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Half Pints Stir Stick Stout

Half Pints Stir Stick Stout

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A Stout brewed by
Half Pints Brewing Co.

Winnipeg, Canada

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343.49/5.03.46/5.05.6%71.3English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Our Stir Stick Stout is robust with ruby highlights and a generous addition of fresh ground, locally roasted Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee. The beans lend a distinct chocolate aroma that blends well with the roasted barley and malty sweetness. A woody bitterness from the Fuggles hop variety rounds out this ale and makes it the perfect match for barbequed buffalo burgers or sweet desserts like chocolate lava cake. Serve in a glass at 8 degrees celcius. Unpasturised.

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 aerosol999 (113), Quebec, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20

Oct 23, 2007  
Appearance: Opaque black with a tan head that disappears quickly. Aroma: Cacao, raisins, low fruit esters and coffee. Flavour: Mellow roast coffee - not aggressive or dominant well balanced and assertive at once. Good roast malt character. Bubblegum (juicyfruit) esters - Ringwood ?- and a touch of pleasant diacetyl butterscotch. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied low carbonation. NIce smooth mouthfeel. Overall: A good coffee stout that is both a coffee beer and a stout without either pushing over the top. Roasty, with a long coffee and chocolate, mocha flavour. Easy drinking.

 Ughsmash (3079), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 21, 2008  
Thanks to Mark for the bomber (and the new province)! Poured medium-deep reddish-brown with short-lived cap of tan head. The aroma picked up lightly-roasted coffee and sweeter chocolates upfront without too much going on.. came across as a bit watery on the nose, but the water had some character to it at least. The flavor was all about the cold-press coffee with a little toasted barley providing some support.. light coffee and earthy bitterness surrounded.. dried out for the finish, leaving some coffee grounds. Light-medium bodied with increasing coffee and oaky sourness that didn’t work too well.. this just didn’t do too much for me.


 DuffMan (1962), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Deep brown, moderate tan coloured head. Aroma of wet coffee grinds (as opposed to a rich roasty bean aroma). Flavour is all coffee, with a slightly vegetal hop note in the finish. I can’t find any chocolate in here. Mouthfeel is on the thin side. Medium bitterness. Would be better with some chocolate and a fuller body.


 Gypsy19 (219), AMERICA RISING, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/103/513/20
Aug 16, 2008  
A good hearty stout. A little bitter for a stout. Notes of chocolate, coffee, and citrus. Not bad at all. Not great, just good.


thepegjett (47), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 17, 2008  
A - roasted coffee. A - almost black F - Nice bitter coffee flavor P - smooth O - This is the only coffee I drink is this. Had it with a truffle at a brewry open house. Wow was that good.


 BeerPrince (1701), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Darker brown with a thinner texture. Nice foamy tan head. Nice strong coffee and roasted malt aroma. Starts off with a bitter coffee flavour that is quite nice. Quickly thins out and leaves you wanting more maltiness. Good simple version of a stout.



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