Snake Chaser
Lakefront Brewery

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours pitch black with a light brown head. Smells of chocolate and coffee. Tastes of chocolate and coffee malt, nice and balanced. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good beer.

Poured from a 12oz can into a tulip. Light on the palette, predominantly roasted malts. Leans sweet and creamy — not overwhelmingly so at all, but I was expecting a more bitter bite. Clean finish.

Beer: Snake Chaser
Brewery: Lakefront Brewery
Style: Irish Dry Stout
ABV: 5%
Your Score: 3.75

Look – 3.75
Pours very dark brown, nearly black, with a creamy tan head. I had to pour aggressively to refresh the head, and even then it dissipated fairly quickly. Some light lacing remains, but overall head retention is modest. Carbonation appears a bit low.

Smell – 4.25
This is where it shines. Roasted malt up front with a light smokiness. There’s a noticeable sweetness — almost like brewer’s licorice — along with chocolate and caramel malt notes. I poured it around 50–52°F, and the nose was surprisingly expressive at that temperature. Aroma sets high expectations.

Taste – 3.5
Roasted malt, light smoke, and chocolate come through first. There’s more sweetness than expected for an Irish Dry Stout, and very little bitterness to balance it. It leans almost toward milk stout territory in perception, though without the full creamy malt depth I’d expect there.

For the style, it feels a bit light and slightly underpowered. I kept waiting for a stronger malt backbone or a balancing bitterness that never quite arrived. Clean finish, but not much dryness. Not harsh, not “road tar” intense — just sweet, dark, and smooth.

Mouthfeel – 3.5
Thinner than the appearance suggests. Carbonation feels on the low side, and by the end it borders on tasting slightly flat. Very sessionable at 5%, but lacks the fullness that would give it more presence.

Overall – 3.75
A very drinkable stout with an excellent aroma but a palate that doesn’t quite follow through. Smooth, approachable, and low in bitterness — likely very appealing to people who are cautious about dark beers.

It would work well as a holiday or St. Patrick’s Day option — more refined than green beer, but still easygoing. For me, it starts strong on the nose and tapers off through the finish. Solid, enjoyable, but missing a bit of balance and malt depth to elevate it further.

This one, from an aluminum twelve-ounce can, is a pitch black color with an off-white, not quite tan, head. The aroma has a chocolate and coffee quality...some roasted grains...and a malt scent. The taste is balanced, if not maybe a hair sweet. Roasted notes in the taste with a smoke quality. Full, but not thick, in body. Flavorful and interesting.

From a 12oz can. Best by June 11, 2026.

This has a nice pitch black looking pour. There's a 2 finger tan colored head to the beer that is somewhat frothy looking. The head retention is decent, and there's a bit of lacing on the glass.
The aroma is pretty light. There's a bit of dark chocolate in the aroma. Hints of coffee also show up in the nose.
The flavor has a nice hint of chocolate in the flavor with some coffee notes. This malty beer has notes of toffee also.
Body has a decent depth to it. The beer is smooth feeling.
This beer is good, but there's nothing that will knock your socks off.

I’m not sure if this is retired any longer as i’m drinking a fresh snake chaser on tap.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hits those nice black middle, tan 1" head notes, looks good. Aroma of charred malt, roast, chocolate malt feels.

Taste had more hops/bitterness than most Irish Dry Stouts, but it wasn't so far out of style guidelines that you feel gipped in terms of what you get not meeting expectations in a bad way. Not overly thick, not supposed to be. Its a good everyday stout that has lots of roasting and hops. Well priced. Consistent. You could call it a porter or an American stout, its somewhere in between styles.