Pulled at Najas into a tall pilsner? (I don't know what the glass is called) - dark opaque auburn. Low creamy head that just sits atop of the beer. This beer has fantastic head retention that sticks to the side of the glass like a stout.
Nose in and - yep, this is a Stone all right. (Ever notice how every Stone smells exactly the same? It's not a bad smell - smells like freshness, like it was just pulled fresh from their stainless steel tanks - it has that aluminum metallic smell.). At any rate, it's difficult to pick up much from the nose as a result - some malts perhaps. It reminds me of backyard brewing though. Random, I know.
On with the tasting - it tastes like a stout? Not much to say about this one though nothing is really bad per se - dark barley, check, low hop bill, check...it may be that I was spoiled on the previous collaboration where they built the most uniquely flavored beer i've had to date, but the novelty of collaboration is lost when you create a fairly run of the mill stout that honestly tastes like something I brewed a couple years ago. Again not a bad beer by any means and perhaps the freshest tasting stout I've had in a while, but I expected more from these two breweries. Sometimes you get what you get.
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