North By Northwest Irish Stout

Brewed by North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery
Style: Dry Stout
Austin, Texas USA

Tap. Opaque black, very strong roasted coffee throughout. It’s hard to believe that I could drink beers like this all day but actual coffee is repulsive to me. Little bit of chocolate in it as well, this is clearly the best NxNW beer I’ve had. Thick mouthfeel, best beer in the house.

22 oz. bottle (4.5% ABV) courtesy of Bockyhorsey - Pours a dark brown color with a one finger thick light tan head. Very light lacing if you swirl the beer in the glass. Has a dusty roasted malt aroma. Flavor is roasted and caramel malt, light esters, and a touch of chocolate. Leaves a slight lingering dryness to the palate. A decent beer. Thanks Bill.

22oz bottle from brewpub. Aroma of walking into a back cooler full of metal kegs. Also some coffee notes as well. Black body with tan head. Oh yea it was a gusher so don’t leave it on the counter and walk away after opening like I did. Decent cooffe roast flavor with some carbination to it. Dry coffee on the palate, good brew. Glad I visited on my way out of Texas.

Bottle: Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma, dry roasty notes, coffee, and chocolate. Flavor, chocolate, coffee, roasted notes, some fruits.

Bottle shared by a generous soul at the BSP. This thing just exploded out of the bottle with foam flowing out the top. Pours dark brown with a bubbly off-white head that recedes to a swirl and leaves only a little lacing. The aroma is dominated by roasted coffee and dark chocolate malts. There is a slight underlying sweetness from the malts but the roasted character is overpowering. The taste is all about dark roasted malts and lightly roasted coffee with a dark chocolate sweetness that fades into a dry finish. The mouthfeel is dry but silky smooth with tons of carbonation, probably a little ton carbonated honestly. This was a really good Irish stout and I was pleasantly surprised by this one.

Pours black with a lasting tan head and seems to be on nitro. Smell is dusty roasted chocolate like malt with mild hints of metal. Creamy soft roasty chocolat flavor. Slightly thin bodied but with a decent flavor. Similar to a Guinness, but with more flavor. Decent beer, and drinkable.

Much lighter than a stout from well known breweries, say... Young’s, Great Divide, or Sam Smith. Initially a detectable amout of chocolate. Surprising that the body is so light for an ale that looks so dark and robust.

Thanks to Charles for the bomber! I should’ve read the ratings below before opening this in the living room.. an endless rolling foam poured out of the bottle and all over stuff.. eventually poured deep brown with a creamy cap of beige head. The aroma picked up dry, darker chocolates paired with a touch of coffee and a metallic impression.. came together decently, but it seemed a bit off. The flavor had semi-sweet and darker chocolates at the core with dry coffee bitterness on the edges.. the metallic stuff was still there, but I kinda dug how it spiced up the beer (and it was slightly refreshing on the finish).. nice moderate level of roast. Light-medium bodied and need I say it, well-carbonated on the palate.. sour and a bit spicy over the malts.. this was likely infected, but in an interesting and enjoyable way.