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RATINGS: 25   MEAN: 3.23/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.13   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Creamy, robust, Irish style dry stout, full of flavors from deep-roasted barley malts. The slight hint of chocolate is born of the meticulous marriage of malts and hops. Originating in Ireland, and now brewed here in Texas, this is a beer for those who desire a big taste.


4.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
cwsample (67) - Texas, USA - FEB 12, 2011
Aroma is nice, wish there was a little more of it. Nice an dark, creamy tan head. Very nice flavor of roasted barley and chocolate.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
scraff (2118) - Baltimore, Maryland, USA - AUG 1, 2006
Draft - Black, tan creamy lasting head. Very nice nose of roasted vanilla bean, chocolate, and mild coffee. Flavor was deeply roasted chocolate tones, touches of vanilla and coffee, with a light citric hop tone late. Light to medium bodied, pillow soft carbonation, semi-bittersweet finish. Nice stuff...

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Jeppe (2633) - Ølbutikken, DENMARK - AUG 27, 2004
Draught at Blue Star Brewing Company, San Antonio, Texas.
Tall and foamy long lasting light brown head on a black body - beautiful! Bittersweet aroma with coffee and roasted malt. Nice roasted tone in the flavor with coffee and citrus notes. Little thin but tasty and easy drinkable!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
badinplaid (106) - USA - APR 26, 2007
Pretty good stout...nice and creamy head ebony body....Good pairing with their Fish and Chips at Lunch Time

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
fiulijn (10000) - Como, ITALY - JAN 7, 2007
Draught at the brewpub
Black color; thin creamy head. Light roasted malt aroma. Very smooth and milky texture, good roasted malt flavor, with the correct bitterness; refreshing, for a Stout. Interesting.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
kwoeltje (1765) - Manchester, Missouri, USA - JUN 12, 2003
Nice black color with small tan head that lingers. Nice lace. Great roast malt/toffee flavors with just enough hops to balance. Not sweet. Its a bit on the thin side (perhaps to better suit the Texas heat?) but otherwise an excellent stout.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
alexanderj (2830) - Gilbert, Arizona, USA - JUN 30, 2008
ON tap at the brewpub; looked the part perfectly. Nice creamy head. Aroma was a bit roasted with some cocoa and vanilla. Flavor was good, cocoa and roasted malt; great mouthfeel. Good beer.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Mora2000 (2732) - Dallas, Texas, USA - MAY 22, 2011
On tap at the brewpub. The beer pours a dark brown to black color with an off-white head. The aroma is heavy on the chocolate and roasted malt. The flavor is more of the same. The dry chocolate really stands out and goes well with the roasted malt. Medium to thick mouthfeel and medium carbonation. The best of the five Blue Star beers that were on tap.


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