Love Stout
Yards Brewing Co.

 

Pours a dark brown color with a thin mocha colored head. Aroma has notes of cocoa, roasted barley with a light cream note coming through. Taste has notes of roasted malts, barley, cocoa, a hint of coffee, some light creamy notes with a mild earthy bitterness on the back end. Light sweetness does come through in the flavor profile. Medium bodied with smooth carbonation. Sort of drier on the finish. Overall a very enjoyable stout - I feel like this would be amazing cask conditioned.

 

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Dark, dark brown pour.. nearly black with big fluffy mocha head. Lasts awhile with nice lacing.

S: Dry and roasty... grains and light coffee.

T.F: Dry and roasty, just like it smells. A bit of espresso and dark chocolate. Some earthy hops and grains. Well carbonated... medium to light bodied. Smooth/creamy. Dry finish.

O: A somewhat above average dry Irish stout. Easy drinking... nothing special but I'd have it again.

 

 

 

 

Small tan head. Nice but unremarkable stout.

Dark stout with a hint of earthiness. Tastes of chocolate with some caramel as well in this brew. Some yeast, some malt, overall a solid beer to drink.

Pours a tan foamy slightly thick head with medium retention, light soapy lacing, very dark basically black color

Nose nice roasty malt, roasted barely with plenty of coffee and dark chocolate, cocoa notes, touch of nougat and caramel, no char, hint of earthy hop, bit of sweet candy

Taste dark roasty malts, plenty more roasty coffee but also a little acrid char, sight burnt malt, light vanilla, dark chocolate, spicy earthy hop with medium bitterness from hops and dark malts, char and a little yeasty note, dry medium bitterness finish, dark chocolate, char and burnt coffee lingering

Mouth is medium bod, richer, a bit creamy, medium high carb

Overall mixed, or had good qualities but gets to acrid burnt roast and a bit yeasty, but good hops, nice bitterness, good nose, just that overly roasted burnt malt

 

 

 

 

 

Unknown vintage; drank 12/26/14 @ Wharf Rat.

Brown hue.

Khaki nitro head; a curtain of tree-rung lace.

Salt water & milk chocolate nose.

Medium thick, creamy mouthfeel.

Fresh earth, cream, sea salt & milk chocolate flavors; all quite mild.

Easy to drink but not very memorable.

 

12 oz bottle in a Belgian snifter.

Appearance: Thin head over a clear but very dark brown body. A little spotty lacing.

Coffee and dark chocolate in the aroma along with faint dark bread.

Flavor: mildly bitter. Coffee and brown bread are dominant.

Medium-full body with light carbonation.

 

 

 

Pours a dark color, mostly black, with a hint of ruby. A modest head soon dissipates.
Aromas are mostly subdued. Notes of coffee, dark chocolate, cream, and nutty malt.
The flavors contain hints of dark chocolate, roasted and nutty malts and a bright and light acidity from the black malts. Overall there is a moderate coffee bean like bitterness along with a hint of hops bitterness.
Medium bodied, gently carbonated and very smooth. The finish is dry.
Not complex but balanced and well crafted. A nice session stout.

 

It is hard for me to describe this beer so I won't, is it terrible, no, would I drink it again, no!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sampled in March 2018 from 12oz bottle in pint glass. Bottled on date listed on the bottle was 12/22/2017.

Appearance: Pitch black, dark color, with a thin dark tan head. The head lasted a moderate time, and left a little lacing on the glass, but not a lot.

Smell: There are roasted malt aromas, along with some chocolate and some spice and hops bitterness aromas. There was not as much chocolate as their Chocolate Love Stout.

Taste: Full-bodied with nice balance of malt and hops. There is a hint of sweetness and caramel flavors that may be due to the malts, but it is balanced nicely with pronounced coffee flavor, and a little bitterness from hops.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, and smooth. Very creamy. Moderate alcohol which matches with the 5.5% on the label.

Overall: Overall, this is an interesting stout. I like it better than the Yard's Chocolate Love Stout, which had too much sweetness from chocolate flavors.

 

 

12 oz. bottle poured into a tulip glass.

L---Black with a nice tan head that dissipated quickly into a rocky film. Left some nice lacing.

S---Roasted malts. Coffee with a little bit of chocolate.

T---Coffee & chocolate, but not really as flavorful as I was hoping; certainly not luscious like the bottle said.

F---Smooth & creamy just like the bottle said. Their marketing department is batting .500, which is probably pretty good as far as salesmen telling the truth goes. Lots of carbonation gives it a light, almost bubbly feel.

O---I haven't been very much of a Yards fan. This is their best beer that I've had.

Black color. Thin white head that sticks to the glass. Coffee and chocolate aromas. Taste matches, with these notes accentuating a solid roasted malt backbone. Lingering milk chocolate finish. All around a pretty good stout.