Cream Stout
Dick's Brewing Company

 

 

 

Love this beer, not a huge fan of overly sweet, sugary stouts. Nice strong malt, roast flavors, no burnt after taste. Finishes hoppy which is a surprise and very welcome. So tired of the same old syrupy flat stouts. Wish it was more readily available.

 

12oz from a variety pack brought to thanksgiving. Black, with almost no head, and a faint smell which is not at all sweet. Carbonation is sharper than expected, and the consistency seems to me not all cream stout. But there are chocolate and burnt toast flavors. Tastes much more like a dry stout to me.

 

Well, it's fizzy, but I wouldn't call it creamy. Dark brown brew with a beige foam that lasts better when I poured it in a narrow glass. Not especially aromatic but there is plenty of roast barley in the nose. Malty body with a flavor that grows richer as it warms.

The main flavor is dark roasted malt with a charred finish. Grainy and coarse, though there is a hint of sweet malt on the lips even through to the aftertaste. From the 12 oz bottle in the box of Dick's picks.

Poured into a nonic pint glass, the appearance was a dark brown color with some rings of light lace. The aroma had some mild roast, sublte sweet caramel maltiness. Lactose comes in after some warming. The flavor leans to the roast and caramel malts first. Creamy lactose sweetness amplifies after some warming just like in the aroma. Mostly sweet imbalanced aftertaste and finishes with a slight syrupy contour. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. Gets a bit syrupy slick in the feel. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Overall, imbalanced sweet stout, though I was able to finish the bottle, just gets a bit too syrupy in the feel and finish.

 

12 ounce bottle poured to wine glass
black opaque, medium brown foam
good, not a lot of aroma, some aroma of toasted grains
low bitterness
lively carbonation, not long finish, bitter aftertaste
very good beer, ok to repeat
drank: 11/6/2016 12:38 AM

 

 

 

Not a bad stout but not much of a cream feel. Poured from a bottle into a glass. I only point that out because of the self proclamation. Otherwise a great stout.