Day 65, 3.6.11., Green Flash, Double Stout

The next beer we tried at The Warehouse was Green Flash Double Stout.  Green Flash is located in one of the best beer cities in California, and even the US, San Diego.  I've tried one of their other beers, West Coast IPA, and It sealed my positive opinion of this brewery.
The Double Stout is an awesome beer.  Incredibly complex, delicious, wonderful!  I give it a 9 out of 10.  Here's why:
The beer poured dark black and opaque.  It's thick as motor oil and with a thick beige head that offers good lacing once it slowly recedes.  Good start.  The nose has coffee and bitter cocoa notes, and then a surprising malted barley aroma.  It is not a roasted or dark malt aroma, but the aroma of fresh, dry, pale malt.  It's not an aroma I've experienced in a stout before, but it's an interesting and intriguing surprise.
This beer has a lovely rich creamy body and velvety mouth-feel, paired with it's chocolaty flavors and terrific maltyness.  I love this stout.  Highly recommended!
8.8% ABV, 45 IBU