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Hackensack Brewing Company
- From:
- Hackensack Brewing Company
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- Irish Dry Stout
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 2.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 29, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 04, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by DokiDokiLitFam from New Jersey
3.77/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark brown with two fingers of khaki head. Dissipates quickly.
Nose is roasted malt and notes of coffee. Perhaps a bit of coconut.
Taste is similar. Roasty malt, coffee, chocolate, coconut, mild bitterness.
Mouthfeel is mild to medium fullbodied. Mild carbonation.
Overall an enjoyable sessionable stout. Really complex despite its humble origins.
Jun 05, 2020Nose is roasted malt and notes of coffee. Perhaps a bit of coconut.
Taste is similar. Roasty malt, coffee, chocolate, coconut, mild bitterness.
Mouthfeel is mild to medium fullbodied. Mild carbonation.
Overall an enjoyable sessionable stout. Really complex despite its humble origins.
Reviewed by VoxRationis from New York
3.89/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Decanted from a 32 oz (946 ml) crowler into a Captain Lawrence, muffin top pint; filled and purchased at the Hackensack Brewery yesterday.
A: Pours an almost black hue with walnut highlights, serious, but short-lived early effervescence (think soda that is flat by the time you drink it), clearing to a no more than one finger, khaki head leaving no retention or lacing by three minutes out.
S: Aromas of good, medium roast, black diner coffee, dark, unsweetened chocolate, and birch beer. Licorice, maybe my imagination.
T: Semisweet, but would almost say leans to semidry. Flavors mirror the nose, certainly the coffee, chocolate, and birch beer vs sarsaparilla elements. Star anise, dark chocolate and green pepper notes blend into a moderate background bitterness that lingers pleasantly on the palate.
M: Medium bodied, but surprisingly low effervescence. A bit watery, for a stout.
O: Do agree with Sprowt20 that this does share some characteristics with Murphy's. I "grew up" with Irish porters and stouts and tend to favor darker, fuller brews, in general, so I am biased, but also, as the Irish are wont to say, have certain "notions," i.e. expectations. The flavor palate is solid, if a bit sweet, for an Irish Dry Stout -- all good. Acknowledging that this was a crowler, it was a day old and the beer virtually flat within minutes of the pour. New brewery, finding its way, that I get. I have been to several other breweries that have learned this lesson and will not distribute their stouts in crowlers: my experience with this beer, I believe, is why. I am sure this would have been glorious on tap, but really just isn't in this format. A bit more oats for a creamier mouthfeel would probably also have helped. Friendly advice to the artist, offered humbly.
Mar 08, 2020A: Pours an almost black hue with walnut highlights, serious, but short-lived early effervescence (think soda that is flat by the time you drink it), clearing to a no more than one finger, khaki head leaving no retention or lacing by three minutes out.
S: Aromas of good, medium roast, black diner coffee, dark, unsweetened chocolate, and birch beer. Licorice, maybe my imagination.
T: Semisweet, but would almost say leans to semidry. Flavors mirror the nose, certainly the coffee, chocolate, and birch beer vs sarsaparilla elements. Star anise, dark chocolate and green pepper notes blend into a moderate background bitterness that lingers pleasantly on the palate.
M: Medium bodied, but surprisingly low effervescence. A bit watery, for a stout.
O: Do agree with Sprowt20 that this does share some characteristics with Murphy's. I "grew up" with Irish porters and stouts and tend to favor darker, fuller brews, in general, so I am biased, but also, as the Irish are wont to say, have certain "notions," i.e. expectations. The flavor palate is solid, if a bit sweet, for an Irish Dry Stout -- all good. Acknowledging that this was a crowler, it was a day old and the beer virtually flat within minutes of the pour. New brewery, finding its way, that I get. I have been to several other breweries that have learned this lesson and will not distribute their stouts in crowlers: my experience with this beer, I believe, is why. I am sure this would have been glorious on tap, but really just isn't in this format. A bit more oats for a creamier mouthfeel would probably also have helped. Friendly advice to the artist, offered humbly.
Rated by Sprowt20 from New Jersey
4.01/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This roasty Irish-style stout reminded me of a richer Murphy's. Smooth mouth feel with solid viscosity.
Feb 27, 2019
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