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Irish Style Stout
Sprecher Brewing Company
- From:
- Sprecher Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
- ABV:
- 5.73%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 9.73%
- Reviews:
- 71
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 28, 2020
- Added:
- Mar 19, 2002
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 11
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Ratings by Josievan:
Reviewed by Josievan from Iowa
4.15/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.15/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Sprecher Irish Stout pours a deep opaque brown with a thick-looking consistency. The head is dark as well and clings to the glass.
Smell: The aroma gives off notes of dark chocolate and just a hint of coffee. Very appealing indeed.
Taste: This is more rich and multi-layered in flavor than I'm used to in an Irish dry stout. Chocolate stands out on top of a pinch of coffee. Roasted malts are at play, but to a lesser degree than most other examples of this style, which seem to focus on the roasted quality.
Mouthfeel: Sprecher Irish Stout is creamy, smooth, and wetter than I expected. This makes for a longer finish than is typical for the style.
Drinkability: This 16 oz. bottle was split two ways, but I easily could have drank at least one full bottle at that volume. This would make a good session stout.
Notes: I prefer the wetter, sweeter stouts over Irish dry stouts. Lucky for me, this beer was labeled as the latter, but was more similar to the former. I don't care what a beer is called as long as it tastes good, and Sprecher Irish Stout certainly does.
I've been looking for an Irish stout I can really get behind drinking for St. Patrick's Day, and I think this is it. Although that holiday has come and gone this year, I'll look forward to drinking Sprecher next March.
Apr 22, 2010Smell: The aroma gives off notes of dark chocolate and just a hint of coffee. Very appealing indeed.
Taste: This is more rich and multi-layered in flavor than I'm used to in an Irish dry stout. Chocolate stands out on top of a pinch of coffee. Roasted malts are at play, but to a lesser degree than most other examples of this style, which seem to focus on the roasted quality.
Mouthfeel: Sprecher Irish Stout is creamy, smooth, and wetter than I expected. This makes for a longer finish than is typical for the style.
Drinkability: This 16 oz. bottle was split two ways, but I easily could have drank at least one full bottle at that volume. This would make a good session stout.
Notes: I prefer the wetter, sweeter stouts over Irish dry stouts. Lucky for me, this beer was labeled as the latter, but was more similar to the former. I don't care what a beer is called as long as it tastes good, and Sprecher Irish Stout certainly does.
I've been looking for an Irish stout I can really get behind drinking for St. Patrick's Day, and I think this is it. Although that holiday has come and gone this year, I'll look forward to drinking Sprecher next March.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours jet black with a thin, off-white head. Leaves a little lacing, by the way, this is three years old!
Smell is not real prominent with slight coffee, malt and licorice.
Taste of black licorice and malt, very little coffee. A little bit of spice makes this a pleasant drinker.
Medium body and refreshing for a stout. I could drink several of these.
I really think Sprecher is underrated.
Apr 10, 2016Smell is not real prominent with slight coffee, malt and licorice.
Taste of black licorice and malt, very little coffee. A little bit of spice makes this a pleasant drinker.
Medium body and refreshing for a stout. I could drink several of these.
I really think Sprecher is underrated.
Rated by fatboyPeter from Wisconsin
4.5/5 rDev +21.6%
4.5/5 rDev +21.6%
I Love this one for a Milwaukee wi Brew!!!
Oct 03, 2014
Irish Style Stout from Sprecher Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
130 ratings
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