Brooklyn Dry Stout
Brooklyn Dry Stout is a bold, reddish-black Irish-style stout, rich in color but low in alcohol and very drinkable. The dark colors results from brewing with roasted malts, lending Brooklyn Dry Stout a chocolate/coffee-like flavor with a bit of an espresso bite. The finish is dry and crisp and invites another pint.
3.3
310 reviews
Brooklyn, United States
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Almost opaque black with thin head and lacing.
Roasty toasty, coffee, porter, malty, dark chocolate dipped orange peel. Paired well with hummas, olive, pepper, cheese tray.
$9.99/multi sixer at Wegmans Leesburg VA
Very dark brown, near black, appearance with a nice, lasting tan head. Aroma is milk chocolate with some roasted malts and caramel notes. Nice body, creamy with good carbonation. Coffee flavor, dark roast, light chocolate and a medium bitter finish. Something about all Brooklyn Brewery beers, they have a very distinct flavor/aroma to me... kind of like an orange/metallic note towards the end. Very distinct but hard to describe. This beer is very nice, I think it’s pretty true to the style and done right. Very flavorful for such low abv, really enjoyed this one, pleasantly surprised.
Bottle. Roasty earthy chocolate malt and cola aroma. Black brown with a large tan head. Roasty coffee and chocolate flavor and light acidity. Light body, average carbonation.
Słaby aromat, lekko czekoladowy. Barwa czarna, brak piany. Bardzo wodnisty, goryczka niska.
4/11/15 (Bottle) -Nice dark black pour with mild carbonation and a nice generous tan head with decent thickness. Very enjoyable aromas including roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, and hazelnut. Beer tasted excellent, with the rich aromas all present and enjoyable. Nice going down, felt the carbonation. Beer not very strong, and makes a great paring with a meal or dessert. Excellent offering by Brooklyn Brewery!
Hazelnut, coffee, and cola nose. Black, thin tan head, almost no retention. Roasted malt and grain, dry. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Good roast character and appropriate dryness for the style. I prefer a creamier irish stout and this is a bit harsh.
Draft. Opaque dark brown color, beige head. Aroma of burnt espresso and nuts. Taste is dark roast coffee, dry nutty finish. Decent enough.
Dry chocolate coffee aroma. Black body with a brownish hue. Thin bubbly head. Smooth unsweetened chocolate and coffee taste with a faint hint of caramel. Light bitterness. Thin body with a dry finish.
Cervesa suau però amb aroma i gust forts a torrefactes, li falta un pel de cos.
Cerveza suave pero con aroma y sabor fuertes a tostados, le falta un poco de cuerpo.
Light coffee aroma and flavor. Very watery. Okay bitterness in the aftertaste that fills the mouth for a long while. Good but a little watery. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook for more pictures and ratings.
12 oz bottle. Black in color with an average beige head. Aroma is of roasted malts, toast, light coffee, and licorice. Taste is of Roasted malts, light vinegar, light ash, and charred wood with a dry finish.
Lots of great roasted coffee malt nose with a slight hop after smell. Very dark beer with near black visual. This has a great palate for a dry stout. It has the same roasted characteristics in the nose in the taste but it is a bit weaker and makes it easier to drink. It’s got a pretty short finish but some of the flavors linger.
Bottle as ’Dry Irish Stout’ for St Patrick’s Day. Thin pour, black with a red tinge, small foamy tan head. Aroma is yeasty, light roasted malts, sweet molasses. Body is medium to light, slightly foamy, low-ish carbonation. Taste is thin malts, some ash, dry, burnt toffee, soft bitterness. Drinkable stuff.
Pint at the rake. Dark brownish almost black pour with brown head. Aroma is burnt toast, bitter coffee but also a weird chemical smell. Taste is ok you get the coffee and so on. Dry finish but there was an odd chemical after taste toI. Strange.
Drinkable light dry stout.
Bottle at home, on St. Pat’s day. Pours dark brown to black with a tan creamy head. Aroma is roasty, some slight chocolate and coffee. Really nice body and really nice, clean dry finish. A good beer.
Pours dark brown with a fat and foamy tan head that bubbles out somewhat quickly and leaves not much. Aroma is tangy roasted malt with some earthy chocolate. Mouthfeel is active and bit spicy and watery. Taste is roasted malt without much chocolate or coffee flavor. Just earth and dry. Frankly, boring.
Tasted from the tap on the Barcelona Beer Fest (14/03/2015). Opaque dark colour with a medium creamy head. Aroma of roasted malts and coffee. Taste is well balanced between coffee and cacao. Dry finish with presence of malts. Next one please!
On tap at Brewdog Barcelona. Color is dark. Head is thin. Body is dry. Aroma is roasted light chocolate.
Bottle. Dark brown pour, amber highlights, average tan head. Aroma and flavour are sweet and roasty, not a all ashy and barely bitter. The sweetness is not exactly fruity, but shies away from reaching cola proportions thankfully. Not bad, but the style itself precludes anything from blowing me away I suppose.
12 oz bottle, poured into a shaker pint at ~45 degrees F.
Appearance: Pours a dark almost-black brown, with ruddy hints of light glowing sullenly at the bottom edge of the glass. Forms almost no head, and what does form vanishes quickly, save for a very thin pale ring.
Smell: Dark black roasted grains in a field of pollen and flowers, like a farmer’s crop had been burned away and nature were just beginning to reclaim the land. There’s something vaguely acrid as well, and some ghosts of something wooden.
Taste: Blackened malt grain stars, with hints popping up here and there of floral notes, earthiness, ashes, chocolate, light coffee, and very vague fruitiness. Nothing is ever fully prominent save the roasted malt, with the other flavors rolling over and into one another in the background.
Mouthfeel: Light and close to watery without ever verging on actual water, this is pretty close to what an Irish stout should drink like.
Overall: Not a bad go at an Irish stout. A little more identity to the flavor profile, rather than being everything and nothing at the same time, and this could be fantastic. As it stands, it’s solid.
Mer mer jimtom at the steakhouse. Had three with the boys after the impromptu home depot run. Just enough of everything. Yes, even the coffesque finish. Pretty in the glass with a quickly settling head. A decent substitute for thelack of Guinness.
Pours dark. Medium amber head. Mild aroma. A dry, almost bitter flavor. Very enjoyable.
Earlier Rating: 2/7/2013 Total Score: 3.5
This beer pours dark brown, but is almost black in the glass. The head is short and tan in color. I was expecting a heavy beer, but this beer is light on the palate with an almost creamy flavor. I detected overtones of caramel, with little after taste. I found it to be enjoyable with a pasta dinner.
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Cask sampled at ACAT 2015. Pours a deep brownish black with thin tan brown head. Aroma of roast and soy with just a hint of chocolate. Taste follows with a nice earthy undertone. Not bad but wanted more body, guess I’m just used to nitro Irish stouts.
Bottle - Pours a clear, dark brown with a creamy, but quickly dissipating head. Coffee and chocolate notes. Dry stout, somewhat aqueous, but very drinkable.
Pours a dark brown. Thin and slightly oily texture with a light head and some lacing. The aroma was almost non existent. I couldn’t smell much of anything. The taste was smooth but little to no flavor at all. It tasted to me like it was watered down. There was no bitterness or harsh aftertaste. No taste at all. It was not unpleasant but why drink a beer that has no flavor or substance. Very disappointed.
I’ve never really been impressed with the Irish dry-style stout. The style is inherently mild and mild is usually pretty boring. Of course, there’s a difference between boring and bad and given a choice I’d always take boring. Brooklyn Dry Irish Stout is indeed pretty boring, but I must admit that it conforms to style guidelines and there’s absolutely nothing about it that’s repulsive. Hmm… that’s the worst recommendation ever, eh?
I poured a 12oz bottle into a mug. It was bottled on 11/21/14 and cost $2.50 ($0.21 per ounce).
Appearance: Black hue with blood red edges. Pours to a small, tan, foamy head which mostly dissipates and leave no lacing.
Smell: Faint nose of dark malt. Trace of fruit. Nothing off-putting, mostly mild.
Taste: Despite a recipe of five types of malts and four types of hops, the palette here is pretty direct. Dark maltiness with a hint of dark fruity flavor up front. On the finish there’s a lightly sweet oatmeal-like taste with minor roasted malt bitterness. That initial fruity flavor emerges right on the finish, which is nice, but would be better if it weren’t so mild. Otherwise, there isn’t much going on here. It’s drinker-friendly to be sure, but doesn’t go above and beyond mere satisfaction.
Drinkability: While the taste of Brooklyn Dry Irish Stout isn’t too exciting, I must admit that drinking it is a breeze. The mouthfeel is light, with a low amount of carbonation – yet it still has a crispy, clean finish. It’s extremely smooth and quite comfortable across the tongue. At only 4.7% ABV it’s not surprising it’s so light and non-robust; anyone could session this on St. Patrick’s Day.
Pours dark black/brown with a head that disappears straight away. Some caramel notes on the nose but not much else. A very earthy taste, sticky, some malt.
12oz bottle from Wegmans, West Seneca, NY. An opaque black pour with a translucent beige head; aroma of well-roasted malts; despite the cola like appearance, the taste is quite grown-up with some initial sweetness, before a lengthy dry espresso taste; with a proniounced bitterness to finish. A passable stout.
Bottle at home. Instant coffee like flavour with a bit of milk chocolate. Taste sweeter than i expected. Medium maltiness and light body.