MI Irish Stout
Pigeon Hill Brewing Company

 

The pour is dark coffee brown and appears stout black in the glass.
The taste is amazingly reminiscent of regular Guinness, that almost tart aspect that I don't understand but is there. There is the typical coffee and chocolate and malt roastiness, actually a pleasant stout and very typical of the style standard.
The feel is a little less than viscous, making it very easy drinking and the 12 oz is gone before I realize.
OA, a solid take on the style, I'd happily drink it again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had this on tap. Look in the glass is black body with light brown cap that lasted to the end. Taste is typical for a dry Irish stout and a big step above average. I would drink this one again.

12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 2/5/2019. Pours crystal clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted nuts, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, plum, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted nuts, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, licorice, raisin, plum, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, woody, grassy, peppery hop; and roast/charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted nuts, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly crisp/sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a delicious Irish dry stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish. Very clean and nicely rich English malt complexity, balancing earthy English hops, and restrained fruity yeast notes. A very enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.