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Michael Faricy's Stout
Arbor Brewing - Plymouth Taproom
- From:
- Arbor Brewing - Plymouth Taproom
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
- ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 12.12%
- Reviews:
- 27
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 01, 2020
- Added:
- Feb 25, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 13
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Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark reddish brown color with a foamy head that lasts quite a while. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Taste of the same. Smooth Taste. Good mouth feel.
Jun 09, 2019Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan
3.88/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Very impressed by this stout style from a great local brewery. Great black color with a little lingering tan head and spotty lingering lacing. Smells of coffee, chocolate and some malt. Tastes of dark roast coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, caramel, grain and malt. Very nice and smooth with just a little bitterness. Nice to try a stout that’s more dry and not so sweet. Smooth slightly creamy mouthfeel and good amount of carbonation. Will try more of this style.
Aug 06, 2018Reviewed by Lahey from Michigan
3.89/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This is a nice dark roasty stout. No off flavors, just dark roast coffee, maybe cocao. Not sweet at all, but that's not expected in this style. Very drinkable but still with decent body for 4.5% I don't drink a lot of dry stouts, but this is quite acceptable to me. Glad to have tried it.
Apr 28, 2018Reviewed by Raime from Korea (North)
3.87/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.87/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Arbor Brewing Michael Faricy's Stout.
I haven't had a beer out of Arbor is many moons. Seems they don't put out too much these days for whatever reason or maybe they just don't sell at my local shop so they don't order much. Got a single for $2.19 at Jake's liquor, in Monroe MI. Enough philosophy.
Look - From the twelve ounce bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a deep impenetrable black with a monster pillowly mocha head that demands multiple slow pours before you can get the entirety of the bee outta the bottle. The head starts leaving immediate stick amongst slowly dropping a few centimeters or so. Not even sure what kinda stout this is but that look is impressive for a non-nitro. Cannot get a read on the carbonation due to the depth of the drink. Head dies to a thick cap amongst the brew and the lacing is very attractive.
Smell - Alrighty based on the scent this is either an export stout or an Irish dry. Not a huge nose. Bit of black cherry like sweetness with a slight metallic twang as I always tend to pick up in export styles. The malts aren't burnt unfortunately but are surely weakly roasted. Unimpressive here but not offensive.
Taste - Now this is more like it. The malts get darker here and more true to what I want in a stout. The sweetness is still prevelant and still has that cherry like flavor. Coffee makes an appearance along with a smaller though very present amours of bakers chocolate ( almost like the sweetened chocolate chips you buy at a supermarket ). I'll have to let this one warm up a bit more before continuing into this review. Warmer now. The coffee is a light to medium roast in nature. No alcohol presence and it is very easy and quick to go down the gullet so I'll assume the alcohol isn't too high.
Feel - The body on this brew is moderate and very cold coffee like with a moderate amount of carbonation. Not as creamy as you would expect despite the fact the head has become a thick cap amongst the motor oil. Flavors remain bitter and the beer swallows rather easily an is light on the stomach.
Overall - This is a solid stout and I am still unsure of the actual type seeing as I haven't looked it up on here. The nose is rather underwhelming but the other aspects come through as I had hoped. Not a massive stout by any means, but an easy drinker with a likely low ABV. As always, try it for yourself and come to your own conclusion..
Jan 03, 2016I haven't had a beer out of Arbor is many moons. Seems they don't put out too much these days for whatever reason or maybe they just don't sell at my local shop so they don't order much. Got a single for $2.19 at Jake's liquor, in Monroe MI. Enough philosophy.
Look - From the twelve ounce bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours a deep impenetrable black with a monster pillowly mocha head that demands multiple slow pours before you can get the entirety of the bee outta the bottle. The head starts leaving immediate stick amongst slowly dropping a few centimeters or so. Not even sure what kinda stout this is but that look is impressive for a non-nitro. Cannot get a read on the carbonation due to the depth of the drink. Head dies to a thick cap amongst the brew and the lacing is very attractive.
Smell - Alrighty based on the scent this is either an export stout or an Irish dry. Not a huge nose. Bit of black cherry like sweetness with a slight metallic twang as I always tend to pick up in export styles. The malts aren't burnt unfortunately but are surely weakly roasted. Unimpressive here but not offensive.
Taste - Now this is more like it. The malts get darker here and more true to what I want in a stout. The sweetness is still prevelant and still has that cherry like flavor. Coffee makes an appearance along with a smaller though very present amours of bakers chocolate ( almost like the sweetened chocolate chips you buy at a supermarket ). I'll have to let this one warm up a bit more before continuing into this review. Warmer now. The coffee is a light to medium roast in nature. No alcohol presence and it is very easy and quick to go down the gullet so I'll assume the alcohol isn't too high.
Feel - The body on this brew is moderate and very cold coffee like with a moderate amount of carbonation. Not as creamy as you would expect despite the fact the head has become a thick cap amongst the motor oil. Flavors remain bitter and the beer swallows rather easily an is light on the stomach.
Overall - This is a solid stout and I am still unsure of the actual type seeing as I haven't looked it up on here. The nose is rather underwhelming but the other aspects come through as I had hoped. Not a massive stout by any means, but an easy drinker with a likely low ABV. As always, try it for yourself and come to your own conclusion..
Michael Faricy's Stout from Arbor Brewing - Plymouth Taproom
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
106 ratings
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