Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout
Old Yale Brewing Co.

Screaming Banshee Irish Cream StoutScreaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout
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From:
Old Yale Brewing Co.
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
Sweet / Milk Stout
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 4.91%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
21
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 27, 2019
Added:
Feb 07, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by Hornet2003:
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Rated by Hornet2003 from Canada (BC)

4/5  rDev -1.7%

Feb 27, 2014
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

4.14/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Presents like black coffee that almost obsidian colour. Beautiful multi-finger of espresso foam coloured head elicits almost nitro-esque gradiation at first before separating into its component parts. Slowly drifts back down leaving incredible lacing along the glass.

Creamy sweet initial impression off the nose. Nutty and condensed milk kind of thing. Definitely getting the irish cream influence they list, whatever the cause of it is.

Initially that same creamy sweet note of irish cream, but it is less pronounced here than on the nose. Gives way pretty quickly to heavy roast and bitter coffee malts. Still carries the undercurrent of condensed milk though.

Body is a little thinner, and a little higher carbonation than I would have expected/preferred, but not outrageously so. Sweet is not overwhelming, and it carries a nice roasty/coffee bitter through a long lingering finish.

Definitely glad to have grabbed this one when I was up in Canada and would consider doing so again.
Mar 27, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by FadetoBock from Canada (AB)

Jan 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.97 by StormAles from Canada (ON)

Aug 16, 2017
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Rated by ewpass from Canada (PE)

3.81/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Lovely and dark but smallish head. Great milk chocolates-Irish Cream nose. Body more muted but solid. Dryish finish. Very enjoyable for sipping.
Apr 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.04 by mikebu from Canada (AB)

May 25, 2016
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Reviewed by Trosevear from Canada (AB)

4.18/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Dark black with a nice brown head leaving no head.

S: Dark coffee with almost a bailey's smell to it.

T: Expresso and coffee with a smooth creamyness it that makes it smooth on the way down like drinking a glass of bailey's or a cream based liquor.

F: Light carbination with a full body mouth feel.

O: A really good beer but I still like the sasquatch stout from them a little better I think.
May 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by imfinished from Canada (BC)

Apr 11, 2016
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Reviewed by hotmailmsn from Canada (BC)

3.78/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
7.5% abv, 20 ibu, 650ml bottle.
A - opaque dark black, with finger brown head.
S - coffee, dark chocolate cream, floral, brown sugar, milk powder, roasted coffee beans. little bit whisky/liquor, caramel.
T - decent carbonation, smooth, creamy, medium body, milk shake like taste (milk stout?), cappuccino. tastes fade away fast, short lasting, only bitterness left, back of the mouth.
O - good beer, lighter body, and less complexity than i have expected for a 7.5% abv stout. irish cream character was there, both on nose and palate. irish coffee, really enjoyed the remaining bitterness, really good spiced stout here. i can have one more of this, since its still stout season and rain a lot here in Van.
Mar 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by BCborn from Canada (BC)

Feb 08, 2016
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Reviewed by pmaka from Canada (AB)

4.37/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
LOOK: Beer poured a gorgeous bold black colour like the night in which the banshee screams. At the right angle and light a cola colour can be seen near the top. A burnt caramel head tops the beer and joins you on your dark drinking journey. All the while a spotted lacing adorns the side of the glass and slowly vanished into the darkness of the beer.

SMELL: Dark chocolate first enters the nose. Cream, coffee and caramel add layers. Sweetness is evident coming from what I would say is a layer of whiskey. A mix of earthy hops creates an almost graham cracker, brown sugar scent.

TASTE: Roasted coffee, whiskey, and Irish cream sweetness hit the palate. And just like the smell, layers of chocolate make an appearance. The beer finishes with some spice creating a layer of dryness. The mouthfeel is on the medium side with a light carbonation.

OVERALL: A very enjoyable stout with lots of bold flavours teaming up together. Goes down smooth and sweet. Next time the banshee screams, I will be more than willing to answer to her sweet sweet call.
Jan 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4.21 by Kenmac19 from Canada (BC)

Dec 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by Canada_Dan from Colorado

Jun 02, 2015
 
Rated: 4.17 by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

Mar 18, 2015
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Reviewed by samuelp23 from Illinois

4.24/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Out of 650mL bomber, served at roughly 8C.
L - Dark black with lacy vanilla colored streaks left on the glass during drinking
S - Coffee, burnt caramel, vanilla, graham cracker
T - Starts with a hint of milkshake and roasted nuts but quickly gives way to a dry spiciness and slight acidity.
F - Light carbonation, very smooth
O - Very nice sipping stout with multiple flavor profiles. Milkshake flavor, common to other beers of this style, tamed just enough to be a very lovely beer. Also low alcohol compared to many other stouts with this much flavor.
Feb 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.13 by Jlefa from Canada (BC)

Jan 01, 2015
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Reviewed by leaddog from Canada (AB)

4.1/5  rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - Pours a dark chocolate brown with two fingers of creamy mocha head.

Smell - roasted caramel malts, hint of coffee bean, irish cream aromas, vanilla, earthy hop, and hint of toffee.

Taste - roasted caramel malts followed by the coffee bean and luscious irish cream, vanilla, earthy hops and slight hint of toffee.

Mouthfeel - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Finishes creamy alongside the irish cream.

Overall - A well executed Milk stout. The irish cream flavour works very well in this brew. Looking forward to seeing what Old Yale has to offer next in this series of beers.
Dec 30, 2014
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Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)

4.05/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Old Yale Brewing 'Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout' @ 7.5% , served from a 650 ml bottle purchased for $6.50
A-pour is a dark brown from the bottle to a near black in the glass with a small tan head leaving a spotty lace along the pint
S-Irish cream ale , pick your favourite (Baileys , Carolanns , Ryans...)
T-sweet , not much malt or roasted , until a bitter swallow
MF-decent carbonation , feels full bodied , filling
Ov-ok beer , decent/good milk sweet stout
prost LampertLand
Dec 26, 2014
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.97/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
650ml bottle. This appears to now be called Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout, part of Old Yale's Tall Tale series.

This beer pours a solid, light-destroying black, with the barest of basal cola edges, and three chubby fingers of puffy, densely foamy, and somewhat bubbly pale brown head, which leaves some decent cobwebbed lace around the glass as it gently subsides.

It smells of lush medium-sweet chocolate, well-creamed coffee, caramel malt, toffee, a bit of the ol' Irish whiskey (did they really dump Irish Cream into this?), and subtle earthy, leafy hops. The taste is rich, yep, Irish Cream (I'm not going to break that one down), milk chocolate, caramel nougat, subtle cafe-au-lait, a bit of root beer syrup, a tame, but adequately supportive earthy hop bitterness, and a further touch of bristling stout alcohol.

The carbonation is moderate in bearing, providing a standard frothy measure, the body a heady medium-heavy weight, quite smooth, and more than a tad creamy, duh. It finishes on the sweet side, the cream, chocolate, caramel and booze all so cuddly that it makes me wanna puke. Note: I do not actually want to vomit after drinking this beer.

More of a one-trick gimmick pony (maybe that's a real thing), than an appreciably well-made stout, however, when your adjunct is Irish Cream, and the base beer is a chocolaty shout in the vein of this brewery's own Sasquatch offering, I'm willing to access a whole whack of cognitive dissonance on the matter. Tasty, rounded, and very dessert-like, so much so that I'm not snarking any more at their serving suggestion on the label.
Dec 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by schopenhauerale from Arizona

Mar 18, 2014
Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout from Old Yale Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 21 ratings