G.M. Gillman
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 Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 1:15 pm Post subject: Mackeson Stout |
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This old English sweet stout, using lactose which does not ferment out (probably a pre-pasteurization idea when you think about it, a way to keep the palate stable when "young"), is now made, or this 5% version anyway, by Carib of Trinidad and Tobago. (I think a weaker version may still be brewed in England, the brand has moved around a bit including a stint in the U.S. I understand).
I haven't had it in many years and was pleasantly surprised by this bottling, newly arrived at LCBO. It pours creamy fresh with a good head. Apart from the lactose, it uses "sugar" and caramel too. Nonetheless the taste is very beery/roasty and with a gathering, neutral bitterness in the finish: a classic stout taste. Not nearly as sweet as I thought, either that or years of consuming all-malt craft beers have enured me to high sweetness levels.
Excellent brew and much better IMO than the other stouts brewed on the Islands including Guinness FES.
Gary
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