Porterhouse Wrasslers XXXX Stout

Brewed by Porterhouse
Style: Dry Stout
Dublin, Ireland

Pours a pitch black with an off white head. Nice roasty and chocolatey aromas fill the nostrils. Just a touch of some coffee too, but not much. The mouthfeel is rather creamy and full. Big roastiness on this beer, which has a little nuttiness to it as well mixed in with some chocolate. Nice flavor. Pretty good brew.

C-Bus 7 Bottle shared by Ohiodad: Poured black with a tan head. Aroma roasted malts, bready, toasted notes. Flavor, roasted malts, some nuts, coffee, and pretty dry. Some roasted bitterness on the finish. Medium to full bodied. Very nice.

7% ABV carbonated 750ml bottled version. Pours dark brown with a giant generous light brown/tan head. Smells of dough, nuts, pepper, hints of roasted malt, chocolate, spices, some hints of peatiness. Tastes of chocolate, hints of cherries, pepper, dark fruit and lots of complimentary roasty qualities. Some interesting earthy qualities emerge as the beer warms. Mouthfeel is full and lightly tangy with a spice/tarte finish.

thru Michael Jackson Rare Beer Club. Creamy chocolate and vanilla with coffee, cafe mocha all on the nose. Pours black with a thick tan head that lasts. Heavy coffee flavor, with chocolate notes, strong roasted barley flavor, vanilla, so so so creamy even without nitro. So good!!! Best stout i’ve had out of the emerald isle!

750 ml bottle from Micheal Jacksons Rare Beer Club. Pure black in color with the best head of any stout I have seen. Three fingers of full and frothy mocha foam, lots of bubbles. Dark roasted malts, coffee, bitter chocolates, and mellow hops in the nose. Loved the aroma but was a bit faint in my opinion. Full bodied and fairly complex, but this one is a little bitter for my taste.

750mL corked and caged bottle. Dot-matrixed on the neck ’70812’. 7% ABV per the label. Pours a ruddy asphalt black with a creamy head of cocoa that exhibits huge bubbles on the perimeter through the glass. Gazing upon the glass, the opacity is absolutely intense. The very definition of black. Laces in wet spotty conglomerates of foam. Stark aromas of raw, green, leafy hops sprinkled with espresso powder. Acrid and stinging nose at times, but in a thank-you-sir-may-I-have-another kind of way. Flavors tickle the tastebuds with more green hoppiness, strong coffee, bitter baking chocolate, and burnt malts. Not charred or roasted, we’re talking burnt. Smooth mouthfeel and a creamy slide down the gullet, but it finishes dry and chalky. Aftertaste of burnt grains, espresso, and raw fresh hops. Irish stouts may be "dominated" by Guinness or Murphy’s, but Porterhouse Wrasslers XXXX Stout overtakes them all in my opinion.

A Mes rate: Nitrotap @ The House of Porter.
Looks like the best looking Guinness you have ever seen. Head almost has the texture of mousse. When a bubble pops it leaves a permanent crater. Aroma is inky and rubbery with some dark chocolatey malt and just a lick of hops. Flavour is pretty much as the nose with a little extra black coffee. Just a tiny bit too bitter from a clear hoppy finish. A fine stout.

Tap. All black. Creamy, light brown head. Plenty of aroma, like burned malt and cinnamon. Well balanced flavour of roasted malt and fruit. Continues to a smooth finish with bitterness and coffee. (Porterhouse Dublin 16.03.07)