Water Street Irish Stout

Brewed by Water Street Brewery
Style: Dry Stout
Delafield, Wisconsin USA

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Hoppy roast aroma. Black strong in alcohol fruity and hoppy with a bitter crisp roast finish.

Nothing to write home about. But not bad either. A nice dry stout overall. A good dark appearance with a creamy head. Aroma of sweet roasted malts. A moderately sweet/coffee flavor, followed by a bitter finish.

On tap at the Milwaukee location, dark brown color, with a creamy tan-colored head, sweet roasty, cocoa nose, with a semi-sweet black chocolate note, some coffee accents, a subtle licorice spicy aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with sweet chocolatey, mochaish character, with some roasted, toasted malt flavors, a dark coffee note, leading towards a sweet chocolatey, roasty, lingering bitterness finish.

On draught at the brewery/brewpub in Delafield, Wisconsin. Pours a dark cola brown brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind a fine film and thin off-white ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, dark chocolate and a touch of coffee. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with some toasted and slightly burnt dark malt with some dark chocolate. Finish has a dark malt and chocolate aftertaste and even some toasted dark bread in there.

7/28/07 On draught at the brewery. Aroma is roast malt forward, followed by a blended hop flavor, then a sour bready mustiness. Appearance is a reddish dark brown with a medium off-white head. Flavor is sour malt forward with medium bittering, citrus notes, and an earthy/musty finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a low creamy feel and a resiny finish. Overall, this was pretty funky, possibly oxidized, and needs more sweetness.

On tap downtown. Overall pretty good interpretation of style. Thinish, like it should be. The harshness of the roast barley shown through a bit much for me. Would have liked a bit more chocolate. The pour was great. Love those nitro taps.

On tap downtown. Excellent pour, nice fall out of the forced bubbles, cascading into two separate layers. Color was pitch dark black, head was generous, and th ehead gave nice lacing the whole way down. The aroma was lightly roasted chocolate. The flavor was lightly hopped (resinous pine detectable), yet somewhat strong for the style (but in a nice way), chocolate most prominent, and it was a roasted chocolate. Roasting was definitely gentle in the big scheme of stouts, yet again a little strong (but in a nice way) for a dry stout. Neat product, enjoyed the interpretation.

It arrived at my table as a deep black pint with the merest hint of a caramel head. The nose was coffee and barley. The coffee came forward very strongly on the palate, with deep roasted barley following closely behind, and dark chocolate tickling at the back of the tongue. Well enough carbonated for a nice mouth feel, it would have been improved by a touch more alcohol warmth, but nevertheless, a rich, drinkable brew.