Dark Star
McMenamins Inc.
- From:
- McMenamins Inc.
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.96 | pDev: 11.87%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 10, 2014
- Added:
- Jul 20, 2010
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Oakengroves from Oregon
4.04/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A superb cascadian dark ale. Served on tap at Cornelius Pass Roadhouse. A stout-like dark brown color with a muddy-white foam. The scent is very malty and does not convey the hop taste. The taste is somewhat like a porter, but with a noticable hoppy bite. A very fresh taste. Mouthfeel is smooth and even. A solid cascadian dark ale!
Mar 09, 2014
Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This is CPR's cascadian dark ale (CDA), aka black IPA.
On draught at the CPR, served in a shaker pint, Dark Star is a dark garnet brown with a creamy off-white head leaving nice lace.
Smell is roasted malts and sour citrus.
Taste is porterish, but with a sour citrus under-current from the hops, which I only faintly detected on the nose. A little under-hopped compared to most of the other CDAs, but pretty tasty nevertheless. Nice bitterness on the finish has a bit of a minty refreshment to it.
Mouthfeel is sticky, a bit dry, medium bodied.
Drinkability is pretty good, a smooth, strong dark ale, well representative of the fairly broad taste spectrum that encompasses the CDA style. I give them bonus points for naming it after the greatest song of all time, even if they inevitably fell flat to that comparison.
Jul 20, 2010On draught at the CPR, served in a shaker pint, Dark Star is a dark garnet brown with a creamy off-white head leaving nice lace.
Smell is roasted malts and sour citrus.
Taste is porterish, but with a sour citrus under-current from the hops, which I only faintly detected on the nose. A little under-hopped compared to most of the other CDAs, but pretty tasty nevertheless. Nice bitterness on the finish has a bit of a minty refreshment to it.
Mouthfeel is sticky, a bit dry, medium bodied.
Drinkability is pretty good, a smooth, strong dark ale, well representative of the fairly broad taste spectrum that encompasses the CDA style. I give them bonus points for naming it after the greatest song of all time, even if they inevitably fell flat to that comparison.
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