Summer Stout
Tugboat Brewing Company
- From:
- Tugboat Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.48 | pDev: 0%
- Reviews:
- 1
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 08, 2007
- Added:
- Sep 08, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by msubulldog25 from Oregon
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
When I spotted this on the Tugboat bulletin board, I questioned whether it was accurate...a "summer stout"? I was told this is the less potent option of winter's "Chernobyl Stout". The (estimated) ABV is 6.5% and serving was in a standard pint glass during Happy Hour: $2.50.
A: Almost perfectly black, capped with a 1/2 finger of creamy light tan head. Layered sheets of equally creamy lace, blanketing most of the glass.
S: At first, smell was nil. I mean absolutely nothing rising from the glass. As it warmed, a lovely subtle chocolate, dark-roasted and malty, mingled with light notes of vanilla, molasses and a heavier herbal hopping. In regards to the smell, if you wait on it, it will come...
T: Bitter, quite bitter in fact. Lots of roasted chocolate. Bitter, almost blackened. Some chicory/sourness in the roast. Just a little powdered cocoa sweetness creeps in; otherwise; this is purely dark and bitter. Whatever hops are in there only augment the bitterness.
M: A medium mouthfeel with a modest creaminess - any carbonation is subtle. Lingering bittering/roastedness in the mouth and a sharp acidic lactic flavor does detract.
D: One of the more drinkable beers from this brewery, but still nothing to rave about. What I enjoyed was the full chocolate-y bitter flavor and the pretty appearance. A pretty good stout that I'd probably choose to have again.
Sep 08, 2007A: Almost perfectly black, capped with a 1/2 finger of creamy light tan head. Layered sheets of equally creamy lace, blanketing most of the glass.
S: At first, smell was nil. I mean absolutely nothing rising from the glass. As it warmed, a lovely subtle chocolate, dark-roasted and malty, mingled with light notes of vanilla, molasses and a heavier herbal hopping. In regards to the smell, if you wait on it, it will come...
T: Bitter, quite bitter in fact. Lots of roasted chocolate. Bitter, almost blackened. Some chicory/sourness in the roast. Just a little powdered cocoa sweetness creeps in; otherwise; this is purely dark and bitter. Whatever hops are in there only augment the bitterness.
M: A medium mouthfeel with a modest creaminess - any carbonation is subtle. Lingering bittering/roastedness in the mouth and a sharp acidic lactic flavor does detract.
D: One of the more drinkable beers from this brewery, but still nothing to rave about. What I enjoyed was the full chocolate-y bitter flavor and the pretty appearance. A pretty good stout that I'd probably choose to have again.
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