Bud's Corvus
Sketchbook Brewing Company
- From:
- Sketchbook Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
Ranked #69 - ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #23,681 - Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 11.46%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 24, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 10, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
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Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
4.04/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.04/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A nice dry on a wet winter day.
Bud's Corvus Looks the part with a full head that stays reasonable active over a three hour sip. Smells are mostly chocolate and other malts. Tastes are a well blended toasty-roasty overtaking the sweet malts to finish nicely dry, almost bittersweet. Soft and creamy. Well-made and traditional enough to steal the thunder of the WCTU, also HQ'd in Evanston. Cheers !
Feb 24, 2025Bud's Corvus Looks the part with a full head that stays reasonable active over a three hour sip. Smells are mostly chocolate and other malts. Tastes are a well blended toasty-roasty overtaking the sweet malts to finish nicely dry, almost bittersweet. Soft and creamy. Well-made and traditional enough to steal the thunder of the WCTU, also HQ'd in Evanston. Cheers !
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
4.25/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
"Best by 8/23/22"; drank 6/8/22 @ the Yarchives.
Black/brown appearance.
An even pour yielded a nice tan head; decent lace.
Fresh earth, cream & mild dark chocolate notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Fresh earth, cream & dark chocolate flavors; this is a sturdy, well-constructed and tasty dry Irish stout.
I'd have another!
Jun 09, 2022Black/brown appearance.
An even pour yielded a nice tan head; decent lace.
Fresh earth, cream & mild dark chocolate notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Fresh earth, cream & dark chocolate flavors; this is a sturdy, well-constructed and tasty dry Irish stout.
I'd have another!
Reviewed by ChicagoJ from Illinois
4.28/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4/3/19 (Chicago): $5.25 16 ounce draft nitro pour into pint glass at The Garage Bar & Sandwiches. Dark black pour, thick off white head, creamy and rich. Coffee malt aroma, strong and pleasant. Taste consistent with aroma, rich roast coffee, creamy, thick, nice taste and well blended. Carbonation holds well, creamy rich mouth feel, very easy drinking. Overall very nice pour.
Apr 04, 2019
Reviewed by MaximalC from Illinois
3.31/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours seal brown with a moderate cap of khaki froth. Aroma is quite roasty with a hint of peat. Cobweb lacing dangles from the rim of the glass as the beer recedes.
The taste is similarly roasty, accented by an earthy flavor akin to peanut shells. Earthy hops lend a low-key bitterness that melds with the bitterness of the roasted malt. Not much else to say here, as complexity hardly appears to have been the goal. Moderate carbonation and medium-light body make for a smooth, dry, drinkable stout.
Overall, this is one of the grittier, roastier Irish stouts I've tried, although it is almost cloyingly so in the long haul.
Mar 22, 2018The taste is similarly roasty, accented by an earthy flavor akin to peanut shells. Earthy hops lend a low-key bitterness that melds with the bitterness of the roasted malt. Not much else to say here, as complexity hardly appears to have been the goal. Moderate carbonation and medium-light body make for a smooth, dry, drinkable stout.
Overall, this is one of the grittier, roastier Irish stouts I've tried, although it is almost cloyingly so in the long haul.
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