Featured Review – Flying Cloud Stout from Anchor

I am splitting the featured beer reviews in two.  Anchor and Base Camp will alternate through May.  And we start on the Flying Cloud from Anchor Brewing.

There is a gorgeous dark brown head on this beer. One of the darkest I have seen. It fades away all too quickly and the glass is filled with an inky black export offering.

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The taste is very full and thick. Bitterness. Coffee dreg bitterness is first to announce itself followed by a slight hint of milk chocolate. I can’t believe no coffee was added to this beer because it has the hallmarks of a coffee porter. There is also a bit of burnt notes in the mix as well.

This would be a morning beer substitute to go with eggs and bacon and a hearty breakfast.

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Anchor has been adding new recipes via their Zymaster series this year. I missed the first (a lager) but was surprised by how much I liked their second a mild. And now comes this stout. Will they go two for two?