Big Shirley
Lost Forty Brewing

Big ShirleyBig Shirley
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Lost Forty Brewing
 
Arkansas, United States
Style:
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
ABV:
6.3%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 7.37%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
7
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 10, 2020
Added:
Jan 12, 2018
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.67 by einman from Minnesota

Sep 10, 2020
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Reviewed by wmscottsimpsonjr from Missouri

4.05/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Dirt brown with thinner light yellowish tan head. Prune, date, clove, chocolate, bit of banana on the nose. Flavor is moderately malty, quite earthy with clove, kind of a chocolatey finish with a little banana. Nicely balanced. Mouthfeel comes across to me as a little thin. As the name suggest, it's very much like a brown ale with Belgian yeast and special b.
Jul 06, 2020
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Reviewed by KLHBB from Arkansas

4.03/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Opaque dark brown, poured into a tulip glass, nice lacing. Rich malty smell, tastes of bananas, cloves, Belgian sugar. Silky feel, overall quite lovely.
May 01, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by superwho24 from Arkansas

Mar 31, 2020
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Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania

4.09/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Received from @jdell15 in NBS BIF #9. Reviewed 7/14/19. Thanks Jacob!
Dated “Best By 25/APR/2019” on bottom of the 12 oz can. Stored at 42 degrees and served at 54 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.75.
First pour – Amber, clear.
Body – amber, murky, opaque. When held to the light, translucent.
Head – Large (Maximum 4.5 cm, aggressive center pour), tan with a marked yellow cast, medium density, average retention. Diminishes to a three mm crown and a thin, rocky, large island.
Lacing – Poor - a few small islands of tiny bubbles only.
Aroma – 4 – Sweet malt and dark fruit, more raisin than date.
Flavor – 4.25 - Flavor begins with more subdued malt than the nose would lead one to expect. This is followed by a hint of rotting fruit sourness, some date-fig sorbet, and some isoamyl acetate at the finish. No hops, no alcohol flavor or aroma (6.3 % ABV), no dimethylsulfide, no diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Medium, almost syrupy, soft carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 4 – Pleasing take on a Belgian Strong Dark Ale.
Jul 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.65 by SynthetikReality95 from Arkansas

Mar 09, 2019
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Reviewed by jvgoor3786 from Arkansas

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Best by Mar 30, 2018.

It pours a deep amber with a thin, white head that disappated quickly leaving a small ring and small lacing.

The smell is banana, raisin, dark fruits, and malt.

The taste follows with lots of raisin and banana and a nice, subtle spice on the finish.

The mouthfeel is medium carbonation and smooth.

A good, easy-to-drink beer. The tasting notes on the can are accurate. Nice to see Lost Forty getting a little variety in what they produce.
Jan 12, 2018
Big Shirley from Lost Forty Brewing
Beer rating: 4.07 out of 5 with 7 ratings