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Starsky & Dutch
3 Stars Brewing Company
- From:
- 3 Stars Brewing Company
- District of Columbia, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
- ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.54%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 06, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 28, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
Double Dutch Chocolate Stout
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Ratings by Jason:
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine #121
Creamy, Chocolate, Roasty, Currants
This is a huge beer. Loads of body jostles around on the palate with an intense roasted grain and chocolatey character. The use of both cocoa powder and cacao nibs provides some chocolatey depth, yet the sweetness is not over the top. It’s definitely more of a bittersweet tone, especially when the roasted grain flavor sets in. A big kiss of dark fruit also emerges. Starsky & Dutch is super creamy, and while you can just knock this back, I have no problem continuing to sip this Stout. Another round is an easy choice.
Look 4.50 | Smell 3.75 | Taste 3.75 | Feel 4.75 | Overall 4.00
Jun 22, 2017Creamy, Chocolate, Roasty, Currants
This is a huge beer. Loads of body jostles around on the palate with an intense roasted grain and chocolatey character. The use of both cocoa powder and cacao nibs provides some chocolatey depth, yet the sweetness is not over the top. It’s definitely more of a bittersweet tone, especially when the roasted grain flavor sets in. A big kiss of dark fruit also emerges. Starsky & Dutch is super creamy, and while you can just knock this back, I have no problem continuing to sip this Stout. Another round is an easy choice.
Look 4.50 | Smell 3.75 | Taste 3.75 | Feel 4.75 | Overall 4.00
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.46/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Can at share, courtesy of Jeremy. Dark brown pour, with sparse beige head. Aroma and taste are sweet roaty malts with some chocolate and vamilla. light lactose notes.
Nov 06, 2023Reviewed by skisonic from Maryland
3.78/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a glass, it's a dark, cloudy, chocolatey shade, really it could be a melted chocolate bar pumped with a bunch of suds. Its aroma is really pleasant - sweet, floral, and very inviting. It's strong, thick, and malty. Its got a bit of sweet undertones as well, with a strong coffee flavor as well. It's very well-balanced, it goes down smoothly.
Mar 02, 2020Reviewed by greengumby from North Carolina
4.07/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Looks a deep brown nearly black. No noticeable head. Faint chocolate and an almost creme brûlée appear on the nose. As with the taste, there is an almost blue/blackberry note. The taste is typical of a milk stout if a little dryer and a little more chocolate-y. As mentioned there is something of a berry je ne sais quoi. Feel is lighter and with slightly larger, more intense bubbles than is typical for the style. Overall drinkable, and without the taste of booziness that one might expect from the ABV.
Jan 29, 2019Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York
3.99/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Decanted from a 16 oz (473 ml) can into a conical pint glass; canned 17 November 2017, code Pass the Dutchy.
A: Pours a very dark brown with no more than a quarter inch, mocha brown head, low retention, and little lacing.
S: Aromas largely mocha/cocoa, vanilla, and toast with milky lactose sweetness, which I usually associate with milk stouts.
T: Sweet. Flavors are consistent with lactose sugariness, chocolate, vanilla, and sarsaparilla. Only light bitterness very appropriate for the style.
M: Light to medium bodied with modest persistence of carbonation.
O: Starsky & Dutch is a solidly composed, relatively light bodied, chocolate stout. I am assuming it is a milk stout, although it does not say so on the label, only that it is "brewed with dutch cocoa & finished with cocoa nibs from Undone Chocolate." It certainly tastes like one. Drinkable and enjoyable. Would certainly have it again.
May 29, 2018A: Pours a very dark brown with no more than a quarter inch, mocha brown head, low retention, and little lacing.
S: Aromas largely mocha/cocoa, vanilla, and toast with milky lactose sweetness, which I usually associate with milk stouts.
T: Sweet. Flavors are consistent with lactose sugariness, chocolate, vanilla, and sarsaparilla. Only light bitterness very appropriate for the style.
M: Light to medium bodied with modest persistence of carbonation.
O: Starsky & Dutch is a solidly composed, relatively light bodied, chocolate stout. I am assuming it is a milk stout, although it does not say so on the label, only that it is "brewed with dutch cocoa & finished with cocoa nibs from Undone Chocolate." It certainly tastes like one. Drinkable and enjoyable. Would certainly have it again.
Reviewed by deleted_user_1111368 from Delaware
3.96/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
20 oz Stout glass. Pours dark enough to block room lighting.
Smells of sweet malts, chocolate, and a cross blend of vanilla and berry/licorice. Tastes of heavy chocolate, and vanilla are quite evident, and not at all overdone.
A great balance between all flavors, smooth, with very little bitterness. A tad dry.. a little sweet. The vanilla hangs on after each drink, but not in a bad way. I really like this beer and look forward to revisiting again.
Mar 18, 2017Smells of sweet malts, chocolate, and a cross blend of vanilla and berry/licorice. Tastes of heavy chocolate, and vanilla are quite evident, and not at all overdone.
A great balance between all flavors, smooth, with very little bitterness. A tad dry.. a little sweet. The vanilla hangs on after each drink, but not in a bad way. I really like this beer and look forward to revisiting again.
Starsky & Dutch from 3 Stars Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
40 ratings
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