Three Floyds Black Sun Stout

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Munster, Indiana USA

22 oz Bottle Pours out a Black topped with a tan head. A Great aroma of HOPS. Great floral and some bitter. Very nice. Thanks Indiana_Red

Bottle. Pours very dark opaque ruby with a nice tan head. Now, as I’m looking at this brew in my large glass here is the curiosity on my mind: what do I expect? I mean, Three Floyds is so unpredictable. Most of their brews are quirky, yet some of them are faithful representations of a particular style. For some reason I’m thinking this is going to be a solidly executed, textbook dry stout. Nope. A sniff brings that signature Floyd hop assault to my nose. I grin with satisfaction. Amid the defined, rounded, zesty pine are notes of soy sauce, chocolate, walnuts. The flavor has a very good Irish stout character. It’s drying in the finish, plenty of coffee to be found. A hint of meaty notes is detected. This could stand on its own as a solid dry stout, but Three Floyds deemed it necessary to hop the shit out of it. Well, my hat off to them for chosing to do that. It comes across like a charred forest with embers glowing in the damp earth. . .with coffee. They’ve created a solid, tasty, and simultaneously unique beverage. The finish brings out coconuts and more floral aspects which battle with a wash of creamy, drying bittersweetness. It’s not normal.

First of all, this is a mighty impressive pour. Almost black, in an imperial fashion, with a large dark tan head. Nice soapy bubbles too, lacing sticks around forever. Aroma? Oh hell yes, what a smell too. Who would have thought this blackness would smell so strongly of fresh pungent and funky hops? Anyway, aroma is hoppy, with a planty vegetable quality rather than any pine or citrus quality; also with some caramel and mocha/coffee tones. Do I smell something vaguely cheesy too? I think so. Aroma is still detectable right after tasting too. Flavor is chocolaty, with some burnt coffee tastes, and a slight acidity. Hop flavor compliments the coffee pretty well. Finishes caramelly, followed by roast, and some of that hop flavor that I detected in the aroma. Hints of cigar smoke in the finish too. Pretty thick for a regular stout, low carbonation. One of the best non-imperial stouts I’ve ever had.

22oz bottle (thanks to black95tt) poured black in color with a small brown head. Great hop aroma backed by chocolate, caramel, roast and some coffee notes. The taste had the perfect amount of bitterness with a nice malt profile to balance. A dry finish helped bring out alot of the roasted malts and left you wanting more. Overall one of the best stouts I have had and I put it up there with all the Bell’s Stouts.

Pours pure black with a sweet roasted hops aroma. Had with a good cigar was was well paired. Not as thick as one would think as dark as it poured. Would consider this more of a sweet stout. First mouth full came the roasted hops and malty with coffee and choclate afterthoughts. A fine beer that I wish I could get more easily. If you like a stout, this is a must try. Very smooth with little aftertaste. Well worth a having.

Horrid piney roasted nose. The hop character does not go well with style of beer. Smells like a burnt pine cone. Astringent malt has a big chewy mouthfeel. Hops are overly prominent from beginning to end, YUCK with a capital Y.

Poured a watery black from the bomber with a thin white head. Little aroma, no hops, slightly roasted. Initial flavor was nice, malty and roasted with coffee notes but extremely weak. The flavor was too simple and faded quickly. Reminder me more of a porter than a stout. Unimpressive as far as micro-stouts go.

Pours a dark black with a nice tan head. A very fruity aroma of sweet malt, spice, chocolate, and coffee. Damn this stuff tastes good. Piney and peppery with strong flavors of chocolate and coffee. Smokey, fruity, caramel, and piney hops. Thin, but thats the way this style is. Easy to drink and complex. I prefer thicker brews, but this is still very good.