Brickie American Stout
Steel Bender Brewyard
- From:
- Steel Bender Brewyard
- New Mexico, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 6.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 19, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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As the name would suggest this beer is sturdy. Pouring almost black with garnet highlights and a tan head that lingers, it looks just as a stout should. Aromas of roast and chocolate are bountiful with subtle fruitiness from our house ale strain. Chocolate, roast, and coffee dominate the flavor with a solid malt finish to round out this solidly built stout. Made with a collection of toasted, roasted, and crystal malts, Brickie is a brew built to stave off the winter chills and inspire holiday cheer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by beer_wanderer from New Mexico
3.79/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Solid, everyday stronger stout.
Jan 19, 2021
Reviewed by ZenAgnostic from Texas
4.52/5 rDev +13%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev +13%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
12oz can poured into Duvel tulip. Picked up from the grocery store as part of a $10 sixer mixer, during the current height of the COVID pandemic. 10/19/20 printed on bottom of can. Presumably that's the born on date. So this is 2 months old. Not too bad.
Appearance - Pours black body, maybe only hints of a deep mahogany brown around the edges with a strong backlight. Pours a medium sized 2-3 finger light brown pancake batter head with amazing retention and good lacing and stick. 5
Smell - Wood. Grass. Caramel. Mallard notes. Some dry dark fruit. 4.75
Taste - Complex burst of flavor. That dark fruit up front immediately intertwined with alcohol and grassy hop astringency. The can calls it big and robust and I agree. It's a level of potency I'd expect more from an Imperial Stout. Has a bit of a harshness but its character is round and complex enough to mitigate it. 4.5
Mouthfeel - Again, a little harsh. Maybe from the alcohol and even a bit of the hop, but still balanced out enough to be fine. 3.75
Overall - Really good beer. The harshness is my only real gripe. A slight bit more balancing would have done wonders, but if you're looking for something with this kind of bite, it delivers. 4.5
Dec 10, 2020Appearance - Pours black body, maybe only hints of a deep mahogany brown around the edges with a strong backlight. Pours a medium sized 2-3 finger light brown pancake batter head with amazing retention and good lacing and stick. 5
Smell - Wood. Grass. Caramel. Mallard notes. Some dry dark fruit. 4.75
Taste - Complex burst of flavor. That dark fruit up front immediately intertwined with alcohol and grassy hop astringency. The can calls it big and robust and I agree. It's a level of potency I'd expect more from an Imperial Stout. Has a bit of a harshness but its character is round and complex enough to mitigate it. 4.5
Mouthfeel - Again, a little harsh. Maybe from the alcohol and even a bit of the hop, but still balanced out enough to be fine. 3.75
Overall - Really good beer. The harshness is my only real gripe. A slight bit more balancing would have done wonders, but if you're looking for something with this kind of bite, it delivers. 4.5
Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Black beer with some red highlights. Small tan head.
Roasted malt and chocolate aroma.
Chocolate and coffee taste. A good deal of char.
Medium-bodied, easy to drink.
Dec 09, 2018Roasted malt and chocolate aroma.
Chocolate and coffee taste. A good deal of char.
Medium-bodied, easy to drink.
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