3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had on tap at RR brewpub. OVL stands for Old Vic Loyalist, the name of the dive bar that previously inhabited the space that RR brewpub now stands. A nice nitrogen stout, the beer pours a dark brown/black with good nitrogen head. Aroma is mostly coffee, caramel, and sugar with a hint of chocolate and malts. Taste is more of the same - mostly coffee and caramel, finish is strong and bitter. Lots of roasted malts and a nice balance and easy drinking with the nitrogen.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pretty good stout by RR. you should have seen this drink in action, hell yeah!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On nitro at Russian River. Deep cola ruby pour looking black in the nonic pint. Nitrogen provides a thick, Guinness cream foam with huge retention and sheets of nitro lace. Nose is essentially absent as expected in style. Perhaps twang of lemon and acidic coffee. Taste is quite hoppy for style with lemon tea up front and bitter cocoa powder in the back end. Watery body as expected for gravity. Nicely sessionable though not a big step up from Guinness and certainly not as good as the Aud Blonde so....why bother?
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Great stout. Has a dry finish for a stout. Dark malt taste nice black color. Great beer
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ brewpub. Pours lovely black with tan creamy head. Milk chocolate aroma is smooth but subdued. The palate is creamy, and oh-so-soft due to the nitro, which of course kills so much of the beer’s natural character. However, the lingering roast in finish comes through just fine. Has a slight acidity for balance and the ABV is in the right pocket. I prefer the porter overall but this is just fine.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On Tap at RRBC. The color is pure black. The nitro helps bring some coffee aroma out. The taste however seems to be a bit watery. I enjoyed it overall, it is a very easy to drink stout. However it did taste a bit like watered down coffee.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Another beer in the sampler. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Roasted malt in the flavor, coffee, chocolate. Good flavor for a low alcohol dry stout.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewery on a n. california trip. Nitro. Aroma of smoke and leather. Creamy low carbonation. Coffee and chocolate in the taste. Good. 7.6
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
More watery than a stout should be, it’s deceptive with it’s color and aroma, but in the end falls short
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