Stout
1623 Brewing Company
- From:
- 1623 Brewing Company
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
Ranked #47 - ABV:
- 5.75%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #22,273 - Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 10.31%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 10, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 07, 2018
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
Medium-bodied, dry-finishing Irish-style Stout. This beer has notes of roasted coffee to warm up cooler days, and smooth drinkability to wash down summer nights.
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Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
3.94/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On draught at the brewery.
Pours a very dark black amber with a decent light tan head that dissipates early, but leaves some decent lacing. The body is medium.
A solid dry Irish Stout, smooth toasted barley malt flavor with coffee and cocoa notes, a hint of molasses. A pleasant dry finish.
Apr 02, 2025Pours a very dark black amber with a decent light tan head that dissipates early, but leaves some decent lacing. The body is medium.
A solid dry Irish Stout, smooth toasted barley malt flavor with coffee and cocoa notes, a hint of molasses. A pleasant dry finish.
Reviewed by DanO1066 from Maryland
4.01/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A brace of draught pints at the James Joyce here in Baltimore: This may make me a heretic, but I like this more than Guinness. Coffee & chocolate in a...stout? -bodied easy-drinking ale.
Feb 24, 2024
Reviewed by MrOH from Virginia
3.89/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.89/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Black with a tan head, poor retention, spotty lace
Dark chocolate, licorice, and dark fruit aroma
Tastes like it smells, a little bit of burnt bread as well
Medium bodied with low carbonation
Not my favorite
Aug 26, 2022Dark chocolate, licorice, and dark fruit aroma
Tastes like it smells, a little bit of burnt bread as well
Medium bodied with low carbonation
Not my favorite
Reviewed by crazyspicychef from Pennsylvania
4.83/5 rDev +24.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.83/5 rDev +24.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
A super drinkable dry Irish style stout.
This has quickly become one of my favorites.
Tasty enough to know it's a stout, but quaffable enough to drink by the pool.
Easy drinker, smooth and balanced.
Aug 09, 2022This has quickly become one of my favorites.
Tasty enough to know it's a stout, but quaffable enough to drink by the pool.
Easy drinker, smooth and balanced.
Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
4.06/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Solid black with a large tan head and good lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts with notes of coffee, bittersweet chocolate, tobacco and leather.
Taste: Familiar notes passed on from the aroma especially the roasted grains.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied and moderately carbonated with dry finish.
Overall: Fits the style very well. Exceeded my expectations.
Jan 20, 2022Aroma: Roasted malts with notes of coffee, bittersweet chocolate, tobacco and leather.
Taste: Familiar notes passed on from the aroma especially the roasted grains.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied and moderately carbonated with dry finish.
Overall: Fits the style very well. Exceeded my expectations.
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.77/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz can
pours black in color with off-white colored head. roasted malt aroma, coffee notes. taste is spot on flavor for the style - not too dry, good roast level, not too acidic. medium bodied, shorter finish.
Jan 23, 2021pours black in color with off-white colored head. roasted malt aroma, coffee notes. taste is spot on flavor for the style - not too dry, good roast level, not too acidic. medium bodied, shorter finish.
Reviewed by PathofChaos from Maryland
3.63/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance:
Pours a handsome ebony and proffers an ample khaki head.
Bouquet:
Toasted malts, fresh bread, a dapple of cold brew coffee.
Taste:
It's very shy while its cold, so at first, it comes across like a boring, no-name stout; hiding away the special qualities which extol its true character. So pour it into your favorite snifter, set it aside, and go light the fire place. Given 15 minutes of breathing room, a subtle assortment of manly flavors are revealed: dark roasted malts, sharp, bitter chocolate, and a woodsy smoke that drifts on by at the end.
Feel:
A robust medium body, never feels watery or thin---yes, I'm looking at you, Guinness Draft. 1623's Dry Irish is a stout that's very, well... for lack of a better word: stout!
Jan 23, 2020Pours a handsome ebony and proffers an ample khaki head.
Bouquet:
Toasted malts, fresh bread, a dapple of cold brew coffee.
Taste:
It's very shy while its cold, so at first, it comes across like a boring, no-name stout; hiding away the special qualities which extol its true character. So pour it into your favorite snifter, set it aside, and go light the fire place. Given 15 minutes of breathing room, a subtle assortment of manly flavors are revealed: dark roasted malts, sharp, bitter chocolate, and a woodsy smoke that drifts on by at the end.
Feel:
A robust medium body, never feels watery or thin---yes, I'm looking at you, Guinness Draft. 1623's Dry Irish is a stout that's very, well... for lack of a better word: stout!
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
4.1/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a really solid Irish Dry Stout. Not at all watery and there is a ton of flavor: dark roasted malts, bitter chocolate, coffee, and maybe a hint of smoky oak.
Sep 13, 2019
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