Beer Review: Moylan's Dragoons Dry Irish Stout

Price: $4.05  for a 22oz,  plus bottle deposit

Style: Dry Irish Stout

Color: Black, very opaque. Midnight looking. 

Aroma: Roasted Barley, maybe a little chocolate grain. 

Body: Full. Heavy. 

Stomach Aspect: As with almost any stout the stomach effect is heavy.  This could be a meal in a bottle I'm 4 pulls (gulps) into the pint and already getting full.  I've come to notice this aspect is more prominent with Dry Irish Stouts than other stouts. 

Head: typical head for this style of beer. When freshly poured it formed a nice 1/4" head. However, after 5 minutes of being poured the head moves to the edge of the glass. 

Head Retention: I would give it a 10-15 second retention. There is definite "head ledge" from the last sip.  

Taste: Get the brew any where near your nose and you immediately smell Roasted Barley. Great bitterness from grains, a hint of chocolate grains, and upon swallowing a nice quick hit of hops! There is no sweet flavor on the tongue, but you get just the right amount of bitterness from the grains. Upon swallowing the hops quickly hit the palate and then leave.  

Conclusion:   Overall this is a very nice beer.  If I didn't brew my own Goat Racer Dry Irish Stout I could drink this beer till the cows came home, and left again, and then came back.  The Roasted Barley presence is great. If you can't tell you're drinking a Stout by looking in the glass, the aroma of the Barley will definitely plum you up.  The beer is smooth in a nice Stout way.  Not sure you can buy this in a 6 pack, but if you're a Stout drinker you need to experience this delicate, heavy, wonderful brew!  I would recommend this brew to anybody who is looking to bring a Stout to a shin-dig, or just sip with a nice warm pizza. 

Just a side note, I thought I would see how this compares to my Goat Racer Irish Stout.  While the beers are in the same category, have the same color.  The similiarities stop there. This beer is more aromatic with the Roasted Barley (mine is more Chocolate Grain aromatic), it is a little smoother at the finish (something I need to improve with mine), but mine carries the head longer, and has a fuller body.