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Beer Reviews
Captain Swain’s Extra Stout
Cisco BrewersNantucket Island, MA
USA
http://www.ciscobrewers.com/
Style: Dry Stout
ABV: 8.0%
Rings’s Rating:





Comments:
Named after a whaling captain ancestor of one of the proprietors, this dry Irish stout contains a blend of thirteen different malts in the grist bill. It pours dark, thick and black, with low carbonation and rather like used motor oil. There’s a lovely milk chocolate head that unfortunately lingers for only a few moments before settling into a thin circle around the edge of the glass. It has a lovely roasted, woody aroma and the initial body is a full toasty, roasty malty assault that jumps quickly to a firm, dry bite and lingering hoppy finish. A beer like this is actually a good reason for my pessimism at Guinness Foreign Extra reviewed in February, because this is what that could have been: firm, full and nuanced.
This is an above average effort.
Reviewed by Rings on May 2, 2011.
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