Dundee Stout

The tricky thing with buying craft packs is that if the brewer doesn't produce a quality product, you're stuck with multiple kinds of less than stellar beer. After my experience with Dundee Kolsch-Style Ale, I was a little nervous when I cracked open my second style, Dundee Stout.

The first thing I noticed with Stout was an absence of aroma. For a style that typically, at least in my opinion, produces a very strong scent of espresso, this Dundee craft was somewhat underwhelming. It did however pour a deep dark brown that produced a very thick and creamy head. Pouring the beer woke the aroma and the espresso faintly came through every time you took a drink.

The taste was a different story. Although I was able to detect subtle amounts of the espresso, I believe the malts were roasted a little too long producing a very unique taste that I've yet to come across in a beer. After trying to pinpoint what the flavor was, it dawned on me, drinking Dundee Stout was almost like drinking a beer flavored like Mesquite Smoked Turkey.

This cold cut flavored beer was also lacking in bite. The usual acidity one expects from a standard stout was absent. Dundee was thick, but calling this stout robust would hardly do the style justice. Drinking this beer was more like drinking a milkshake, it has a heavy consistency without a heavy taste.

Dundee Stout receives 4.5 mugs out of 10.