Westbrook 2nd Anniversary - Cap'n Skoon's Ballistic Stout
For our Second Anniversary beer, we tapped into the legendary fictional adventures of the mythical Cap’n Skoon to bring you this monster Baltic Stout. It’s big and roasty like an Imperial Stout but fermented with a German lager yeast. Ideal for sipping now, or be like the Cap’n and stash some away in your cargo hold for the years to come. Cheers!
3.9
168 reviews
Mount Pleasant, United States
Community reviews
Bottle thanks to wyzzywyz22, good night at his. Poured a dark brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of sweet chocolate malts, nice boozy notes. Flavour is more chocolate, roasted malts, hints of fruit. Has nice notes of alcohol that compliment it well. Good stuff.
On bottle from Vinmonopolet Vika. Black color , good foam. Roasted aromas, licorice, leather, malt & dried fruit. Full body & high complexity. Some sweetness, well balanced . Very enjoyable
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Nearly black. Espresso top coloured, thin, tight, lasting head. Light coffee. Liquorice. Cocoa powder. Some granary bread. Taste is dark chocolate sweet. Some hazelnut paste. After that, loads of well done bread bitterness. Thick, oily, chocolate palate. Fudgy sweetness on the finish, soon followed by a big, charred bitterness. A beer of two halves. Stupid easy to drink.
Bottle at the Triad bottle share at Foothills organized by Mike. Dark chocolate heavy with a nice warming grainy presence. Borders on feeling hot at times. Solid.
Bottle. Black colour with a brown head. Aroma is alcohol, licorice, coffee, molasses. Flavour is alcohol, licorice, coffee, roasted malt, molasses. Boozy nice beer.
66cl Bottle at Beer Temple. Black colour, khaki-brown head. Aroma is quite sweet, molasses/treacle, sweet chocolate, pumpernickel, roasted malts, hint of coffee. Flavour is quite sweet at first as well, roasted malts, treacle, pumpernickel, laurel, chocolate, firm roasted bitter finish with some hops. Full-bodied, slick, sticky. A little too sweet imho, but quite nice as well.
A big bold beer just how I like ’em. Full of chocolate, molasses. Thick black oily pour. Wonderful beer.
Drank @ Beertemple. Aroma is chocolate, liquorice, burned molasses, fruity caramel. Flavour is huge roasty liquorice, molasses and black malts. Very nice.
Bottle, from BOE, split at JF’s - 26/12/13.
Deep black with a good sized dirty tan head that eventually dissipates to a pond.
Nose is rich chocolate, light smoke, chocolate milkshake, earthy, dark toffee fudge.
Taste comprises big roast malts, erthy cocoa powder, rich chocolate, earthy, maltesers, dark malts.
Medium bodied with bite, soft carbonation, smooth on the palate, sweet in the finale.
Nice Baltic Porter, good balance and easy drinking.
A monster indeed. Thick, full-bodied beer. Strong roasted malt, but also with some hops. Very good.
Bottle, 22oz. It pours a pitch black body and a dark tan head that dissapates quite soon. Molasses, roasted malts, licorice, tar hints and coffee in the aroma. Alcohol notes too. It’s full-bodied and warming on the palate, a bit sweetish. Licorice, roasted malts, molasses, tar and coffee in the flavor. Some bitterness. Lasting warming finish with roasted malts and licorice. A pretty pleasant one, but a bit too alcoholic. 131228
Bottle. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of malt, roasted malt, chocolate, soy sauce and coffee. Flavor is sweet and maly with some licorice, roasted malt, chocolate, warming alcohol, coffee and red fruits. Full body, average carbonation.
Bottle 650ml @ gynnfryd
Pours pitch black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, molasses, licorice, chocolate and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, roasty, chocolate and licorice finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft.
22oz bomber pours with a deep dark body that supports a mocha colored head of foam. The aroma offers up dark roasted malts, earthy dark chocolate, some chocolate brownie and then a light amount of molasses. The taste delivers rich malt deepened dark roasted malts mixed with dark chocolate goodness and then getting into some vanilla bean and spicy black strap molasses. Wow! This is dynamite dark roasted goodness. Great stuff.
650 ml bottle shared from Beer&Deli. Excellent black colour with a nice brown head. The aromas were nice with hints of coffee at first and maybe some chocolate as the beer got warmer. The taste was not so good. The alcohol was overwhelming everything else. Only warmer could you understand some coffee and roasted notes. The body was nice and so was carbonation. A dissapointment, despite al the good words i have heard!!
Medium to light body with a thin layer of brown foam on top. The aroma is of dark coffee and alcohol, maybe some cognac. Tastes like alcohol, vodka, brandy, dark coffee with hints of chocolate. Bitterish aftertaste.
Bottle, De Bierkoning, Amsterdam. Deep dark brown pour with a beige head. Plenty of dark choc and roasted malt evident in the nose. Thick, smooth mouthfeel. Rich flavour of dark fruit, more choc n’roast, booze and some hop making its presence known towards the finish. Extremely tasty offering.
Bottle shared at Natifest. Pours a dark brown to black color with a small khaki head. The aroma and flavor have roasted malt, dark chocolate, dark frui, hints of coffee, sticky at times, some caramel pops up with the alcohol being warming. This was very tasty.
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Craig and Fin Sneak up in the middle of the NIGHT and drink all fonefans beer ].
Clear dark brown black colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, chocolate, dark chocolate, cacao. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark chocolate, cacao, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130519]
Bottle cracked at Beer Temple. pours black with very tiny head, notes of dark chocolate, anis, licorice, fig, and syrup. Medium bodied. Not too sticky. Very nice stout from Westbrook.
Bottle thanks to kermis. Pours very dark brown with not much head at all. Aroma is big liquorice, roasted malts, boozy and some coffee. Taste is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Poured virtually black with a small beige ring. Aroma of sweet vanilla and roast malt. Full body, flavour is heavy creme Brule, deep roasted malt, coffee grinds.
66cl bottle courtesy of and shared with kermis.
Very thin off white head. Clear black pour. Lots of chocolate. Lovely brew
Keg@CBC2013
Pitch black color, small steady brownish head. Loas of licorice in the nose, a bit sweetish. Full-bodied. Roasted, licorice, some alcohol. Very nice roasted impy.
Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Pours black in color with a tan head. Roasted
notes, coffee, burnt wood, some tobacco and chocolate in aroma. Roasted coffee
and chocolate mixed with licorice in taste. Great brew.
Sampled this one wandering around the line on Darkness Eve 2013. Just missed the Mexican Cake poured right before this. Roasty stout with hidden alcohol.
Bomber pours a dark brown/black with a medium reddish tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, leather, sweet wet tobacco, caramel, and alcohol, reminds me of wet dog food. Taste of sweet chocolate, mild dark fruits, finishing with dry leather tobacco and coffee. Nice!
amazing beer. black,creamy,smooth,chocolate,coffee..super nice aftertaste and a full mouth body
Bottle at Darkness Day. Pours a dark black with brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, bitter cocoa and vanilla. Flavor is similar to aroma but with a bit of coffee. Sweet with a medium palate.
Bottle. Dark brown pour. Small head. Sweet fruit nose and taste. Caramel malts. Nice.