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Stout
Rubicon Brewing Company
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- From:
- Rubicon Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
- ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.87 | pDev: 10.85%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 19, 2015
- Added:
- Jul 21, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Ratings by Offa:
Reviewed by Offa from California
4.45/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.45/5 rDev +15%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
On nitro-tap at Rubicon, this is an excellent Irish-style Dry Stout (despite the categorisation here), light and easy to drink yet full-flavoured and well-balanced in character.
It is black with a creamy, lasting, light tan head that leaves nice lace.
The aroma is mild troasty grain, faint hints of smokey leaves, coffee and chocolate, but mostly roasted grain.
The taste is full, very toasty and roasty but not overly so, clean, restrain, and smooth, with dry coffee, hints of chocolate, black pepper, and singed leaves. All is nicely balanced and it is very smooth. The feel is full, a bit creamy, and not watery.
Jul 29, 2009It is black with a creamy, lasting, light tan head that leaves nice lace.
The aroma is mild troasty grain, faint hints of smokey leaves, coffee and chocolate, but mostly roasted grain.
The taste is full, very toasty and roasty but not overly so, clean, restrain, and smooth, with dry coffee, hints of chocolate, black pepper, and singed leaves. All is nicely balanced and it is very smooth. The feel is full, a bit creamy, and not watery.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by ronniebruner from Arizona
3.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pretty weak for a stout, but that doesn't kill any of the flavor! Beer at the Rubicon brewpub poured a beautiful deep and dark molasses coloring, with the right amount of carbonation and lace. Goes down real smooth and has very low IBU. The aroma is light and oaky and the beer itself is smooth
Jan 06, 2015Reviewed by BierJager89 from California
4/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Black with a creamy tan head.
S: Nose is faint, just a little malt and roasted malt.
T: Chocolate is the dominant flavor, some espresso and dark roast coffee as well.
M: Nice full creamy body and smooth.
O: Your standard nitro stout, but perhaps a bit more complex. Recommended if you like Guinness, but would prefer your stouts with a bit more complexity.
Feb 07, 2014S: Nose is faint, just a little malt and roasted malt.
T: Chocolate is the dominant flavor, some espresso and dark roast coffee as well.
M: Nice full creamy body and smooth.
O: Your standard nitro stout, but perhaps a bit more complex. Recommended if you like Guinness, but would prefer your stouts with a bit more complexity.
Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon
2.79/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -27.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.75
On tap at the brew pub. One finger of tan head on a black body.
The smell is all roasted malt. One sided but good.
The taste is roasted malt with a mild bitterness.
The texture is crisp with low carbonation and medium body.
A little disappointing mild flavor and lighter body for a stout. Drinks more like a dark ale than a stout.
Jan 19, 2013The smell is all roasted malt. One sided but good.
The taste is roasted malt with a mild bitterness.
The texture is crisp with low carbonation and medium body.
A little disappointing mild flavor and lighter body for a stout. Drinks more like a dark ale than a stout.
Reviewed by TheRealBigC from Nevada
3.87/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.87/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Rubicon Brewing. Pours a dark brown with thin tan head. Nice roasty character to the nose. Coffee comes through alongside that big roasty flavor with a trace of carbonation. It's sort of a light stout, but it doesn't lose flavor. I thought it was a pretty solid beer.
Aug 05, 2012Reviewed by ffejherb from Pennsylvania
3.91/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On nitro-tap at Rubicon on 7/15/09.
A - Deep, dark brown with ruby hues around the edges and one0finger creamy tan cap that retained very well and deposited elaborate lacing around the glass.
S - Nice roasted aroma with a hefty dose of coffee and sweet chocolate and lactic notes. Scant hop presence overall.
T - Opens with a pleasant roasty flavor with equal parts coffee and chocolate, which creates a dual bittersweet character. Finishes with a slight earthy hop character.
M - Medium body with a smooth, creamy texture and soft carbonation. Finish is fairly dry wth a touch of bitterness on the palate.
D - The attractive nitro pour revealed a very solid and tasty dry Irish stout with a good mix of coffee and chocolate flavors and a touch of hop bitterness thrown in for good measure.
Aug 04, 2009A - Deep, dark brown with ruby hues around the edges and one0finger creamy tan cap that retained very well and deposited elaborate lacing around the glass.
S - Nice roasted aroma with a hefty dose of coffee and sweet chocolate and lactic notes. Scant hop presence overall.
T - Opens with a pleasant roasty flavor with equal parts coffee and chocolate, which creates a dual bittersweet character. Finishes with a slight earthy hop character.
M - Medium body with a smooth, creamy texture and soft carbonation. Finish is fairly dry wth a touch of bitterness on the palate.
D - The attractive nitro pour revealed a very solid and tasty dry Irish stout with a good mix of coffee and chocolate flavors and a touch of hop bitterness thrown in for good measure.
Reviewed by DwnTwnBwn from California
3.98/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
3.98/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A. Had a pint on tap at the brewery. Thick two finger head of an offwhite dense foam, could not see one single bubble. S. Not much aroma here, very slight coffee notes, and a bit for sweet malt. T. This is a very good tasting simple stout. it has just what it needs and nothing more, it strats off with a creemy vanilla and moves to a roasted coffee. Then finish sweet and dry. M. This being a nitro tap was very silky, it stats with a larger mouth feel and then finishs fairly dryO. This is a very good go to Stout. Its consistant batch to batch and is very tasty. Its not overbearing, so it goes well as a desert beer after a meal.
Jun 27, 2009Reviewed by MisterClean from California
3.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pint night at Sac Brew featuring Rubicon beers.
A - Poured midnight black, with a 2 fingered mocha head, which doesn't wanna dissipate. Leaves little lacing.
S/T - Light coffee, chocolate, and lactose.
M - Full bodied, malt dominated and smooth. Very good.
D - Good for a stout, though it should be classified closer to a British stout.
Mar 06, 2009A - Poured midnight black, with a 2 fingered mocha head, which doesn't wanna dissipate. Leaves little lacing.
S/T - Light coffee, chocolate, and lactose.
M - Full bodied, malt dominated and smooth. Very good.
D - Good for a stout, though it should be classified closer to a British stout.
Stout from Rubicon Brewing Company
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
23 ratings
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