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Marooned On Hog Island
21st Amendment Brewery
- From:
- 21st Amendment Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- English Stout
- ABV:
- 7.9%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 10.26%
- Reviews:
- 139
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 12, 2019
- Added:
- Dec 05, 2012
- Wants:
- 30
- Gots:
- 55
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Ratings by Jadjunk:
Reviewed by Jadjunk from Georgia
3.5/5 rDev -10.3%
3.5/5 rDev -10.3%
"Exhausted by the tedius work and rancid beer, Deck Swabs O'Sullivan and Freccia abandoned Sir Francis Drake's galleon. Days later, they washed up on a tiny island in Tomales Bay, where they encountered local oyster farmers John and Terry. Soon, these beer mutineers and oyster mercenaries were feasting on roast pig, fresh oysters and goblets of the Captain's finest ale. They could think of worse fates than being Marooned on Hog Island." Brewed in the style of an Oyster Stout. A one-time fall/winter release available in 12 oz. canned 4 packs and on limited draft.
Poured from a 12 oz. can to a pint glass. Served above 62 degrees Fahrenheit.
The beer pours a frothy foam head of a mocha cream complexion atop a very dark cola brown body. Chunks of heavy sediment are visible at the edge of the glass, and a big chunk of something mysterious floats on the surface, surely they didn't pack the oysters in with this can? Retention is good, lacing is moderate and stringy. The beer has aromas of moderate roasted barley, cocoa syrup, and a hint of complex sugars for a subtle sweetness. The flavor is similar although dryer in taste, medium roasted malts, charred malts, yeast-borne fruit notes of dry raisin and unfortunately little to no oyster character, just a solid dose of roasted barley. The texture is silky, oily and moderately dry. Carbonation generates a subtle airiness for a soft frothy mouthfeel. The body is shy of medium for the style, medium+ overall. Balance is slightly roasty over sweet. Alcohol presence is low to none and the off characters are minimal with some minor oxidation creeping in due to its age. Altogether its a simple stout but lacking in that texture and flavor of oysters, with the dominant flavors being roasted malt and little else. To that effect, it's enjoyable, but not spectacular.
21st Amendment Brewery's
Marooned on Hog Island
3.5/5.00
Sep 11, 2014Poured from a 12 oz. can to a pint glass. Served above 62 degrees Fahrenheit.
The beer pours a frothy foam head of a mocha cream complexion atop a very dark cola brown body. Chunks of heavy sediment are visible at the edge of the glass, and a big chunk of something mysterious floats on the surface, surely they didn't pack the oysters in with this can? Retention is good, lacing is moderate and stringy. The beer has aromas of moderate roasted barley, cocoa syrup, and a hint of complex sugars for a subtle sweetness. The flavor is similar although dryer in taste, medium roasted malts, charred malts, yeast-borne fruit notes of dry raisin and unfortunately little to no oyster character, just a solid dose of roasted barley. The texture is silky, oily and moderately dry. Carbonation generates a subtle airiness for a soft frothy mouthfeel. The body is shy of medium for the style, medium+ overall. Balance is slightly roasty over sweet. Alcohol presence is low to none and the off characters are minimal with some minor oxidation creeping in due to its age. Altogether its a simple stout but lacking in that texture and flavor of oysters, with the dominant flavors being roasted malt and little else. To that effect, it's enjoyable, but not spectacular.
21st Amendment Brewery's
Marooned on Hog Island
3.5/5.00
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned 11/1/15; drank 1/18/16 @ the Yarchives. Brewed in collaboration with Hog Island Oyster Co.
A rough pour yielded a HUGE tan head; strong tree-rung lace.
Root beer, fresh earth, caramel & faint salt notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Caramel & cream flavors up front; milk chocolate & faint salt notes on the finish.
An easy to enjoy stout with interesting, substantial flavors.
I'd have another...
May 12, 2019A rough pour yielded a HUGE tan head; strong tree-rung lace.
Root beer, fresh earth, caramel & faint salt notes in the nose.
Creamy medium mouthfeel.
Caramel & cream flavors up front; milk chocolate & faint salt notes on the finish.
An easy to enjoy stout with interesting, substantial flavors.
I'd have another...
Reviewed by Schmidts from Pennsylvania
4.22/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.22/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours very dark Brown / black with some nice lacing.Smells of malt and bread. Taste is bitter then Malt sweet. Very nice balance feels, refreshiing in your Mouth . I like this very much I give it a overall of 4.25 a great Stout a Flavorful beer.
Mar 14, 2018Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.51/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.51/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
She pours a nice brown and leaves the same colored body very close to black, one finger tan head that dies within about thirty seconds, lacing is clingy and starts to spider web about a minute The smell has some dark malts, light cocoa and coffee-ish aromas play in the background. The taste has some bitter yet malty, and slightly salty, thick malty and cocoa-like aftertaste, dry finish. On the palate, she sits about a medium sort of body, only sessionable enough any English Stout can be - so not really, carbonation is fairly smooth and doesn’t pound me as some English Stouts have in the past, I like it for the most part. Overall, I haven’t had too many oyster stouts in my life time, and I say it again as I say for every oyster stout I’ve had, "where’s the oyster?" Maybe I just don’t get these things and am expecting too much as far as an oyster stout should go, I’ll keep trying them and still would have this one again.
Jun 08, 2017
Marooned On Hog Island from 21st Amendment Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
495 ratings
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