Papago Elsies Irish Cream Stout

Tap at Papago. Dark brown, creamy light brown head. Sweet coffee aroma with chocolate, light roast and the irish cream sweetness. Flavor is sweet and rich. Coffee notes are wonderful and the hints of chocolate and irish cream are sublime. Nice damn beer.

GABF 2009. This stout was really, really good. Nice surprise. Darkest brown in color with a small tan head and some lacing. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, vanilla, and roast. Flavor is amazing and fairly sweet with coffee, Irish cream, vanilla, chocolate, and bourbon or rum. Palate is smooth and creamy with medium-full body. Excellent beer!

I’m reviewing the Elsie’s Irish cream stout (on tap) from Papago, and they’re holding a gun to my head for a good rating. But, to protect the integrity of this site, I’m going to be completely honest. No, seriously, this beer is fantastic. It’s got the awesome irish cream coffee smell and taste, but absolutely no bitterness--sweet, smooth and full all the way, the beer trifecta.

Poured very dark brown to nearly black with brown head. Nose was chocolatey sweet with some roasty elements. Palate was very sweet, almost like a Young’s Double Chocolate stout - there was a clear presence of milk chocolate, perhaps with some nougat filling in there as well. Gateway beer for the ladies... perhaps best with a dessert.

On cask at Papago. Really enjoyed this one...the aroma was INCREDIBLE!!! Dark bitter chocolate, rich roasted coffee, and perhaps a little burnt caramel. Creamy jet black brew with a thick milk shake head. Flavor had a bit of a charcoal quality but this one was a winner.

On cask at Papago. Pours a motor oil black with a one finger creamy tan head and slick lacing. Nose is coffee, roasted malt, cocoa and cream. Taste is coffee, ashy cocoa, and lactic cream with a slight sour coffee ground finish. Lighter, yet creamy mouth feel from being on cask. Pretty good, reminds me of a lighter version of Coffee Bender.

Draft at Papago. Poured an opaque black color with a tan head. Smelled of coffee, butterscotch, vanilla, and cream. Light to medium bodied. The lactose sweetness was tempered quite a bit by a hefty roasty bitterness. Tasted predominantly of coffee and butterscotch. A bit too much going on here, but not too bad.

Tap at Pap. A nice black beer with a whopping 1.5 inch tan head. The most accurate thing I can say is it tastes like Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout that hasnt been barrel aged. Im serious. Spot on. Its great!