We have no idea if this guy knows what he's talking about, but we're reproducing this beer review because (i) we like the name of the beer ("Shakespeare Stout"), and (ii) we appreciate his fine attention to detail:
The first impression is of minty hops over roast barley and creamy yeast. The aroma is what you wished coffee was really like in the morning, nice mocha head over deep brown beer. It is actually deceptively simple at first sip. The hops have the mintiness of Guinness's northern brewer variety but the bottle says they are Cascade and as the glass opens up you can pick out the citrus from amongst the roast barley - grapefruity rather than lemon or lime. Behind the hops there is roast barley over some mocha and chocolate. But it is not in your face over the top, something oddish for a stout, certainly compared to some of the Mainers I have had recently.
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