Handsome Mick's Irish Stout
The Vermont Pub & Brewery

 

 

 

 

I'm trying this beer at the brewery. It poured an opaque dark with tan head that is leaving a spotty lace. The scent had faint roast and dark chocolate notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with milk chocolate base and subtle roast highlights. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with smooth carbonation. Overall its a good beer.

 

 

On tap at brewpub. This was poured into a pint glass. The appearance was a nice looking dark brown close to black color with a one finger creamy colored head that dissipated at a nice pace. Nice looking creamy lace. The smell had a beautiful sweet to roasty coffee to malty chocolate colliding together extremely nicely. The taste was mainly sweet with an underscore of the roast to balance. Light roasty sweet coffee to chocolate aftertaste. Smooth sweet finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a spectacular sessionability about it. Carbonation runs smooth and light allowing the creaminess to slide over my tongue in an awesome way. Overall, what’s Guinness, hmmm, no need to drink that when in this part of Vermont, drink this instead.

 

 

Had on a sample flight. Served in a 3 ounce glass. The beer had a nice, black appearance with a thin, brown ring around the rim of the glass. Aromas were rich in cocoa, coffee, and malts all wrapped together in roasted air. Taste, however, was very lacking compared to the smell. It had a sharp, bitter taste with a burnt nut coffee flavoring. Mouthfeel tended to not help the flavoring that well since the drink tried to balance a creaminess with medium carbonation. Overall, the aromas were great, but the drink was a bit average.