Shipyard Blue Fin Stout

Brewed by Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Portland, Maine USA

Very dark and decent head and aromas. It’s just missing some alcohol and flavor.

12oz bottle, pours a dark opaque brown color with quickly fading brown head. Looks very appetizing, high carbonation present. Aroma is pretty typical of a dry stout, with some roasty chocolate, nothing too complex. Taste is malty and bitter. Palate is dry as expected, sits well on the palate and is soothing as it goes down the throat. Average dry stout.

Pours a deep dark brown, not quite black. Head is creamy & coffee colored with very little retention. Lacing is impressive though. Java nose indicative of roasted malt. Bitter, coffee, burnt toast are predominant. Decent body. dry with pleasant bitter malt finish. Solid.

Large bottle. This one might indeed be closer to a cola than a stout. Pours jet black with very little head. Found it to be on the thin side though it was pretty tasty, just not as good as alot of others in this style.

Pours like cola from the 12oz. bottle: Perhaps I had a horrible bottle, but to my surprise (and dissapointment), the stout tasted completely watered down. The toasty aroma seemed a little misleading. No finish or fullness to it compared to its counterparts. Roasted, malty notes subside in seconds. Perhaps there was a hint of sweet chocolate in there, not so sure. Nothing offensive hits the palatte though. Drinkability: Lower than average for your typical craft stout. Rebuy: I’m going on that I had a bad bottle, so I will rebuy and rerate. #139 on 12102009, DG.

bottle at a wedding reception. awesome chocolate aroma and flavor. Nice burnt malt finish. Solid beer

Deep, dark appearance with mocha aroma. Nice malty flavor that is a little reserved.

Pours black into a shaker. Mocha head with good retention leaves spots as it slowly recedes. Smoky resin aromas. Crisp chocolate cake turning to blue cheese and on to hoppy chocolate in the finish.