Moylans Dragoons Dry Irish Stout

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: Dry Stout
Novato, California USA

Dark brown pour with a small light brown head. Minimal lace. Fresh roast coffee on the nose. Creamy mouth-feel. Nuts, coffee, chocolate, and roast. Slightly dry and astringent

Pours a dark black that allows some light with a thin dark tan head. The nose is roasty, chocolate and coffee roast, malty, doesn’t show the bitterness. The flavor is very stout, dark malt and roast, chocolate and coffee bitterness, waxy hops and bitter grains. Nice dry and roasty palate.

bomber. hmm. This is a pretty black bere, actually. A nice tan head forms on top along with quick and sotty lacing. The aroma is milky and nutty. I’d almost swear there was lactose involved. Dark chocolate, earth, walnuts, and prunes are here. The palate is light, but creamy enough. Man, there is so much nutty character and the finish is pleasantly dry, but not overly so. Dark, Rich chocolate is here, little hints at soy sauce, roasty coffee. This is a great, great low abv stout. this is an extra sessionable beer that sacrifices no character or complexity. I give it two thumbs up.

650 ml. Opaque with a lasting quarter inch of foam and some spotty lace. Aroma is coffee, nearly-burnt grain, and char. Flavor is mocha coffee, ashes, light sour cream and berry. Chicory and char on the finish. Medium-heavy body is watery, very lightly carbonated, and acidic-roast tingly.

Bomber. Lovely roast nose with heavy coffee grounds and just a touch of tire air. Noisy pour, pitch with an excitable light brown head that tires itself right out. Taste is dry and lightly roasty with seeming ash in the after but not a lot of evidence. Has the sort of sticky grape aspect in the mid-body but spares the lips of smacking. Light, smooth body. Solid daily stout, and I love dry stouts, but not very exciting. A touch of acidity; any more and this dives under three.

Deep roasty aroma. Pitch black, with red around the edges. Thin head. Flavor matches the aroma. Roasty more then chocolaty. Beautiful example of what a dry stout should be on the palate. No lingering sweetness, crisp and refreshing despite being a dark flavorful beer.

Roasted malts are notable in the very sweet and chocolatey aroma. Black body is opaque and topped by a tight, dense, fine bubbled tan-brown head that lasts well. Chocolate and roast are both strong but balanced in the flavour. Bitterness is somewhat underwhelming and leaves it a bit sweet overall. Medium body with moderate soft bubbled carbonation. Tulip glass. Just above fridge temperature. Bottle. Brewery Creek. Dec-08.

Pours a deep black with ruby accents and a light brown diminishing head. Aroma is lightly sweet with roast, coffee and herbal. Flavor is cocoa, herbal, roasty and nutty. Long fry finish. Smooth texture, medium carbonation.