Papago Elsies Irish Cream Stout

Brewed by Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Style: Sweet Stout
Sedona, Arizona USA

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!

Fine chocolate, coffee aroma. Classic black color. Has great smooth texture of espresso and chocolate. like having liquid chocolate covered espresso beans. Very easy drinking beer. Another great beer on tap at papago.

Pours a luxurious black from the tap with a trim brown head. Smells like a chocolate milkshake and tastes of Nestle’s Quik, instant coffee, and milk cocoa. Probably the best Iced Coffee I’ve ever had, but a tad light in body for a stout.

Cask @ Ppaago. Good chocolate dry coco mix aroma. Black body with tan head. Beer had a creamy milk texture to it along with some chocolate notes. Easy on the palate good beer.

Growler from Papago. Pours an opaque dark brown with a small lasting head. Aroma and flavor are dominated by dark roast coffee, along with sweet chocolate, roasty malt, and cream. The alcohol is nearly undetectable. Almost like drinking an iced mocha. A little thin on the palate, but otherwise pretty tasty!

On tap at O’Brien’s. Appearance is a dense dark brown hue, a small amount of tan bubbles on the surface, watery lacing. Smell is super sweet molasses, coffee, dark fruits, caramel malts, brown sugar, hint of booze. Taste is dominated by sweet coffee malts, opens up to dark fruits, molasses, hints of grassy hops, dark bittersweet chocolate, finishes bitter. Medium-bodied, super creamy and velvety texture, moderate carbonation. A nice sweet stout with good malts/hop balance and taste profile, nice punch of flavors compared to standard stouts; from the internet: "This is named after Ron Kloth’s dog. It is a milk stout made with Irish cream flavoured coffee beans."

The aroma has a somewhat plastic (hefty bag) twang to it followed by sweet malt, light roast and lactose notes. The mouth feel is decidedly thin and unsatisfying. Light roast, lactose, cream, vanilla, caramel, coffee and chocolate with a plastic finish. Not doing it for me at all.

On tap at O’brien’s (labeled at milk stout). Pours with a black body topped by a thin, brown head with little lacing. It’s slightly sweet with cream and roasted coffee notes and a touch of sourness. Medium to full bodied, creamy in texture and smooth.