Black Rock
Dungarvan Brewing Company

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From:
Dungarvan Brewing Company
 
Ireland
Style:
Irish Dry Stout
Ranked #32
ABV:
4.3%
Score:
87
Ranked #16,265
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 12.63%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
37
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 04, 2023
Added:
May 18, 2010
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by MDDMD:
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Reviewed by MDDMD from Pennsylvania

3.9/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A-dark brown black color with a nice light brown head and decent lacing

S-dark malt, chocolate, coffee, slight burnt sugar

T-dark roasted malt, chocolate coffee, burnt toast, mild bitter finish

F-light to medium body with moderate carbonation, smooth

O-well-balanced dry stout, would like to try this on tap
Sep 15, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by heerboth from Pennsylvania

Apr 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.13 by Dave1999 from North Carolina

Feb 21, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Nov 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by GoHabsGo from Canada (ON)

May 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.62 by crownrl28 from Georgia

Jul 23, 2017
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Rated by LukeGude from Iowa

3.74/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
At Skellig Experience cafe. Maybe had sitting in bottle too long? Sister loved it, I'd like to try on draft
Jul 31, 2016
 
Rated: 4.32 by nelloug from Italy

Apr 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by rosenkrantzz from Texas

Jul 18, 2015
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.71/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
500ml bottle - what, no description of how 'Black Rock' pertains to the south of Eire?

This beer pours a solid black, with varied basal cola 'highlights' when pressed to the light, and three fat fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly beige head, which leaves some decent howling ghost lace around the glass as it gently bleeds away.

It smells of roasted, mildly gamey caramel malt, an oily nuttiness, rather bitter cocoa powder, faint salty black licorice, ethereal cold coffee, and plain earthy, weedy, and musty hops. The taste is bready, lightly toasted pale and caramel malt, pithy chocolate, mixed licorice and vanilla extract, weak day-old coffee, pithy nuts, and more generic earthy, dead leafy, and grassy noble hops.

The bubbles are fairly low-key, and mostly just supportive in their wan frothiness, the body a so-so medium weight, and generally smooth, a wee clamminess precluding any nascent creaminess. It finishes off-dry, the toasty malt, cocoa, coffee, anise, and nuttiness arranging themselves as such.

An interesting, if a bit too mealy of an Irish Dry Stout, overall - lots of flavour, just kind of disjointed in its rendering. Too bad, because I'm really starting to like these guys, bringing a new view to the Irish beer styles that have for too long been the purvey of the BBB (Boring Big Beer, for those not paying attention).
Jul 10, 2015
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Rated by Pisshhead from Ireland

4.02/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Fine example,great feel and taste but miss the creamy head
May 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.4 by beerinabottle from Ireland

Sep 25, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by metter98 from New York

Jun 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Bandi from New York

Jun 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Danielr26 from Michigan

Mar 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Svart from Chile

Mar 13, 2014
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland

2.93/5  rDev -24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.75
£2.99 for a 500ml Bottle in O'Reilly's, Ireland (North):
Black with the odd red tinge and a giant, dome-shaped head that is about two inches tall and foamy with good retention. Lots of sediment and lacing too.

Strong, dark malts with a lot of chocolate and some spice that includes some aniseed-like flavours. There is some light coffee on the nose along with plenty of earthy tones.

Rich chocolate with some strong, earthly malts and further cocoa. I got some hints of sweetness and a coffee flavour that comes through strong around the middle then slowly fades.

Rough with a hard bitterness from the coffee coming through along with an abundance of spice and a lingering aftertaste that is also quite bitter. The beer had a medium body and carbonation was soft, although the balance was quite poor.

Not a beer that I enjoyed all that much sadly and one again another beer will go down as a poor Irish offering in my book. Lots of large of sediment in the glass despite my care when pouring and an overly bitter, earthy taste in my opinion.
Feb 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by MacarthurParker from Ethiopia

Oct 28, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Jeeb from North Carolina

Oct 22, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by DAS_BOOT_2007 from New Jersey

Oct 07, 2013
Black Rock from Dungarvan Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 37 ratings