Dragon Stout - Desnoes & Geddes Limited

nomad

Kansas

3.73/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

From that fist-size bottle, a deep brown beer with requisite cocoa head, though fairly sustainable. Surprising nice speckled lace rings my snifter glass.

Smells vinous with strong notes of cherry and plum with a mix of alcohol and roast malts that build to an almost spicy impression of cinnamon and ginger. Opens to a sweetly malt backing with specks of dark and raspy chocolate.

Taste is largely fruity with a calm pale malt center and a slightly dark finish of bare roastiness and espresso tart-and-bitter flicks. Just like its aroma, the flavor opens to much sweeter expressions and a reminder of those ineffable baking spices on the nose.

A little thin on the mouth but balanced in flavors. Not the most punishingly roasty stout but far from lacking in dynamics. I think bottle conditioning would greatly help its storage as well as development of complexity. Regardless, a good beer - so what's the beef people? Knee jerk reaction to a Jamaican vacation? Are most bottles getting baked by Carribean heat to sugary flatness?

Serving type: bottle

01-15-2006 17:09:53 | More by nomad

Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +30.4%

05-16-2013 14:04:34 | More by Slatetank

flyingpig

United Kingdom (Scotland)

3.86/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

284ml bottle (£1.49, Costcutter, London):
Dark black colour with a thumb sized and foamy looking white head that holds incredibly well and looks rather thick. There was a nice amount of lacing too.

Sweet smelling beer with a pleasant dark chocolate and caramel aroma coupled with some darker fruits such as raisin and figs. There was a touch of plum as well and a sort of milky chocolate aroma towards the end along with a slight touch of alcohol coming through.

Milky chocolate base with some light coffee and some stronger caramel together with the same combination of darker fruits found in the nose, notably fig, plum and raisin along with some sugar sweetness from these.

A medium body with a smooth taste and a very sweet, alcohol laced mouthfeel that was slightly creamy on the finish.

Strong and sweet beer with good depth of flavour and a lot going on with it. A good beer to drink and one that despite the hints of alcohol also went down very easily. Probably not quite as good as Lion Stout but certainly a beer I would have again should the opportunity arise.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2013 12:29:17 | More by flyingpig

Michigan

Michigan

3/5  rDev -13%

04-06-2013 02:49:08 | More by Michigan

rodrigueZflyingf0x

British Columbia (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

03-31-2013 19:00:43 | More by rodrigueZflyingf0x

BGsWo22

New York

1.25/5  rDev -63.8%

03-21-2013 00:30:49 | More by BGsWo22

draftpunk

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

03-19-2013 01:52:54 | More by draftpunk

weerezboy

Washington

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

03-14-2013 03:05:15 | More by weerezboy

spycow

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

03-10-2013 20:05:28 | More by spycow

closisinthehouse

Florida

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

03-03-2013 03:23:16 | More by closisinthehouse

djrn2

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

02-28-2013 21:25:11 | More by djrn2

Irish12

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +23.2%

02-23-2013 14:29:15 | More by Irish12

BigGruntyThirst

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

02-08-2013 03:56:51 | More by BigGruntyThirst

His_Royal_Hoppiness

United Kingdom (England)

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.75

A: Deep black with a small brown head.

S: Plums, raisins, chocolate, wood chippings.

T: Very sweet, but not sickly - strong malty flavour with lots of dark fruit.

M: Slightly over-carbonated, in a fizzy unappealling way - a bit like drinking coke.

This was much better than I'd anticipated - I definitely preferred it to Nigerian guinness which is probably the closest thing I've had - it didn't have the unpleasant lactic sourness of the guinness. Unfortunately the well-balanced flavour profile wasreally let down by excessive carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

02-07-2013 22:57:14 | More by His_Royal_Hoppiness

DmanGTR

New York

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

02-06-2013 20:50:22 | More by DmanGTR

raythealeman

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

02-02-2013 02:04:00 | More by raythealeman

dan027

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +1.4%

01-31-2013 02:28:46 | More by dan027

Tarks

Manitoba (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -5.8%

01-28-2013 00:54:07 | More by Tarks

tscanlon51

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -5.8%

01-26-2013 02:19:30 | More by tscanlon51

ErikaDriscool

Maine

4.73/5  rDev +37.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

I have been searching for this beer for three years since I first tried it at a friend's party.
My search continues as I long for it's sweet intoxicating aroma and exotic buzz.
This is the beer that took my stout cherry!
If you are lucky enough to land your undeserving paws on some,
sit back and be prepared for a total mouth orgasm.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2013 05:32:09 | More by ErikaDriscool

Conceptuallogic

New York

3.75/5  rDev +8.7%

01-10-2013 18:22:42 | More by Conceptuallogic

bostonryan

Massachusetts

2.5/5  rDev -27.5%

01-02-2013 19:50:35 | More by bostonryan

klipper

Michigan

2.5/5  rDev -27.5%

12-31-2012 21:44:47 | More by klipper

Hopheadjeffery

Illinois

3/5  rDev -13%

12-22-2012 14:13:22 | More by Hopheadjeffery

KatieKaBoom

4.75/5  rDev +37.7%

12-16-2012 06:48:59 | More by KatieKaBoom