McSorleys Black and Tan

Pabst Brewing Company
Brewed at Lion Brewery, Inc.
Style: Stout
Woodridge, Illinois USA

Easy drinker here! Bought something cheap, but above average to use in recipe. Pours dark brown with tan head, roasted flavor throughout. Very average brew, but better than many I’ve had!

Bottle. Pours dark with a small white head. Aroma is a bit of chocolate. Taste is malty, with a liite body. Leaves a little bit of a bite in the aftertaste. Not bad. Not really much of a stout and not really a Schwarzbier. But not bad overall.

Bottle. Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is light with notes of roasted malt, caramel and chocolate. Medium body. Flavor is also very faint and similar to the aroma. Not bad, but a pretty weak stout.

(bottle - 12 oz) Dark brown color with a minimal tan head. Aroma is very light and subtle with some roasted malt notes present. Flavor is lightly sweet at the start with some roasted malt notes but goes to a slightly fruity middle with a roasted and burnt malt finish. Watery.

Bottled. Poured iced tea brown with a short cap of tan head. The aroma picked up sweeter chocolates and toasted barley with a weak overall impression.. pleasant components, though. The flavor had toasted nutty notes, caramel, and sweeter chocolate all amplified by an artificial sweetness.. dries out the back of the palate with a bit of a grainy feel. Lighter-bodied with moderate-plus carbonation.. dry bitterness worked OK here.. watered down. All in all this was a little better than the score indicates.

Definitely not my favorite beer. But com’on.. it is a mcsorleys.. the oldest continuously operated pub in nyc. Sand on the floor... need I say more? Drink it for the memory, not for the taste.

12oz bottle courtesy of Degarth. Thanks Joe. Very dark brown/mahogany combination coming out of the glass. Smallish tan head with no retention and sloppy lacing. Does leave an outer ringing of foam once the head dies down. Nose of molasses, licorice, chocolate, coffee, pale malts and some musty notes. Sweet on the fore, with chocolate, molasses, maple syrup and dark malts being the main components. Back end brings some pale malts into play, as well as some adjunct type flavors, but they aren’t too bad. Thin- light medium bodied, not watery. Slightly creamy mouthfeel, could use some more heft to the body. Finish is almost non-existent, some bitter roasty notes and a short surge of sweetness, and then a flavor abyss. Unremarkable, uninspired, but not undrinkable.

Not too bad... Fresh aroma, nice dark appearance with a small head. The flavor is just OK, nothing special. This beer is worth a shot, but certainly not a favorite. If you are a casual beer drinker and you like Guiness you’ll love this beer.