Saint Arnold Winter Stout

Brewed by Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Houston, Texas USA

Very strong, bitter aftertaste that stays with you after the drink. Strong for a stout no doubt.

12oz bottle at home on February 25, 2009. Pours a fine light brown 2-finger head atop a deep, dark mahogany body. Bubbly lacing that slides cleanly down the sides of the glass. Smells of a sweet stout, but has te initial flavor of a dry stout before an almost molasses-like malt sweetness coats the roof of the mouth and a spicy bitterness falls down the cheeks. I love this beer... love it! Thick and smooth, sweet and robust. A fine recipe.

12oz bottle via trade. Pours a deep brown-black with a small tan ring. Toasted malts, coffee and chocolate on the nose. Flavor was much of the same with creamy mouth feel. An ok stout.

Via trade. Pours a dark brown allowing a lot of light. Sits black allowin brown around the edges. Head is a finger thick, cremay, and tan. The nose is sweet, malty, nutty, caramel, more like a dark brown ale. Flavor is sweet, rich and smooth, malty, caramel, nutty, mild popcorn flavor, some crispness. Palate is a bit sweet with some grainy bitterness.

Bottle. Poured a dark brown with red highlights and a thin tan head. Aroma is sweet with a hint of caramel. Tastes caramel and hints of chocolate. Has a creamy mouth feel with light carbonation.

12oz bottle courtesy of screach. Pours a dark brown to black with mahogany highlights and a huge two finger tan head that heavily laces the glass. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, anise, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, and slight notes of coffee and smoke. Flavor is sweet and malty with creamy milk chocolate notes, caramel, honey, some light cocoa and coffee and hints of slight sweet nuttiness. Generally medium to full body with a pleasing sweet and creamy finish.

many things about this stout are surprising. for one, the pour is very light, appearing more like a cherry cola than a rich and licoricey stout. however, the aroma is very deeply roasted and rounded out by hints of sweet chocolate. slight brown head peels and laces swim rings all the way to the bottom of the glass. in contrast to aroma, this winter stout comes heavy and smokey, like burnt raisins and anise, larger than it looks and even smells. a total joy to sip over indoor winter reading or shivering outdoor smokes. best beer i’ve had by saint arnold.

Wow... aroma is exactly like Mexican Chocolate. Amazing... Dark brown in color with clean roasted malt flavor bordering on coffee & cream. Overall, this is an extreme pleasure to drink.