Rock Bottom Stillwater Stout

Brewed by Rock Bottom Corporate Office
Style: Dry Stout
Louisville, Colorado USA

Nitro at the Bethesda location. Creamy light tan head, typical nitro stout appearance. Nose of light roast and cream, some egg and light char scents as well. Simple toast and milk flavors, typical Guinness clone recipe, but drinkable. Finishes thin and a just slightly dry/husky.

Pours a deep black with a solid rocky head of brown foam. Decent lacing, excellent head retention. Mild dark roast coffee in the aroma. Wow, my memory told me that this was going to be a milder stout. My memory was wrong. Bold roasted grain and tons of espresso abound. Coffee and a hint of minty hops in the finish. In the past, I have had ’coffee beers’ with less coffee flavor. I have had ’imperial’ stouts with less body. Medium nitro tap body, solid carbonation, fairly smooth.

Aroma: Moderate aroma of roasted malts, having a roasted coffee or dark chocolate quality. very low hop aroma, up to medium intensity. Light alcohol-derived aromatics Appearance: jet black color, although Large, persistent head of light tan opaque. Flavor: Moderate bittersweet chocolate. medium malt sweetness, with caramel flavors. Medium bitterness. Mouthfeel: full body. high carbonation. Overall Impression: medium roasted Stout

Draught at Brewpub during RBSG DC 06 Weekend Black, average head and lacing. Nose of moderate astringency, coffee, vanilla and light char. The flavor is dry and bitter, lots of astringency. The finish is lingering and dry, not enough body.

Tap, nitro. A nice black color with a very light body. Taste is of roasted malt. Rather watery.

On tap, nitro: Nice deep dark brown color, a good little off white-brown head. Aroma was a little light, mostly of chocolate. the taste was more cofee than chocolate, some smoked/toasty/roasted malts, and nuts also. Good little dry stout. Reminded me a LOT of Boulevards Dry Stout. One rater is calling this an oatmeal stout, it certainly wasnt in Behtesda, maybe at other locations, but this is a text book (in my meaningless opinion) dry stout.

At Bethesda location. A dark brown beer with a red shine underneath a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty and rather roasted combined with medium strength notes of chocolate and lesser notes of nuts. Nice.

Nitro... Bethesda location... Pitch black ale with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Terrific retention. The nose is all cocoa, vanilla and smoke. The flavor is perfectly balanced with toasted malts, bitter cocoa and charcoal... numbs the tongue. Light bodied and very astringent with pillow-soft carbonation. Roasted, bone-dry finish.