Black Strap Stout
BridgePort Brewing Co. / Brewpub

Pours black, like the name indicates as much. Almost a full inch of tan head on it. Substantial retention. Aroma was weird, some licorice, roasted malt, coffee notes and a brackish tartness. Whoa.

Taste was thick, roasty, mild coffee malt notes, licorice subdued but still too much for my tastes. The roast provides more bitterness than the hopping it seems. Relatively smooth nonetheless. Another good but not great stout from yesteryear. One of Bridgeport's better ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Cask @ UPick6 in Erie PA. Pours black with a thin slightly off-white head. Smokey, woody, roasted coffee nose with a hint of molasses. Thin, watery palate. Slick feel from the hand pump, with soft/silky carbonation. Needs refined.
Quite an Alcohol Burn for a 6% Stout.

From very, very old notes (rediscovered, ca 2008)

A pint at Bridgeport, during Happy Hour ($2.75).

A: Very dark, a shade from black. Nitrous gives an always-spectacular looking 1-finger of solid light tan head, clinging in curtain-like strands.

S: Not surprising, aroma is almost nil. Just a hint of burnt coffee-ish aroma, maybe some malty milk chocolate.

T: A dry stout for sure, with a lingering dusty chalkiness that dries immediately on the tongue. This one is mostly cocoa with a hint of coffee bean roastedness.

M: Smooth and creamy, all that I'd expect a stout on nitro to be.

D: Nice stout, good balance and fairly robust flavor. I've had this a couple times before and will certainly have it again.

Nice black pour, ample head, tan, thick and hangs out for a long time, like a desperate fat girl. Smells like coffee, lemon and licorice, a unique combo.

Good taste, smoky, coffee esque, but mild. Licorice less prevalent on the tongue as opposed to in the nose. Keeps the bitterness in check, all of which seems to come from the roasting, not the hopping, not super hoppy, but not without hops either. Silky.

Deft and complex, yet dry and sessionable. This one is just one notch below the super world class elite stouts that are =/< 6%

A - low dark head. Need a better glass. Dark brown body lets some light through. Some nice lacing. No yeast in the bottle or the glass.

S - rich hoppy with dark fruit and ginger notes. Hard to define. Cloves i think. A bit spicy like a bazaar.

T - not quite what the smells led me to expect. This is a beer for people who like black coffee. Sweet fusil initial tastes very little transition in the middle then a finish that is simple to the point that you cant find anything there at all. Then out of nowhere a strong bitter aftertaste jumps up and down on your tounge like a 2nd grader on a bed. Hoppyness is there but not like the roasted adjunct flavors. I wish there was a bit more yeast. After warming some chocolate and ginger bread flavors peaked their heads out.

M - Smooth and creamy but the bitter aftertaste LINGERS so long its hard to feel much else.

D - drinkable the kind of wake-you-up beer that i'd only hunt for after say... A night of overdrinking.

pours very dark brown, when held to the light you can faintly see through it, but otherwise just looking at it on the table it is stout black. very nice dirt brown head.

In the smell i get a lot of robust toasted malts and bitter dark chocolate. smells reall nice.

tastes pretty similar to how it smells, but a bit of alcohol makes its presence known in the end. Fairly tasty.

medium bodied, a bit thin, but refreshing. has an almost creamy feel to it.

All in all this is a pretty good stout and is a very drinkable dark beer. if you're looking for a stout to throw into your mixed six pack, this is a good one to try.