New England Dreams
Woodland Farms Brewery

 

 

 

 

From a can bought about a month ago in Maine.

This claims to be a peanut butter and fluff stout, but I didn’t get those flavors. To me it was more of a mild roasted coffee stout.

Appearance is opaque dark brown, as a stout should be. Thick, luxuriant mocha colored head, though it disappeared quickly.

Smell isn’t much. If I force my imagination maybe a little fluffernutter on the nose, but not really.

Feel is fine. A touch more carbonation and acidity than I’d expect in a stout, but otherwise innocuous.

The taste is… not much like the label promises. I didn’t get any peanut butter, fluff, or toasted bread crust flavors. Mild roast, coffee, and mocha. At 6.2% ABV it’s not a bad basic stout. But compared to what the label claims, I was expecting a rich, silky fluffernutter sandwich stout, and came away disappointed.

I didn’t throw it out, but this one’s a once and done.

 

Needs a little more peanut butter to it, but overall decent beer

16 oz can into a tulip glass.

Pours a cola brown color with a 2 finger sudsy khaki head. The retention is moderate, leaving a fair amount of splotchy lacing. The head settles into a thin sheet.

The aroma brings notes of milk chocolate, peanut butter, sweet bready malts, and marshmallows. It's artificial as hell, but comes as advertised.

The flavor has a lot of peanut butter upfront, as well as some milk chocolate, roasted malts, sweet bread, and marshmallows. Again, comes as advertised.

The feel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Very smooth and creamy with a dry finish.

Overall, this is a good American stout that gives you exactly what it says on the can: Peanut butter and Fluff flavor. Not much else to say.