This is one of my favorite winter stouts, a real foreign stout. A foreign stout was a high test export ready stout created to survive a sail. Imperial Stouts, dry and roasty at pushing 10%, were originally created for the Baltic trade between England and the northern Slavs in the late 1700s and early 1800s. This sweeter and, at 6.6%, not so incredibly strong style was for the Caribbean trade. It is a little odd to describe - like a Coke meeting a cold mug of cocoa. There must be some lactose in the brew, an unfermentable sugar found in milk that leaves a sweet malty creamy base over and through which the moderate hops cut. Very pleasant.
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Sebastien - June 2, 2006 9:22 am
Alas, I haven't managed to find this beer for purchase anywhere. I tried it once at Vintages in Ottawa and have been on the lookout for it ever since. Any pointers?
Cheers!
Alan - June 2, 2006 9:49 am
I think the LCBO has dropped it. Try Dragon Stout or Sinha Stout which are also strong export sweeter stouts from Jamaica and Sri Lanka respectively.
Bryan - August 15, 2006 9:01 pm
Very nice, sweet stout. Available at LCBO #1, Weston rd & 401 (along side Sinha and Dragon stout)
Verdunoisette - April 25, 2008 8:34 pm
Yes, can anyone tell me why LCBO/SAQ does not offer Trinidadian products? How do their buyers select? Take their rums, for example. This year at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, three Trinidadian rums won silver medals: 10 Cane Rum by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy and House of Angostura's 1919, an 8 year aged rum and 1824, its 12 year aged rum.
Winston - May 18, 2008 12:25 am
LCBO carries 1919 in the Toronto area at least.