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Stout
North Star Craft Brewery
- From:
- North Star Craft Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- Needs more ratings
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 6.49%
- Reviews:
- 4
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 24, 2009
- Added:
- May 04, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jayfarley3 from Nevada
3.86/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours nearly a pitch black with a creamy tan head that dissipates to a thin ring fairly quickly. Smells mostly of dark roasted malts. Tastes of roasted malt, slightly chocolaty and a nice balance of bitterness at the end. Mouthfeel is a little light compared to other stouts but still very good and smooth. Drinkability is very good, this is a very easy drinking stout.
Jan 24, 2009Reviewed by ncvbc from North Carolina
3.83/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A growler provided by the very generous flexabull as a part of Secret Santa.
Deep and dark, nearly pitch black. Creamy tan head rises and slowly falls to a ring, leaving spots of lacing down the glass. At first I was scared of this beer as it seemed sour of vinegar. I think it was the growler cap or something because once it got to the glass, this beer was pretty nice. Sweet, milky chocolate, light molasses, and a roast bitterness as well. Taste is quite nice to me. Even more of a roast presence, with a smokey quality that comes through also. Not a ton of flavor but pretty spot on for what it is. Mouthfeel is a little light but still creamy and smooth overall. The roast gives it a touch of dryness in the finish. I shared this with a couple people but had a few pints to myself. Really an enjoyable beer. I'm glad I had an entire growler of it because one wouldn't have been enough!
Dec 24, 2008Deep and dark, nearly pitch black. Creamy tan head rises and slowly falls to a ring, leaving spots of lacing down the glass. At first I was scared of this beer as it seemed sour of vinegar. I think it was the growler cap or something because once it got to the glass, this beer was pretty nice. Sweet, milky chocolate, light molasses, and a roast bitterness as well. Taste is quite nice to me. Even more of a roast presence, with a smokey quality that comes through also. Not a ton of flavor but pretty spot on for what it is. Mouthfeel is a little light but still creamy and smooth overall. The roast gives it a touch of dryness in the finish. I shared this with a couple people but had a few pints to myself. Really an enjoyable beer. I'm glad I had an entire growler of it because one wouldn't have been enough!
Reviewed by deltatauhobbit from Maine
3.28/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.28/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Big thanks to flexabull for this being in the UGLY BIF!
Pours a dark brown/black color with some ruby hues when held up to the light, mountanous head that leaves tons of patchy lacing.
Smell has a strong cocoa aroma, very dry to the nose.
Taste is very dry, starts out malty and ends with a dry cocoa chalky taste, decent carbonation, leaves a metallic aftertaste though.
Jul 03, 2008Pours a dark brown/black color with some ruby hues when held up to the light, mountanous head that leaves tons of patchy lacing.
Smell has a strong cocoa aroma, very dry to the nose.
Taste is very dry, starts out malty and ends with a dry cocoa chalky taste, decent carbonation, leaves a metallic aftertaste though.
Reviewed by flexabull from California
3.83/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours a dark flat black color with a decent off white head.
Aromas are mostly of dark malts. A slight roasted coffee like smell, and a bit of a vegetal quality as well.
Taste is clean, and malty. Some light dark chocolate flavors, a bit of coffee, and a light pine like hop bite on the finish. Flavors are fairly subtle for a stout, but still nice.
Mouthfeel is pretty good. I like a thicker mouthfeel from stouts, but this is still good, maybe a bit over carbonated from my liking as well.
Drinkability is good. This is a nice easy drinking stout. Not a powerhouse of flavors, but tasty enough, and quite easy to sip. Sessionable...
May 04, 2008Aromas are mostly of dark malts. A slight roasted coffee like smell, and a bit of a vegetal quality as well.
Taste is clean, and malty. Some light dark chocolate flavors, a bit of coffee, and a light pine like hop bite on the finish. Flavors are fairly subtle for a stout, but still nice.
Mouthfeel is pretty good. I like a thicker mouthfeel from stouts, but this is still good, maybe a bit over carbonated from my liking as well.
Drinkability is good. This is a nice easy drinking stout. Not a powerhouse of flavors, but tasty enough, and quite easy to sip. Sessionable...
Stout from North Star Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
3.7 out of
5 with
4 ratings
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