Bar X Stout
Terminal Gravity Brewing Company

Back from the dead. Had at veritable quandary in Portland on tap

Pint glass

Chocolate brown, perfect head

Roasted chestnuts on the nose

Flavor profile is classic stout - burnt chocolate, toasty, light malt middle, mildly astringent, long aftertaste with some extra bitter.

Good, even classic but not world class

BA description claims -retired-. Funny since I just enjoyed a pint at the brewery on tap.
Dark brown, minimal head. Nice milk-chocolate aroma and taste. Close to being like a nitro without being served as one.
Delicious.
Enjoyed this beer very muc I hope to get the chance someday very soon.

 

Terminal Gravity’s brewpub is small. It’s actually an old house with just a tiny improvised bar in a space that might have once functioned as a family dining room. Smallness is part of Terminal Gravity’s charm and there is only one refrigeration unit for all four of their kegged beer varieties. But it must be said; it’s simply set too low – especially for stout – and their beers are invariably served too cold. (My recurrent peeve.)

So drinking my Bar X Stout was a slow, deliberate process. Had to wait awhile. Regrettably, the wait did nothing to maximize the qualities of my stout. Bar X has a dry, chocolaty nose, a thin, sandy head and is 99% opaque with dirty brown shadows. It has a clean finish and sustained roasty aftertaste, but these properties were forced to compete with more than a little problematic drift on the middle palate and a final punctuation of dead weight on the tongue. Likewise, the aroma is infused with parallel detractions.

Ultimately I couldn’t cozy to this beer. It presented a nice crown of lace, but the taste was confused by what appeared to be fine ingredients corrupted by technical brewing problems.

Advertised as: dark, delicious, and nutritious and I will have to say that all three of these fit the description of this beer to a T. Smoke presence in the aroma. Flavor is just as smoky, perhaps a bit of chocolate presence in there too. This beer may look thick, but not so thick that it will fill you up. Just thick enough to leave a delicious coating on your teeth! One of the best stouts I've had, but the sad part is that this can only be found served at the brewery.