Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbodys Wholesome Stout

Brewed by Wye Valley
Style: Dry Stout
Hereford, England

1 pint 9 oz bottle pours black with a nice creamy tan head that stays very well but doesn’t lace much. Aroma of roasted malts, and some coffee also a little bit of caramel. Nice coffee bitter flavor blends with some smoke over a great bitter dry background. Palate is fairly creamy but finishes nice and dry as a dry stout should. Definitely drinkable and not bad for the cost

Coffee, malt, and slight chocolatey flavor and aroma. I liked this stout...it was really dry and kind of bitter. I think it’s a good deal better than it’s ratings lead you to believe.

Cool bottle! poured black with a good creamy chocolate head. Weak aroma of roasty malt and coffee. Flavor is a bit watery, light roast and coffee with a metalic flavor that lays on the palate. Not bad.

Body was dark (although I’ve seen darker) with hints of mahogany highlights, topped with a holding, rocky tan head. The hot pin-up on the label bumps the appearance rating from 4 to 5. Initial "new carpet" smell gets covered quickly by roast, smoke, caramel and coffee. Head is quaffable but slightly metallic. Slight raisin/prune-fruitiness to flavor resting on a solid bitter base. Great body, not too thick, not too thin. Nope... nothin’ really wrong with this one.

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Sampled from bottle. Pours opaque blackened-brown with a generous tan head and frothy lacing. The beer’s about as attractive as the label. Aroma is like a mix of mocha and expresso and a hint of some soured milk. Flavor is nicely bitter, quite malty with a heavy dose of roasted/burnt malts. Full-bodied, well-carbonated and pretty easy to drink. A pretty good dry stout.

Cask handpump at the Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough. Near blacl with large creamy tan head. Roasted malts and coffee in the aroma. Same for taste, dry with nice bitterness throughout. Smooth, full-ish bodied; good stout.

The bottle poured an almost opaque deep brown beer with a large, light tan, smooth and long-lasting head. The lacing was beautiful. The aroma was of roasted malt with earthy undertones. The body was large with ample carbonation and a texture that almost deserved to be chewed. The flavors were of robust coffee and roasted malt. There was a bitter coffee ground flavor that came out in the middle and the bitterness lasted through the long finish.

A smooth and satisfying bottle-conditioned stout with a bitter edge to its roast flavours. Oh, wait. That’s the commercial description! It is fairly accurate. The brew pours a deep, dark brown color with reddish highlights and sports a tall chunky light brown head. The aroma is roasted malts, barley, some coffee, and a stick of licorice. Fairly smooth to drink, it’s nonetheless a bitter stout, very roasted and very dry. And very tasty. The finish is dry and abrupt. Not too shabby.

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