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Shiner Birthday Beer 106 - Chocolate Stout
Spoetzl Brewery


- From:
- Spoetzl Brewery
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 16.2%
- Reviews:
- 130
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 10, 2022
- Added:
- Nov 05, 2014
- Wants:
- 22
- Gots:
- 244
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Rated by GypsyMoonBoopie
5/5 rDev +39.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +39.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Best damn beer I have ever had in my life. I still have dreams about it to this day. 100% favorite beer that I can no longer have.
Aug 20, 2021Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
2.5/5 rDev -30.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -30.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Late 2014 vintage; drank 1/18/15 @ the Yarchives.
Black/brown appearance.
Dark tan head; frothy lace.
Chocolate cake frosting & sweet cream nose...WAY too sweet already, yikes!
Medium thick mouthfeel.
Chocolate cake frosting flavor up front; vanilla finish.
Super cloying, unbalanced & tough to drink; I was unable to finish 12 oz.
Sep 19, 2019Black/brown appearance.
Dark tan head; frothy lace.
Chocolate cake frosting & sweet cream nose...WAY too sweet already, yikes!
Medium thick mouthfeel.
Chocolate cake frosting flavor up front; vanilla finish.
Super cloying, unbalanced & tough to drink; I was unable to finish 12 oz.
Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana
3.53/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
12oz undated bottle poured into snifter at fridge temp 5% ABV. The beer pours dense black with light brown head. The head recedes to a film. The aroma is Hershey's cocoa powder. The taste is semisweet chocolate cake with only a hint of roast or stout. Mouthfeel is thin bodied and adequately carbonated. Overall, ok. I was given this beer by a friend who had it refrigerated for a couple years. I thought I'd give it a shot. Not as bad as I expected. Rated to average due to age.
Nov 20, 2018Rated by Foxzhu from Texas
4.26/5 rDev +19%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 2 | overall: 4
4.26/5 rDev +19%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 2 | overall: 4
Has a great taste, but too carbonated. It's so bubbly that it burns going down. One of my favorites as far as taste. Tastes like a malt shake.
Aug 18, 2016Rated by JordanlikesAles from Georgia
4.1/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Rating from tasting last year. Excellent sweet chocolate stout.
May 01, 2016Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana
3.91/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Dark brown, mostly opaque with foamy tannish brown head of superb retention, moderate lacing/ Chocolate, molasses, black cherry cola, licorice aromas. Sweet chocolate, balancing roastiness/smokiness, some dark fruit along the lines of plums or black cherries, and molasses. Almost too sweet. Medium-bodied, almost watered down for the style, but thick with sloshy to velvety suds.
Apr 25, 2016
Shiner Birthday Beer 106 - Chocolate Stout from Spoetzl Brewery
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
540 ratings
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