Beer Review: St. Peter's Cream Stout

Price: $3.89 for 16.9 oz (plus bottle deposit)
Brewery:St. Peter's Brewery, St. Peter's Hall, Nr. Bungay, Suffolk, U.K.
Style: Cream Stout
ABV: NA (but I can taste the Alcohol at the finish of the beer, I would guess 7-9%)
Color: Black, Opaque
Aroma:Roasted Barley, hops, sweet (I think of candy) aroma. This brew has a wonderful aroma.
Body: Medium to Heavy.
Stomach Aspect: Typical Stout, dinner in a bottle.
Head: Poured wonderful from the bottle, nice tan color with good substance/thickness.
Head Retention: Excellent, the head leaves a full coating from the previous pull. Even 18oz the head is still leaving coating.
Taste: Chocolate flavor, Roasted Barley, sweet flavor (not sure what from), hops, Malty finish. Move the glass to your nose and a good aroma hits you. Take your first pull and you notice the sweetness from the beer, but move the brew to the middle range of the tongue and you get a nice, bitterness from the Roasted Barley, swallow the brew and you get the slightest hint of hop bitterness.
Conclusion: This is my first time having this Stout as I must admit I was a bit shy when I purchased it. I'm not a fan of Cream Stouts (i.e. Guinness) because they usually lack the "bite" that Stouts have. The aroma of the Hops (Challenger and Fuggle) make a great combination with the Roasted Barley, I think English Crystal Malt, and the other Malts that I can not identify. Take a pull from the glass and whamo! Your taste buds on the front of your tongue come alive with sweet flavors (still not sure where they're coming from), the body of the brew instantly coats your tongue and you know you've tackled a heavy brew. Moving the brew to the middle of the tongue and the oh so wonderful flavor of the Roasted Malt introduces itself and you thank yourself for tasting the Stout. As you enjoy the Malt bitterness, move the brew to the back of the tongue where the Challenger hops say "Hi" with their pleaseant, but noticeable bitterness. Swallow the brew and that's when you get the aroma from the Fuggles'. All of this is finished with a nice Malty aspect that your whole mouth enjoys. This brew is better than Guinness in my opinion. St. Peter's has more malt flavor, more personality, better hop flavor, and the cream aspect isn't as sweet as most (including Guinness). I say good job ol Chap, Top Notch, Bob's your Uncle to the brewers at St. Peters Brewery. It's middle of July here in Oregon, and I wish I had another pint of St. Peter's.
Public Aspect: Well, the bottle as you can see is an olive green, the label's are simple, and to the point. Most people will think "Oh, boring beer, it's a Stout, who care's?" That's fine, it just means more for you to enjoy and giggle as the high alcohol content roasts your cheeks. If people attending the gig you're at aren't Stout drinkers, they probably won't like it, but if another Stout/Porter drinker nuzzles up to you, share the wealth, they won't be let down.