Last year I made a batch of dry Irish stout because of my affinity for dark dry beers. What I did not figure on was this brew needing about a year to really get happy. So yesterday as my wife was recovering from her surgery, I was looking for a little libation to make me happy. I found it in a dusty bottle that had been hanging out in the basement for nearly a year. I actually thought it was a different beer than the stout.
Regardless, I poured it and walked away only to come back and take a swig. WOW! The dryness had balanced into a nice semi-dry roasted flavor and the once bitter toasted background came forward in a much more mellow almost chocolate body.
I have to dig around to see if there are any remaining bottles, but this is one I will have to remember to leave it sit around for some more Irish love a year later.
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