Dark Side Stout
Silver Moon Brewing

Draft at PreFunk. Kind of a dull pour, but improves drastically, nice sharp, bitter, roasty aroma. Taste is spot on for the style, roasty, lightly bitter. Overall good, if a bit thin.

 

 

Dark brown with the color of horse chestnuts when the light shines through it. Pleasing sudsy mouthfeel and lots of light beige foam in the chalice. Grainy, nutty aroma. Quite malty and rich. It tastes more like an Export Stout with the sweet malt and perfumey notes.

Tastes of burnt sugar and caramel with a milk chocolate note. Scatchy bitter aftertaste. Even a bit of astringency to balance the sugar. I think of toffee and hoping for the burnt almonds. From the 12 oz can purchased at Elizabeth Station.

 

 

Pitch black with a creamy tan head leaving good lacing. Very toasted almost burnt toast aroma with a pinch of chocolate sweetness and mineral water. Flavor follows with an emphasis on that sharp, almost alkaline water. Very roasty. Feels soft and creamy but ends very dry and bitter. A decent stout overall and a good six pack option. Cheers.

Poured into a glass mug.
The appearance was a full thick dark brown close to black color with a nice eggshell white foamy head that dissolved very nicely. Some light rings of lace wound around the glass nicely.
The aroma had an absolutely wonderful meshing of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa powder, bittersweet coffee beans and a nice balancing roast playing with some dark bready toast.
The flavor meshes entirely awesome - taking the roasty portion to the dark and milk chocolate bittersweetness. Coffee bean roastiness balances with a light ash/char then leads towards the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Good carbonation and ABV. Fabulous roasty grip along my tongue with a semi-smooth yet "trying" roasty finish.
Overall, damn nice stout. Me, I didn't think so much a foreign/export stout but it's still a very nice one to bang again this time of year.

 

 

 

1 PINT, 6 FL OZ. bottle
Served in a snifter

This beer pours black in color and is topped with an inch of tan head that leaves some decent lacing.

The primary smell is roasted malt. I pick up hints of chocolate and coffee.

The taste is very similar to the smell. I get some semi sweet chocolate with roasted malt flavors and some coffee in the finish.

Medium to full mouthfeel

This is a solid stout. Even average stouts are good beer. There is nothing remarkable about this beer, but it is easy to drink and enjoyable on a cold winter night.

 

 

 

Picked this up at the grocery store, was a stout I haven't tried yet so I figured I would grab it. It's also nice to get a stout that isn't an espresso stout. Pours black with a dark brown head which shows a red hue under light. Very aromatic, smells sweet like chocolate and fruit like dates. First drink is smooth, delicious dark chocolate malty flavor with a roasty heavy malt finish. Creamy body, with no alcohol burn. I will definitely have this again I'm the future if I'm just buying for myself and not to share with the wife.