Mountain Sun Buffalo Head Stout

Draught. Head is mostly diminishing. Body is dark brown to black. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (roasted grain), with a light note of minerals. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Surprisingly simple aroma, and heck if I could find the juniper. Good flavor balance, and thus an easy quaffer.

Draught at Southern Sun. Beer poured a dark, opaque (passed the flashlight test) brown-black color with a large, frothy, tan, mostly and slowly diminishing head. The aroma was moderately malty with notes of roasted grain, weak coffee and chocolate, lightly hoppy with a note of pine and rounded out with light miscellaneous notes of juniper/gin and brine. The flavor was heavily acidic and lightly sweet, with a short, heavily acidic, lightly bitter finish. lThere were cooling pine/gin retros in the finish, too. The body was medium, the texture was velvety and the carbonation was lively.