Extra Stout
Zero Gravity Craft Brewery

From Beer Drop, no dating on the can.

Pours black but not pitch black, nice finger of tan foam, very good retention and lacing.

Smell is roasted malt, chocolate which is semi sweet, coffee.

The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, both malty and has a nice bitter bite.

Good medium mouthfeel, I would drink this again.

I found a date on the second can. Canned October 16th. Also, my can says 5.9%abv.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured into a goblet: color is near black, head is light tan with fine bubbles and presents one finger thick, head dissipates to a frothy top with some lacing on the glass sides.

Smell is light cocoa and roast, subtle grassy hops, light base malt sweetness.

Taste is more roast and cocoa, light base malt, clean and crisp hops.

Mouthfeel is light carbonation, moderate sweetness, moderate but clean bitterness.

Overall a not so bitter or sweet extra/export stout but solidly a stout nonetheless.

 

16oz can poured into a snifter.

A: On the threshold of dark brown to black in color. Three fingers of light brown head are billowy and pillowy. Retention is superb. Lacing is chunky, sticky, and ample.

S: Gentle woody roast, iced coffee with cream and sugar, chocolate truffles and German chocolate cake, light acidity and cola. Some chicory and an herbal hop background. Perhaps a bit of orange peel and pine.

T: Follows the nose. Milk chocolate up front, followed quickly by semi-sweet dark chocolate. Iced coffee with cream and sugar. Chocolate truffles and black cocoa powder. A little bit of a smoky and sooty dimension, although it is pretty tame. Light acidity and cherry cola. Hops are earthy and herbal with a little bit of a steely and green dimension. Quick line and grapefruit rind. Finishes with a lot of drying semi-sweet dark chocolate and gentle roast.

M: Full and lush with a gently pressing weight. Creamy and airy with ample carbonation that scrubs and borders on aggressive. Mild hop tannin. It evaporated off of the palate and stays quite drinkable.

O: I love this beer and it has been a personal favorite for years. I seek it out every fall and winter, and really wish they would just brew it year round. It feels somewhere between a big Irish dry and an American stout. Perhaps the only nitpick is that it seems a bit over-carbed this time around, but that is not something I feel I have noticed as much in the past and it really doesn't detract here. It's just so damn drinkable despite its size, and so damn easy-going despite the fact that it has the challenging roasty character and hoppy bitterness that you want out of the style. It's equally great by itself or paired with sensible foods. A real diamond-in-the-rough brew from somewhat of a diamond-in-the-rough brewery.

Tasted on Dec 2025, from can in a pint glass. There is a Canned On date of 10/16/25 @ 13:45 on bottom of the can.

Appearance: Nice dark color with good head of about 2 fingers. Head was light color, and lasted a couple minutes.

Smell: Mix of hop, roasted malts, caramel sweetness, and earthy aromas. Less hop bitterness than some other stouts.

Taste: Nice malt and coffee flavors. Does not have strong hops flavor as some other stouts. Good overall taste.

Mouth feel: Medium body, and silky smooth.

Overall: Good stout. I typically drink stouts with more hop flavors and bitterness, but this is an enjoyable beer especially for everyday drinking. Compares favorably to Guinness' Extra Stout.

 

Pours black with deep garnet highlights. The head reaches one and a half inches, is dark chestnut and creamy, before falling to a thin blanket fairly quickly. Spotty lace is left on a Harp nonic glass.

The aroma opens with roasted chocolate, followed by malt, then sweet milk chocolate, and a surprising note of peat.

Bittersweet upon entry, with charred malt and wood ash following. This one has a mild astringency that comes forward in the finish. The finish is similar to cold brewed black coffee and is long, bitter, and dry.

It has a medium to light body with light carbonation. The alcohol is as expected. The texture is similar to coarse denim.

This beer is suitable for conversation during a relaxed afternoon with old friends.

 

 

Good light stout, better than Guinness in my book. Poured from a16 oz. can into a pint glass, this beer features a dark brown color with alight tan/cream colored frothy head and good head retention. Lots of lacing on the glass. Aroma and flavor are mostly roasted malt with a little hop bitterness in the finish. Overall it is slightly sweet with the roasted malt character domination. Mouthfeel is light and smooth with just a little bitterness to break things up. I found this to be highly drinkable, smooth with a little more body and flavor than Guinness.

 

Although this version lists the ABV at 6.1 percent, there's no reason to believe it's not basically the same beer. A clean single pour emptied the entire contents of a pint can into a clear glass liter mug. A proper light tan and tightly knit head was produced. The color of the liquid is black coffee brown, although it's not as brightly shiny as some. The aroma of roasted barley is very nice, with a bit of hops adding to the overall. But, the taste is not quite as rich as its smell. The body is sufficient, but the taste runs a little thinly. Also, it's just not as dry at the finish as expected from the Irish style. Despite the minor disappointments, this isn't bad and was quite easily finished. Some of the head lasted and some glass lacing showed. This certainly isn't a standout, but it's at least a decent American version of an Irish Stout.

11/10/23 dated tall can, from my local Trader Joe's.

Pour all dark, dark amber, almost black. Minor dark cap.

Sniff of dark chocolate.

On the palate and in the mouth its more chocolate, dark coffee notes and dark malty goodness, with some drying hop notes in the finish.....worthy every day kind of stout.

 

Poured into a Fremont small snifter. Pours a very dark mahogany brown, appearing nearly opaque in the glass with a two finger khaki head with great retention and solid lacing. Aroma of dark toasted malt, cocoa and dry caramel. Taste is dark toasted malt with a light char, cocoa, a touch of coffee and dry caramel. Finishes lightly charred malt and mocha coffee bitterness. Medium bodied with light to moderate creaminess. A classic tasting dry export stout obviously modeled on Guinness; looking and tasting fairly similar, perhaps a little more mellow. Flavors are well integrated and a light char persists into the finish with good cocoa and light coffee notes. A pleasant domestic take on this style.