Shipyard Blue Fin Stout

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

(02.04.06) 12 oz brown bottle purchased from Brickskeller, Washington, DC. Label said best consumed before June 2004. For a 5% ABV beer, I am not very hopeful but Beerskeller stores its beers in wall unit refrigeration. Black hued stout with small tan head. No discernable carbonation. Fruity (prune) aroma. Medium bodied stout that starts dry with mild prune/smoky/burnt malt flavors. Finishes dry with light lingering bitterness. Thin textured and monodimensional flavor. No discernable oxidation or off-tastes despite expiration. A decent drinkable dry stout, but nothing particularly memorable.

chocolate, roasty, frothy, medium body, creamy, very foamy head even when poured much colder than beer should be. Not at the top of it’s peers but very enjoyable.

12 oz. bottle sent my way be Degarth in a very recent trade, thanks Joe. near black in color with a fast fading tan head, leaving some cedent lace. aroma is of dark roasted malts and a little coffee. flavor is of the same with some bittersweet chocolate and just a hint of some scorched malt. palate is a bit thin but overall very enjoyable.

Bottle. Black body, big dark chocolate brown head fades. Metallic sour roast over charred malt aroma. Very dry ashen roast dominates flavour, with sweet malt fleeing in the background. Very slight notes of chocolate as it warms. Average to medium palate. (3+) Decent but really not for me.

bottle, pours black with nice tan head. nice roasted malt aroma. lots of roasted malt/coffee flavors with a tiny hint of chocolate, and a nice subtle bitter hoppy after taste. no bad

ORIGNIAL (12-5-05): HUGE tan head with jet black body. Smell not overly noticeable, but a little nutty. Slight nutty/burnt hoppy taste to it... Taste is somewhat comparable to Guinness Extra Stout. Not the best stout I’ve had, but not bad. I’ve never much cared for Shipyard beers, but maybe something I could develop a taste for... Gritty’s Black Fly is better I felt... RE-RATE: Mostly black body with slight ruby-red highlights around the edges. Very thin tan head. Roasty malty scent. Tastes roasty and sweet, some chocolate notes. Some hop bitterness present too, but very subdued. Tastes better than I remember. I’m not a big Shipyard fan in general, but this is probably one of their better offerings. Try their Brewer’s choice and Prelude.

This beer I had at underground bluz(see review in orlando) very bubbly, not much taste at all. I’ve never been a fan of shipyard beers, and this one is no exception. Poured it’s pretty thick and looks nice but it tastes like soda water and has very little flavor otherwise, my friend took a sip and said it had a coffee flavor, I tried it again and was able to slightly detect that flavor but overall very little flavor, it’s not a bad beer but I wouldn’t buy it again.

Despite a gentle pour the head on this thing just went crazy, and I had to spend minutes just waiting for it to die down before I could try pouring some more. Overall it tasted good, with dry chocolate flavors with a slightly bitter finish, but it was a little too close to Guinness for me to be impressed.