Irish Stout
Big Sky Brewing Company

 

 

A- Great head development, solid lacing, not as sticky as I want. Needs stronger retention. Lightly toasted bread collar above a black bod. Not exactly inky, but black.

S- Light caramel and bread nose. Some astringency of malts here and there. Smells wonderful, but light. Toasty. Backend was definitely roasted grain, tad bitter and acrid.

T- Roasted body, bitter grains, not burnt grains. Barley, roasty, not so toasty. A bare hint of sweetness. Can't pinpoint what exactly. Finish is dry... malty. Bready, almost cardboardy but it stops before that point.

M- Perfect creamy nature. Absolutely velvet, silk. Even though its creamy, its got a ton of carbonation. Biting amounts. Too much, but through it all it keeps a sticky flavor, a creamy body. Great full body.

I like it. Nothing crazy, but tasty.

 

Got this from a friend of mine in Montana. Obviously it's a limited release given the name.

A: Very opaque dark brown pour. Tiny chocolate milk head that fades almost instantly. Almost not retention and almost no lacing that sticks.

S: Roasted malt, chocolate, and some caramel. Maybe a little bitter coffee?

T: Surprisingly nice. Bitter chocolate and roasted malt mainly. Tiny hint of caramel. Honestly tastes very similar to Guinness but without the obnoxious burnt flavor. Almost no detectable bitterness. Pretty smooth.

M: Very thin, almost watery (not as bad as Guinness though). Very low carb.

O: Well, this is definitely true to the style - especially if Guinness is the benchmark. It pretty much tastes like Guinness with a little more chocolate and a little less char. Honestly quite a good example of the style, though I like my stouts thick and viscous I did try to rate this "to style". This would have garnered an easy A- if the presentation was more like a Guinness.

12oz bottle, a extra in a recent trade, did not see this one listed.

LMR sports a nice shade of deep black with a spot of red on the top and corners. The liquid is thin like and the half inch of foam does not stick, ring around the collar.

Smell reminds me of a lighter Guinness, roasted malt with caramel, a smidge of cocco and a hint of aroma hops.

A nice balance of the above mentioned. Malt makes a dent with cocco mixed with Roast, and Guinness, true to a Irish stout, the name does not lie.

Looking at the beer I expected a bigger body but this is thin and somewhat does nothing for me there, low carb and some fizzyez. I drank it and glad to have been introduced to this company.