Sugar Shack
Third Street Brewhouse

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From:
Third Street Brewhouse
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
American Stout
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.64 | pDev: 14.01%
Reviews:
41
Ratings:
169
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 29, 2020
Added:
Dec 16, 2012
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  41
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Ratings by xmorgan:
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Reviewed by xmorgan from California

5/5  rDev +37.4%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Love the story about the monks making maple syrup that they use in this beer.

Appearance: Dark brown with a toffee tannish foam, it does not foam easy, so I recommend a slightly aggressive non-tipped pour to get a proper head on this beer.

Smell: A slight maple sweetness with a earthy nut like smell.

Taste: Slight biter maple stout like flavor, unique in it's stout with dry maple taste. Stout like bitterness and mouth feel.

Mouthfeel: the maple completes this beer as it is lighter in body then most stouts yet the maple dryness completes this beer profile nicely.

Overall: A nicely done stout with a nice dry maple flavor that completes this great beer.
Nov 23, 2013
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Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois

3.86/5  rDev +6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Taste: roasted malts, sweet maple, brown sugar, crisp and clean finish. Nutty chocolate malty maple nose. Black hue, opaque, tan foam head delicate lace. medium to med/full body. Non sticky but rather airy finish. 32 IBUs
Oct 29, 2020
 
Rated: 3.81 by aatazebeats from Wisconsin

Jan 18, 2020
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Reviewed by rudzud from Massachusetts

3.6/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to JLindros for sharing this can.

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a nice dark brown almost black with almost black with a thin off white head that fades to leave light wisps and a thin halo.

S - Aromas of maple syrup and faint chocolate, there is some nice sweetness as well.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with light chocolate and roast. The maple is pleasant, not overly sweet, decent chocolate. Faint maple candy, good slightly sweet.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, thin, very watery.

O - Overall this was a very underwhelming beer, the maple is subtle like everything else with this beer.

Serving Type: can
Nov 15, 2019
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

3.59/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Extra in trade, shared with rudzud
Pours a medium foamy creamy 1/2 finger head with medium retention, darker color, nice foamy lacing, pitch black with decent legs

Nose fair maple aroma, a bit of chocolate, some sweet caramel and dulce de leche, base beer is fairly light though, little toasty grainy malt

Taste again a bit light in the beer side, fair maple candy, a touch of chocolate and bitter roast notes, touch of spices, thin on the malt and beer in general, weird watery fruity thing too

Mouth is thin especially for a 6.5% stout, medium carb at least

Overall the maple is nice but the base beer is way too light
Nov 15, 2019
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Reviewed by UristMcBrewer from Pennsylvania

3.66/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
The beer is black with a nice big dark head that sticks around. When help up to the tight, the fainest of red can be seen from the edges of the glass. It smells like slightly burnt maple syrup. The maple notes are very nice. The burnt notes comes off as a bit harsh though, The taste is sweet without being cloying. The beer part of the taste isn't particularly complex, but the maple does add a nice touch. The mouthfeel is rich, but not extraordinary. The carbonation is on the lighter side. This is a decent stout.
Nov 05, 2019
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Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa

3.77/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured cold from a 16-ounce can into a "snulip" glass. This was a gusher, spewing foam all over the place when I opened the can. A fairly aggressive pour surprisingly yielded only a couple of fingers of tan foam atop an espresso-colored body, with a dark cherry-colored highlight or two. Allowing this to warm a bit brought out its subtleties. Roasted malt and espresso-bean bitterness up front, along with notes of tart fruit and maple. This is rather light in body for a stout, with a slightly watery mouthfeel. Not much sweetness or char, but there was some lingering oily sourness on the finish that I didn't care for. Aside from that, this is a pretty good beer if you're not expecting a sugary maple bomb.
Nov 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.99 by ananddullabh from California

Oct 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.02 by markallmon from Tennessee

Oct 17, 2019
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Reviewed by mooseisloose from Florida

3.98/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Picked up a 4 pak of tall boys at Aldi's for 6.99. Not quite Aldi's in Germany where you can get a tall boy of Paulaner Oktoberfest for $E 0.79, but it will do. I pop the top and I get roasted malts, black licorice and molasses. Pours to a opaque jet black with a foamy three finger tan head. Taste is lots of molasses and charred malt, very nice. A bit thin on the mouthfeel. Finish is cocoa and bitters. A very nice beer.
Oct 15, 2019
 
Rated: 4.29 by Berknerj from Illinois

Oct 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.95 by beerjerk666 from Florida

May 26, 2019
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois

3.89/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Had on tap. Dark brown body with dark tan foam. Smell is more maple forward than taste, where the maple is in the background behind the toffee malt, dark fruit, and nuttiness. Smell is maple with toffee roasted nuts pairing. Little watery in the body, but nice roasted malt texture to break up the maple sweetness
May 23, 2019
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Reviewed by wl2bill from Wisconsin

3.98/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
The body is a bit thin otherwise this is a good maple stout. There is a good maple flavor and sweetness but not over board. Great for this time of the year, Feb in Wisconsin.
Mar 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.77 by rsuarez1982 from Texas

Jan 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.24 by nwhittin from Indiana

Jan 02, 2019
 
Rated: 3.59 by SlightlyGrey from Minnesota

Dec 24, 2018
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Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona

3.83/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark mahogany color with a thin khaki head. Smell had toasted malts ,biscuit and maple. Taste was good nice maple flavor that mixed well with the stout base,roasted malts in the finish. Mouth feel was this with good carbonation,twas a little watery.
Dec 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by StoutAtTheDevil from Alabama

Nov 17, 2018
 
Rated: 2.96 by HabaJohn from Illinois

Nov 01, 2018
Sugar Shack from Third Street Brewhouse
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 169 ratings