Blackstrap Stout - East End Brewing Company

Darkmagus82

Montana

4/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in 10 oz chalice glass

Appearance – Served a black beer with a nice one finger brown head. The head faded relatively fast giving way to a very light amount of lacing.

Smell – The aromas were of a bitter sweet chocolate with some roasted coffee and nut.

Taste – While the chocolate was heavy in the nose, it was not as heavily present in the taste. The taste was largely dominated by the roasted malt and coffee flavors giving a somewhat bitter-sweet taste to the brew.

Mouthfeel – A slightly above average thickness in body and a more mild level of carbonation lend to on very easy drinking smooth stout which complements the flavors and style quite well.

Overall - It is a easy to drink stout with a very nice taste, smell, and feel.

Serving type: on-tap

03-31-2012 23:08:30 | More by Darkmagus82

Illos

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -1.2%

06-16-2013 18:05:57 | More by Illos

RobertColianni

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.2%

06-08-2013 23:49:41 | More by RobertColianni

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

4/5  rDev -1.2%

05-17-2013 01:35:20 | More by SmellsofMahagony

Tatartastic

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +11.1%

05-10-2013 18:33:23 | More by Tatartastic

penguinstout

West Virginia

3.25/5  rDev -19.8%

04-12-2013 19:21:29 | More by penguinstout

hinemk76

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.4%

04-03-2013 03:07:09 | More by hinemk76

jk3

New York

2.5/5  rDev -38.3%

03-01-2013 05:27:47 | More by jk3

mrandypandy

Georgia

4/5  rDev -1.2%

02-23-2013 01:06:23 | More by mrandypandy

mdfb79

New York

3.86/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

From 02/20/13 notes. Had this on tap at Pony Bar in NYC on the UES. 14 oz. pour in a pint glass.

a - Pours a dark mahogany brown color with a reddish tint, one inch of off white/light tan head and moderate carbonation evident.

s - Smells of coffee, roasted malts, nuts, caramel malts, toasted malts, espresso, vanilla, and light bitter chocolate. Nice nose with a lot of coffee to it.

t - Tastes of coffee, roasted malts, earthy notes, burnt malts, toasted malts, bread, and some light roasted malts. A step down from the nose for me; just not as complex and not as strong in any of the flavors as it was in the nose.

m - Light to medium body and low to moderate carbonation. Easy to drink beer, but the body was a tiny bit thinner than I was hoping for.

o - Overall a nice coffee stout. I liked the nose a lot, though I thought the taste was a bit weaker and the body was a tiny bit thin. A nice beer I'd have again.

Serving type: on-tap

02-21-2013 18:16:00 | More by mdfb79

Joshc

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.2%

01-12-2013 18:32:51 | More by Joshc

MCDub

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +4.9%

01-04-2013 20:02:43 | More by MCDub

HeyJim

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.2%

12-19-2012 00:22:30 | More by HeyJim

thecheapies

Pennsylvania

4.15/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Very dark brown-black and thick. Short crown of khaki foam. Looks dark and rich.

Huge black char and burnt coffee flavors with a caramelly molasses sweetness and cocoa notes.

Huge roast flavors. Peaty, charred, and a little smoky. Huge coffee notes with malt bitterness attached. Cocoa, pine earthiness, and a minerally flavor of beef blood. Awesome local stout.

Medium-thick, but lacking enough carbonation to scuff up the palate a bit. Smooth and coating.

All anyone would ever ask for in an American Stout.

Serving type: on-tap

12-05-2012 04:35:55 | More by thecheapies

outoffocus

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -19.8%

12-05-2012 03:07:33 | More by outoffocus

tmars13

3/5  rDev -25.9%

11-26-2012 00:47:08 | More by tmars13

Danno48

West Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -7.4%

10-21-2012 18:59:26 | More by Danno48

carnoustie7

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +11.1%

07-13-2012 00:24:37 | More by carnoustie7

OriolesFan1008

Maryland

4/5  rDev -1.2%

05-31-2012 19:43:52 | More by OriolesFan1008

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -13.6%

05-15-2012 23:40:46 | More by ejimhof

harrylee773

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -7.4%

05-08-2012 02:16:50 | More by harrylee773

TheMultiYeast

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.9%

04-03-2012 02:10:07 | More by TheMultiYeast

Apex

3.75/5  rDev -7.4%

03-21-2012 22:35:34 | More by Apex

burpen

3.5/5  rDev -13.6%

03-14-2012 11:40:38 | More by burpen

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

A - As expected I get a deep dark black stout with a 1/2 inch of dark mocha head. Bubbly carbonation throughout and OK lacing.

S - To me it's really mild but I do get good roast, coffee, and molasses. Mild but good.

T - Not sure how everyone is getting so much coffee or chocolate but I am getting mouth rapped by molasses and anise. It's really not like its terrible since I do get some coffee roasts and chocolate in the finish but this beer is all about molasses. Eh...

M - Medium bodied for sure it did drink well as I plowed through the pint.

Overall I felt like I was taken and really would have enjoyed a sample size (4oz.) more. Not to say it was terrible but I have more balanced stouts with less molasses and (ew) anise.

Serving type: on-tap

02-26-2012 23:29:50 | More by DrDemento456