stouts. Good roasty stout aroma. Very attractive. Nice initial stout flavors which is followed by a bitterness that reminds me of old wet partially burned campfire wood. Barely any carbonation can be detected, but it is there in its own creamy way. Best Mckenzie so far. Finish is lingering charcoal or something burned.

Draught: McKenzie’s Brew House, Glenn Mills PA. Very dark brown colour. Head is about half an inch with good amount of lacing. Mouthfeel is heavy but loose, a little watery. The strong oaky, roasted coffee taste with some chocolate and a hint of anise seems to add a little weight. Medium-high alcohol content. This beer seems more suited to drink after a meal than with it due to its strong coffee flavor.

Draft->pint glass: Pours a medium, but lasting brow head atop of a black body with no carbonation, though it does exhibit excellent lacing. No real aroma and otherwise very Guinness-y. The taste is mildly sweet, medium body, and sticky and chalky on the mouth feel with a medium duration on the body. We found this brewery while tooling around Downingtown, PA-area and only had the opportunity to try this beer--not horrible, but definitely could be better.

Deep Black. The taste was like the aroma. Chocolate, licorice, and roasted malt. Solid beer.

Dark black, and murky. has an overwhelming taste of burnt electrical wires. can’t get anything else, but that. from sampler

on tap-pours a retaining creamy tan head and black color. Aroma is faint dark malt-chocolate/coffee/licorice, roasty. Taste is dark malt-chocolate/coffee/licorice, roasty, secondary hops bite. OK carbonation. Nice, not my style.