Cellar 3: Silva Stout
Green Flash Brewing Co.

Cellar 3: Silva StoutCellar 3: Silva Stout
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From:
Green Flash Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.1%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.53 | pDev: 26.35%
Reviews:
128
Ratings:
423
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 04, 2021
Added:
Mar 27, 2015
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  135
Our Double Stout ages in oak bourbon barrels, and artfully emerges as Silva Stout. This midnight black ale features elegant notes of oak, vanilla, dark chocolate, coffee, roasted barley and ripe cherry. Round and delicately balanced in body, each sip envelops the palate with its impressively complex craft composition.

45 IBU
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Ratings by emerge077:
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Rated by emerge077 from Illinois

3.41/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Aug 16, 2015
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Rated: 3.77 by Cpmitchno1 from Virginia

Mar 04, 2021
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Reviewed by Orca from Washington

4.03/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
750mL (bottled 2/16/2015) into a tulip. Pours a deep oily black w/ minimal head that quickly subsides to next to nothing.

Aroma is big, malty, and boozy. Chocolate, dark roasted malt, some smoke and peat. Also lots of sugary stone fruits: dates, raisins, figs. Almost a cross between an imperial stout and a quad. Intriguing and very different.

Taste is likewise big and sweet, boozy. Chocolate, dates, figs, char from the barrels.

Mouthfeel is slick and oily, coats the palate and lingers. Carbonation is good, keeps it from being syrupy. About right for a big black stout.

Overall a solid sipper of an imperial stout.
Jul 15, 2020
 
Rated: 3.83 by psweendogg from Connecticut

Apr 26, 2020
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Reviewed by peabody from Kentucky

3.93/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Sitting here social distancing during caronavirus and grilling some ckicken.
This is a 2015 offering and I cellared this bottle in the fridge.
Color is fine and enough bubbles adorning my glass make me realize this is still OK.
Not a lot of aroma even after letting it warm up. Taste is more sour oak than charred malts. Not a lot of sugary aftertaste and mouthfeel is kinda bland.
Was hoping for a big bold stout but this one left me wanting ------''''''''------
A big bold stout.
Mar 31, 2020
 
Rated: 2.46 by baklo from North Carolina

Jan 14, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by teamwiggum from Wisconsin

Sep 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

May 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.24 by johnnyboy76 from Oregon

Nov 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by brittanylicious from Indiana

Jun 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by heysuz from Indiana

Jun 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.24 by Pro_Magnon from Texas

Mar 31, 2018
 
Rated: 4.2 by EEscobar from Tennessee

Feb 08, 2018
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Reviewed by Phil-Fresh from California

3.58/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
2015 Bottle

A: Deep brown color, with a black hue, opaque, with almost no head at all.

A: Bourbon forward, with deep chocolate-like roast malts with noticeable stone fruit aromas.

T: Chocolate/coffee like malts, fairly sweet, dried fruit like esters, with a moderate amount of bourbon and oak.

M: Full bodied with moderately light carbonation and light alcoholic warmth.

O: Alright; the beer doesnt have a lot of stout character, a bit on the sweet side with dried fruit character that pairs alright, but not great with the extended barrel aging.
Nov 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.31 by vfgccp from New York

Nov 26, 2017
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Rated by tylerstravis from Colorado

1.15/5  rDev -67.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Infected.
Nov 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.12 by AngusOg from North Carolina

Aug 07, 2017
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

3.28/5  rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Coffee brown with a large tan foam head.

Smell is roasty and woody with nuts and chocolate, but a little musty staleness.

Taste is toffee, cola, chocolate, roasted nuts, and wood, but hot.
May 24, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by gratefulbeerhead from Indiana

Jan 21, 2017
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Rated by Drknight from Virginia

4.42/5  rDev +25.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
2015 Batch #1: Despite the ratings, this beer aged quite nicely in the cellar...
Jan 14, 2017
Cellar 3: Silva Stout from Green Flash Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 80 out of 100 with 423 ratings