Round The Clock
Lough Gill Brewing Company
- From:
- Lough Gill Brewing Company
- Ireland
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 7.99%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 30, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 25, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
It’s never too early for a beer – that’s why we’ve brewed a breakfast stout. Oatmeal is an important part of a balanced breakfast, so we sourced some oats from the family – owned Irish company Flavahan’s. And since we just can’t live without coffee, we found a deep, dark delicious one and added it to our brew. The result is a black, intensely coffee flavored stout that is too good to limit to any one time of day-we’re drinking it ‘round the clock’ no matter which way the clock is going ‘round’.
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.91/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +7.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance, well, it poured dark brown but left a darker close to black color with a small touch of eggshell white semi-foamy head slyly moving off but not leaving barely any lace.
The aroma had a big earthy to slightly dirt/soil-like muddy to nutty and woody note to it. Definitely has that Euro dried fruity estery and yeasty character rolling underneath. Coffee and oatmeal notes are extremely far underneath.
The flavor tries to lead with some earthy dry and yeasty character strolling into some coffee bitterness with some light anise. Mild aftertaste of earthiness, anise/dried dark fruits and a touch of coffee/dark chocolate.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a tad under and having a sort of gritty/grindy like contour scraping my tongue. There's a good dryness just before the finish with a mulchy/woody-like powdery almost cocoa powdery conglomeration
Overall, it's some sort of American stout to oatmeal stout blend. I'd have again.
Dec 09, 2018The appearance, well, it poured dark brown but left a darker close to black color with a small touch of eggshell white semi-foamy head slyly moving off but not leaving barely any lace.
The aroma had a big earthy to slightly dirt/soil-like muddy to nutty and woody note to it. Definitely has that Euro dried fruity estery and yeasty character rolling underneath. Coffee and oatmeal notes are extremely far underneath.
The flavor tries to lead with some earthy dry and yeasty character strolling into some coffee bitterness with some light anise. Mild aftertaste of earthiness, anise/dried dark fruits and a touch of coffee/dark chocolate.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a tad under and having a sort of gritty/grindy like contour scraping my tongue. There's a good dryness just before the finish with a mulchy/woody-like powdery almost cocoa powdery conglomeration
Overall, it's some sort of American stout to oatmeal stout blend. I'd have again.
Reviewed by Brew_42 from Massachusetts
3.77/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours jet black with a fluffy brown head.
Smell is coffee with earthy and roasted notes.
Taste is burnt break room coffee with an earthy finish.
Thin for a breakfast stout.
Middle of the road breakfast stout.
May 21, 2018Smell is coffee with earthy and roasted notes.
Taste is burnt break room coffee with an earthy finish.
Thin for a breakfast stout.
Middle of the road breakfast stout.
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.55/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
440 ml can served cold into a Guinness glass. From Ireland to Canada via the US.
Appearance - Near black, massive light tan head and good retention. Excessively foamy.
Smell - Some coffee and hints of vanilla. Lots of metallic aroma in there too. A little offputting.
Taste - Plenty of freshly brewed coffee cold brew style. Middling to high bitterness. Robust flavors. Finishes with earthy hops and coffee.
Mouthfeel - A little bit thin, too fizzy and prickly astringency on the tongue is a little disconcerting otherwise. Medium body and slightly less creamy than expected.
Overall - A nice take on a coffee stout. Aroma and feel could use a little work but the flavors are there.
May 08, 2018Appearance - Near black, massive light tan head and good retention. Excessively foamy.
Smell - Some coffee and hints of vanilla. Lots of metallic aroma in there too. A little offputting.
Taste - Plenty of freshly brewed coffee cold brew style. Middling to high bitterness. Robust flavors. Finishes with earthy hops and coffee.
Mouthfeel - A little bit thin, too fizzy and prickly astringency on the tongue is a little disconcerting otherwise. Medium body and slightly less creamy than expected.
Overall - A nice take on a coffee stout. Aroma and feel could use a little work but the flavors are there.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
3/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
No canning date
Ok so apparently it has a widget and they screwed up something with the pressure, a geyser shot out of this thing, beer all over, I don't think infection but continued attenuation in the can.
Huge foamy bubbly head, a bit of lacing, very dark brown beer with yeast and protein chunks plopping out
Nose burnt cola, burnt caramel, toffee, mild acrid like roasted coffee beans, earthy char and caramel syrup
Taste more sought acrid roast, burnt coffee and burnt caramel, coffee syrup, caramel thing, little yeast and metallic, fair bitterness from the roast
Mouth is med bod bit syrupy a touch creamy, very little carb
Overall a mess and poorly executed all around.
Mar 07, 2018Ok so apparently it has a widget and they screwed up something with the pressure, a geyser shot out of this thing, beer all over, I don't think infection but continued attenuation in the can.
Huge foamy bubbly head, a bit of lacing, very dark brown beer with yeast and protein chunks plopping out
Nose burnt cola, burnt caramel, toffee, mild acrid like roasted coffee beans, earthy char and caramel syrup
Taste more sought acrid roast, burnt coffee and burnt caramel, coffee syrup, caramel thing, little yeast and metallic, fair bitterness from the roast
Mouth is med bod bit syrupy a touch creamy, very little carb
Overall a mess and poorly executed all around.
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.62/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is jet black in color. It poured with a dense two finger high beige colored head that took a long time to settle down, eventually leaving a short head covering the surface and lots of specks of bubbles clinging to the edges of the glass.
S: Light to moderate aromas of coffee and dark roasted malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste is dominated by flavors of dark, roasted malts and has additional notes of coffee. The roasted flavors linger into the finish. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and somewhat smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This stout is very roasty for a medium-bodied stout; the use of oatmeal seems to lighten up the body more than contribute smoothness to the mouthfeel.
Serving type: can
Dec 09, 2017S: Light to moderate aromas of coffee and dark roasted malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste is dominated by flavors of dark, roasted malts and has additional notes of coffee. The roasted flavors linger into the finish. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and somewhat smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This stout is very roasty for a medium-bodied stout; the use of oatmeal seems to lighten up the body more than contribute smoothness to the mouthfeel.
Serving type: can
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.17/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.17/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
This one pours a fairly dark black, with a surprisingly large foamy head, and a good bit of lacing.
This smells like ashy and burnt coffee, bitter roasted malt, and powdery chocolate.
This is incredibly thin tasting, unfortunately. It's mostly bitter coffee, with a watery middle and end to the sip. There's a bit of roasted malt, though, and a bit of chocolate from the coffee- but it kinda just tastes like used coffee grounds.
This is super thin, watery, and weak, with a normal level of carbonation.
This is surprisingly not all that great.
Oct 09, 2017This smells like ashy and burnt coffee, bitter roasted malt, and powdery chocolate.
This is incredibly thin tasting, unfortunately. It's mostly bitter coffee, with a watery middle and end to the sip. There's a bit of roasted malt, though, and a bit of chocolate from the coffee- but it kinda just tastes like used coffee grounds.
This is super thin, watery, and weak, with a normal level of carbonation.
This is surprisingly not all that great.
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