Short and Stout from People's Captain Review

I found this 330ml can of Short and Stout from People's Captain in The Strait and Narrow in Lincoln. If you've not heard of the brewery before, don't worry they are very new, but they seem to be doing some good work and making a name for themselves down in London. Short and Stout is a 5% milk stout which according to the can tastes of blueberries and caramel so that should be fun. The beer pours a dark mahogany brown, rather than black which is a little odd for a stout and the head becomes lacing pretty much instantly. Is it just me or does this look more like a dark brown ale/bitter than a stout? 

Fortunately the aroma makes up for the rather disappointing looks with chocolate and caramel notes, I'm not really sure where the blueberries are hiding though. There's also some smoky malts coming through which is usually a good sign. As with the looks this feels too light to be a stout, it's medium bodied and very drinkable, but again it feels more like a decent dark ale than a proper stout. The taste is really nice though, you'll get caramel, and some dark chocolate along with a very faint taste of blueberries, but not enough to make it stand out. All in all Short and Stout from People's Captain is a pretty tasty beer that tastes like a good chocolate stout, but looks and feels like a dark ale. I'm going to give Short and Stout 7 out of 10. It's a very good, very drinkable beer, I'm just not sure it stands out massively.