Irish-Style Stout

Beer Name: Lefty's Irish-Style Stout
Brewery: Lefty's Brewing Company
ABV: 6.8%
Serving method: 16-oz pint poured from a 22-oz bottle
Born/Bottled/Shipped on: Unknown

I briefly documented this beer during my recap of The Beer-hemoth 5, but it wasn't as comprehensive as it deserved. Let us do justice to this fine brew now.

I mentioned that I don't really care for the word "style" in the name of the beer. Look, I realize that if a beer is brewed in Franklin County, Massachusetts, it's obviously not from Ireland. Perhaps they should have consulted me before naming this one. Maybe they'll hire me if they win that small business grant they are in the running for. Man, that would be sweet!

After pouring my pint, the beer was a very deep brown and had a very small amount of head that quickly disappeared. Not very much in the lacing department here, although that did not negatively impact my enjoyment of the beer. Sadly, I can't tell what the smell is. However, for once it's not because I can't identify it, but because my nose has completely closed itself as an unnecessary reaction to Kathryn's cats. I think I am picking up a faint coffee aroma, but I can't be sure. I will have to buy another bottle and give it a proper sniffing. Wow, that sounds dirty.

The Irish-Style Stout had a good stout flavor. You get a little coffee flavor, then some sweetness like chocolate or something. At the finish, there is a mild bitterness and a lingering aftertaste. The beer has very light carbonation, and is very smooth.

Final thought - Lefty's Irish-Style Stout is a great beer for you dark-beer drinkers out there. It has pretty much everything you'd expect in a stout beer. I bet my next bottle will be ever better once my scent receptors are back online. Stupid cats.

-Jon

PS - In the Department of Awesome Things, I typed "lefty's irish style stout" into Google, and my Beer-hemoth 5 was one of the first few things that popped up! I took a screenshot of it in case people don't believe me. I also learned how to take screenshots on my Mac. Wow, today was a good day.