Shipyard Blue Fin 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.

In short: A problematic creamy stout. Bad bottle?
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed fresh a few days after purchase
The look: Black body topped by a medium tan head
In long: Nose of earthy malts with rubber undertones. Body is really on the creamy side of things, a big mushy sponge that feels a bit lifeless. Taste is some kind of malt cream, some vegetables (and god forbid, broccolis!), chocolate cake dough, wet cookies. I hope this was a problematic bottle, from a better brewery I’d buy another one to but I’m just about to give up on this brewery. Named after a breadless unprocessed tuna sandwich.

Brown bottle, 12 onces, best before November 2009, gift from Philippe Boutin (merci!), savoured on August 25 2009; eye: black, opaque, lots of cappuccino head that turns into a tiny ring, slight lacing; nose: roasted malt, light vanilla, light hops, coffee; mouth: roasted malt, vanilla is more present than the nose suggests, acridness is quite present, slight hops, coffee, water, dry and relatively short finale in roasted malt with presence of acridness, medium body, silky texture, average carbonation, slightly bitter; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, meilleure avant novembre 2009, cadeau de Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 25 août 2009; œil : noire, opaque, beaucoup de mousse cappuccino qui se transforme en un petit anneau, très légère dentelle; nez : malt rôti, léger vanille, léger houblon, café; bouche : malt rôti, vanille beaucoup plus présente que le nez le suggère, âcreté bien présente, très léger houblon, café, eau, finale sèche et relativement courte en malt rôti avec présence d’âcreté, corps moyen, texture soyeuse, carbonatation moyenne, très légèrement amère; en résumé : correct