New Holland The Poet

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Sweet Stout
Holland, Michigan USA

12 oz. bottle. Pours dark black/brown with deep ruby edges and a really dense (maybe too much) head. Actually, I poured the last few drops onto the head and rolled to the side instead of falling through. Taste is a tannic bitterness on initial contact, but almost immediately melds into a brown-sugar sweetness. Noticeable malt, raisin, chocolate, and perhaps caramel throughout. While not overly sweet--which is good, because I’m not that fond of sweetness--it left a sugary taste in my mouth for quite some time after finishing it.

Dark brown body with medium carbonation and a thick, rocky beige head. Aroma of rum raisin, creamy dark chocolate, and sweet roast. A nice malty stout with abundant raisin character, medium sweetness, and a moderate, restrained roast profile. Creamy texture with decent fullness. Good, tasty beer.

Slight sourness in the nose subtracts from otherwise tempting aroma of vanilla bean, dark chocolate. Full bodied, nice aggressive roastiness. Great sugary sweet finish. Nicely done.

Bottled. U.S. Beer 24 of 31 for American Beer Month! Sweet roasty mocha java smell when the bottle pops open. Pours a nice black with barely visible red highlights, tan head seems a bit too rocky. Taste is, well, a bit of aq comedown after the fine presentation. It is nicely roasty, with a mild astringency. Pouring the second half of the bottle does give it something of a "Guinness cascade." Light English (Fuggles?) hops make it a nice beer.

pretty good stout.The right mix of roastiness with touches of chocolate. Slightly dry finish. Not bitter.

My kind of stout, really. Dark and roasty, malty but balanced, sweet but not at all cloying. Quite big and satisfying.

A solid stout, with complex roasty notes that aren’t overpowered by a lot of lactose sweetness like a lot of other stouts - still, it’s sweet enough to avoid being over-dry - nice.

Bottle from brad. Pours a dark brown with a light tan head. Nose is smokey and malty. Taste is that of light chocolate, not much smoke flavor and roasted malts. Has a velvety feel to it.