Over the Moon
Guinness Open Gate Brewery & Barrel House in Halethorpe, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Pretty good, really. Real nice foamy frothy long-lasting light tan head. Lots of lace. The aromas are dark malt, roast, chocolate malt, toffee. Flavors are like nose, low bitter, well balanced with good carbonation. Real good body and finish. Easy satisfying drinking.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Chocolate malt and dry hay aroma. Black with large brown head. Mildly sweet milk chocolate malt, and lightly bitter hay flavor. Okay body - moderate carbonation. Okay but not too smooth or creamy - pretty basic.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 10/2/2019. Pours crystal clear deep ruby red/brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, raisin, plum, pear, red apple, smoke, char, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, fruity yeast, and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, raisin, plum, pear, red apple, smoke, char, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal, woody, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/silky/bready, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is good. A bit thin feeling. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.3%. Overall this is a very good English milk stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, lactose, and light-moderate earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/charred/drying finish. Nicely soft, flavorful and not too watery for the ABV. Well balanced between nicely rich English malts, lactose, earthy hops, and fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made English style example. Wish it was a bit less yeasty.