Sand Creek In-House Stout

Brewed by Sand Creek Brewing Co. (Pioneer/Wisconsin Brewing Co.)
Style: Sweet Stout
Black River Falls, Wisconsin USA

Bottled. A hazy dark brown beer with a huge rocky brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of chocolate and coffee. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of bitter chocolate and coffee, leading to a bitter dessert chocolaty finish. Nice.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Skyview. Pours black and opaque with a beige head. Burned, coffeish aroma. Medium body with burned coffee notes and some hints of dark, bitter chocolate. The finish is dry but not overly bitter. Quite a lively carbonation that could indicate a slight infection, but nothing that spoils the beer. 171107

Name: In-House Stout
Date: 12/22/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

black, big dense tan head, sudsy lace, rich dark chocolate and coffee aroma, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, lots of roasted and coffee character, nice dark chocolate bitterness, touch of dark caramel sweetness, light bitter finish rises out of the dark chocolate,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Black color; big head. Coffeish aroma, dry, a bit of ashes. Quite good body strength, good mix of caramel and roasted malt and coffee, a bit milky, round, well mixed together, better that I expected after the aroma. Good.

Bottle. A black beer with a big beige head. The aroma and taste is roasted and of chocolate and coffee and tar. Medium to full body with a dry roasted finish.

12oz bottle shared courtesy of Ughsmash. Poured a dark brown color with red edges and an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of cofee grounds, chocolate, and some oats. Tastes of coffee grounds, chocoalte, and some vanilla. A coffee beer should have coffee in the aromas and tastes, and this one did. Body on the thinner side.

Bottle... VBWT2008... Pours dark and sits black in my glass with a small, creamy, lightly tanned head. Great retention. Big chocolate-milk with fractions of coffee and caramel in the nose. Barely medium-bodied and watery with medium carbonation. Sweetness and bitterness are evenly matched with a whisper of acidity thrown into the fusion. Finishes crisp and well-roasted. CaptainCougar supplied the bottle!

Pours an opaque black with a thin, spotty-lacing dark tan head. Has a rich roasty coffee and bittersweet dark chocolate nose with some oats. Body is a little thin and perhaps overcarbonated, but has nice coffee flavor, light caramel sweetness and earthy roasted malts with a hint of coffee tartness toward a nice, lingering, smooth dark chocolate finish without any trace of alcohol. A pretty enjoyable lightly sweet coffee stout.