Backside Stout
Steamworks Brewing Co.
- From:
- Steamworks Brewing Co.
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
Ranked #399 - ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #34,536 - Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 11.42%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 29
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 23, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2005
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
The Stout has an extremely complex malt and oat flavor; sweet with chocolate and roast overtones. The addition of a healthy amount of brewer's oats is detectable in the smooth, silky, finish.
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
3.69/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Tap pour at the brewpub. Served chilled in a tapered pint glass.
Dark brown colored body. One thick finger of a light beige head. Leaves behind lacing patches.
Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate.
Taste is sweet and roasted. Roasted malts that yield flavors of chocolate and caramel. Oats add in a smooth metallic note. Also a late addition of orange citrus. Quick fade of the aftertaste.
Medium mouthfeel. Coats the mouth but ends dry. Low bitterness except for the roasted malts (which are also sweet). Good carbonation.
Citrus adds an additional flavors to a malty brew.
Jan 23, 2026Dark brown colored body. One thick finger of a light beige head. Leaves behind lacing patches.
Aroma of roasted malts and chocolate.
Taste is sweet and roasted. Roasted malts that yield flavors of chocolate and caramel. Oats add in a smooth metallic note. Also a late addition of orange citrus. Quick fade of the aftertaste.
Medium mouthfeel. Coats the mouth but ends dry. Low bitterness except for the roasted malts (which are also sweet). Good carbonation.
Citrus adds an additional flavors to a malty brew.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.43/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.43/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Black body; thin, creamy light tan head. Very faint smell comprised of roasted grain and cocoa. The taste initially comes across like old, stale milk chocolate with a bitter, nearly acrid bite that is only offset by a relatively rich sweetness; it improves with some time in the glass. Heavy body; slick and oily, very luxurious on the palate; tons of residual sugar smoothness.
There was no canning date on the can, and the label stated the contents were nitrogenated. Well, I'm not a fan of nitro beers (they tend to mute the taste) and other than the thin yet creamy head, there isn't much to the appearance or aroma. The flavor starts out oddly but eventually turns into a fairly pleasing sugary sweet chocolate flavor. An okay oatmeal stout.
Apr 25, 2020There was no canning date on the can, and the label stated the contents were nitrogenated. Well, I'm not a fan of nitro beers (they tend to mute the taste) and other than the thin yet creamy head, there isn't much to the appearance or aroma. The flavor starts out oddly but eventually turns into a fairly pleasing sugary sweet chocolate flavor. An okay oatmeal stout.
Reviewed by aspidoscelis from New Mexico
3.06/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.06/5 rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Watery, kind of limp. Apart from that, this seems like it could be a good middle-of-the-road stout. As it is there's just not enough to it. You take a swig, you expect it to be a nice strong, thick, full-flavored stout and it just isn't. It kind of meets you halfway.
Jun 07, 2019
Reviewed by dcscientist from Colorado
4/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Looks like a stout, smells like a stout, tastes like a stout. Good enough for me. This is a nice oatmeal stout, not too heavy, but you get the oatmeal flavor throughout, with maybe a bit of vanilla. I didn't get too much maltiness or dryness, which to me indicates a good balance. I'd get this one again.
Jan 14, 2019
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a nice dark brown color, nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, chocolate/toffee, vanilla. The taste is malty, chocolate/toffee, vanilla. Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Apr 05, 2017Pours a nice dark brown color, nice carbonation, with a pretty nice small off-white head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, chocolate/toffee, vanilla. The taste is malty, chocolate/toffee, vanilla. Medium body. Overall, a pretty tasty brew.
Rated by OsoRojo from Colorado
3.84/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.75
Great Nitro beer in a can without a canister inside, nifty! Good beer inside the can too
Jan 25, 2016
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