Cadillac Mountain Stout

One place that we love to visit is Acadia National Park in Maine. Every part of the park, from Jordan Pond to Sand Beach, from Schoodic Point to Cadillac Mountain is amazing. Like many national parks, Acadia offers a person the ability to surround themselves with some of the most amazing and beautiful scenes that nature has to offer. 

Just as certain as we are to see the various sights of the park when we visit Acadia, we will find our way to Atlantic Brewing. (We are, after all, Savage Boleks.)  Atlantic Brewing has two locations, the original one on Knox Road and a newer tap room in downtown Bar Harbor. I made it to both over the course of our vacation.

Back in 2008, Atlantic Brewing purchased Bar Harbor Brewing and its recipes. Atlantic Brewing continues to make two of Bar Harbor's beers - Thunder Hole Ale and Cadillac Mountain Stout. Needless to say, we had both while we were in Bar Harbor, and, we took home a four pack of the Cadillac Mountain Stout to enjoy back at home. 

The Cadillac Mountain Stout is brewed in the style of a dry Irish Stout. This beer style features a jet black color, with aromatic notes and flavors of coffee or bitter chocolate that come with roasted barley, along with a smoothness that sets this beer apart from other stouts.

The brewers at Atlantic Brewing have checked off most of the key features of a dry Irish Stout with the Cadillac Mountain Stout. The beer pours as black as oil, with a thick foam whose coloration resembles a light chocolate cream. The aromatic elements feature light coffee notes, but tend more toward chocolate. That tendency is also reflected in the taste, as this dry Irish Stout as a sweetness that predominates over any bitter or roasted notes. Overall, this is perhaps one of my favorite beers brewed by Atlantic Brewing.

If you happen to find yourself at Pesamkuk, also known as Mount Desert Island, in Maine, you should make your way to Atlantic Brewing and try the stout or another of the brewery's beers. It is definitely worth the visit. 

ENJOY!