St. Stans Dark

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Brewed by St. Stans Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Modesto, California USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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RATINGS: 23 MEAN: 3.13/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.1 EST. CALORIES: 180 ABV: 6%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
St. Stan's Dark is a dark colored (20.2 SRM), top fermented beer made in the Altbier style of Dusseldorf Germany, with low carbonation and a smooth, malty medium bitter (31 IBU) taste. The color and rich full coffee/chocolate flavors are produced from blended caramel and chocolate roasted malts. The bittering hops are Fuggles and Bullion and the aromatic hops are Cascades.

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AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20

stahrman99 (3) - San Pedro, California, USA - DEC 2, 2001 does not count

My favorite. Good head, you can taste the chocolate hops. More for the bolder beer lovers

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

VENOM (941) - Connecticut, USA - AUG 2, 2001

Excellent interpretation of the style. Nice toasted chocolate malt flavor with a nice bitter twang.

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

argo0 (9034) - Washington DC, USA - FEB 9, 2002

Tasting Notes from Fall 2000: Smoky, chocolatey. Good bitterness that works very well with its mild sweetness

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20

Darkover (1440) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - SEP 26, 2001

3.9

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

MaxPower (961) - St. Louis, Missouri, USA - JUN 22, 2002

I didn’t know this was a stout,Roasted malt flavor, nice hop bitterness.

3.6

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

JessterCPA (130) - Wayne, New Jersey, USA - SEP 26, 2001

This was a nice quality beer. Not quite my style, but obviously a good beer.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

austinpowers (2827) - New York, New York, USA - OCT 11, 2002

This is an unusual twist on the alt style, IMHO. It’s an extremely roasty, chocolatey altbier that’s heavy on some nice malt and possesses solid hop balance. Very enjoyable.

3.4

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

Schroppfy (2319) - Łódż, Warsaw, Poland; Michigan, Ohio, USA - APR 21, 2002

Very interesting twist on a Sweet Stout/Cream Stout style. First off, the color is the lightest for the syle I’ve seen. Second, the heavy malt AND hop aroma straight outta the bottle is a killer. Head dies immediately - quicker than my dogs eat their food. Seriously roasted bitterness. Thinner than I expected. Yet, under it all, good.

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Beer: St. Stans Dark Rating Avg: 3.1 No. of Ratings: 23

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