XXX Total Eclipse Stout
The Blue Ridge Brewing Co.
- From:
- The Blue Ridge Brewing Co.
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- English Stout
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 15.78%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 16
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 17, 2015
- Added:
- Sep 17, 2002
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Our medium bodied Total Eclipse Stout is a bit fuller than the ESB with a roasted coffee flavor in the back. Johannes accomplishes this by utilizing an exclusive medium high malt combined with a low English and American hops aroma.
43 IBU
43 IBU
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Rated by erlcampbell from North Carolina
4.48/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.48/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
The taste was incredible, not heavy like most stouts
Jan 20, 2015Reviewed by Jamesthebrit from Michigan
4.17/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
4.17/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
A: Black with a decent head. Looking good.
S: The usual stout notes only more so. The chocolaty malty notes are very smooth and precise.
T: Very nice taste. The malt really hits first bringing a good sweetness to the beer. It then fades to to a bit of hop bitterness.
M: This beer sits very very light. Some flavors develop.
Overall a pretty good beer. The taste of this beer is what really sets it apart. It isn't really anything new or unique but the execution is just superb. The super light mouthfeel was quite offputting but otherwise a rather nice beer.
Jun 10, 2012S: The usual stout notes only more so. The chocolaty malty notes are very smooth and precise.
T: Very nice taste. The malt really hits first bringing a good sweetness to the beer. It then fades to to a bit of hop bitterness.
M: This beer sits very very light. Some flavors develop.
Overall a pretty good beer. The taste of this beer is what really sets it apart. It isn't really anything new or unique but the execution is just superb. The super light mouthfeel was quite offputting but otherwise a rather nice beer.
Reviewed by thagr81us from South Carolina
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Served from tap by the brewer himself into a snifter. Poured a massively dark brown with a half finger light tan head that subsided to a minimal amount quickly. Maintained excellent lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of roasted malt, dark chocolate, big leather, and dark fruit. The flavor was of sweet malt, roasted malt, dark chocolate, and leather. It had a medium feel on the palate with mild carbonation. Overall this was a pretty good brew. I was really surprised by the leather aspect that came across in this one as it was the first time I had experienced it in an American Stout where it wasn't intentional. This added a nice level of complexity to the brew on-top of the other flavors and aromas already present. Mouthfeel was a little better than most I have had in the style as most feel watered down. Worth trying if you go to the brewpub as it was quite enjoyable.
Oct 26, 2011
Reviewed by scottyshades from Florida
4.18/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.18/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pitch black, creamy tan head that retains well. The nose is oat-riddled, caramel, sweet, and not too complex. Flavor is the same way...not necessarily complex- but delicious. Amazing for the price. Smooth and creamy feel to it-oaty finish. Highly enjoyable as well ad their IPA
Jun 07, 2010
Reviewed by PDXHops from South Carolina
3.21/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.21/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap in a shaker pint.
Looks pretty much like a stout should look. Body's close to black with a bit of reddish highlights at the very edges. A finger's worth of dark tan foam seems to float on top like an innertube on a lake, reducing at only a very slow rate and leaving nice lacing in its wake.
Pleasant dark roasted malt and chocolate aromas. The flavors are also pleasant, if a bit subdued- mild roastiness and chocolate with a small touch of hops in there. Perhaps a little touch of diacetyl as well. Not enough to be distracting, but enough to notice. Medium-thick bodied with lightish carbonation and a kind of slippery mouthfeel.
Overall impression: A serviceable stout that goes down just fine on a cool winter evening. My overall rating here is somewhat inflated by the appearance, but there's no denying it's a great-looking brew.
Dec 16, 2009Looks pretty much like a stout should look. Body's close to black with a bit of reddish highlights at the very edges. A finger's worth of dark tan foam seems to float on top like an innertube on a lake, reducing at only a very slow rate and leaving nice lacing in its wake.
Pleasant dark roasted malt and chocolate aromas. The flavors are also pleasant, if a bit subdued- mild roastiness and chocolate with a small touch of hops in there. Perhaps a little touch of diacetyl as well. Not enough to be distracting, but enough to notice. Medium-thick bodied with lightish carbonation and a kind of slippery mouthfeel.
Overall impression: A serviceable stout that goes down just fine on a cool winter evening. My overall rating here is somewhat inflated by the appearance, but there's no denying it's a great-looking brew.
Reviewed by czfreeman from California
3.45/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I believe the Brewpub's menu stated this one at 7% ABV.
Pours out an opaque black color, nice tan head that holds it's form for a little while. Looks really good, but sometimes looks are deceiving.
Smells a bit like burnt malts. More char than cocoa, some coffee notes, bitter cocoa, a touch of hops, thats abot it.
Flavor is more less "scorched" coffee(black), some cocoa, malts, a touch of a milky sweetness, carbonation could be a bit more lively to make it more interesting, falls a bit flat.
Mouthfeel is a much more watery than expected, the rough edges really need some work. However it is drinkable and would offset a very sweet creamy dessert quite nicely.
May 26, 2009Pours out an opaque black color, nice tan head that holds it's form for a little while. Looks really good, but sometimes looks are deceiving.
Smells a bit like burnt malts. More char than cocoa, some coffee notes, bitter cocoa, a touch of hops, thats abot it.
Flavor is more less "scorched" coffee(black), some cocoa, malts, a touch of a milky sweetness, carbonation could be a bit more lively to make it more interesting, falls a bit flat.
Mouthfeel is a much more watery than expected, the rough edges really need some work. However it is drinkable and would offset a very sweet creamy dessert quite nicely.
Reviewed by Bung from Michigan
3.31/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.31/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On draft at the brewery. Opaque pour, almost no aroma with this. Light roasted malt. Some coffee, roasted/burnt malts, very little if any chocolate. Needed just a little more of pretty much everything you expect from a stout. It was very drinkable however. Of the 3 I sampled, this was probably the best at BRBC.
May 26, 2009Reviewed by CrellMoset from Virginia
3.7/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the Blue Ridge Brewing Company, Greenville, SC, 12/26/2008.
Appearance: A deep, dark brown bodied beer with an initial half-finger of tan, cocoa head. It fades fairly fast, however, leaving little lace - a few splotches and a ring of tan fluff.
Aroma: Smoke, medium-to-dark roast coffee, various and sundry other toasted malt notes, most very heavily roasted. A few faint dextrins emerge as it warms.
Taste: Predominantly coffee, again medium-to-dark roast, again other bready, heavily toasted malts, a few faint grassy hop notes. It's lightly milky and faintly sweet. Pretty solid, actually.
Mouthfeel: Pretty thin - almost that thin "coffee coffee" feel, more than a beer feel - though there is a little bit of a thicker, milky feel. Decent.
Drinkability: Enjoyed this one decently - it wasn't anything groundbreaking or amazing, but it's a solid, drinkable, reasonably-abv%ed stout with a good array of flavors and aromas and nothing particularly wrong with it.
Jan 02, 2009Appearance: A deep, dark brown bodied beer with an initial half-finger of tan, cocoa head. It fades fairly fast, however, leaving little lace - a few splotches and a ring of tan fluff.
Aroma: Smoke, medium-to-dark roast coffee, various and sundry other toasted malt notes, most very heavily roasted. A few faint dextrins emerge as it warms.
Taste: Predominantly coffee, again medium-to-dark roast, again other bready, heavily toasted malts, a few faint grassy hop notes. It's lightly milky and faintly sweet. Pretty solid, actually.
Mouthfeel: Pretty thin - almost that thin "coffee coffee" feel, more than a beer feel - though there is a little bit of a thicker, milky feel. Decent.
Drinkability: Enjoyed this one decently - it wasn't anything groundbreaking or amazing, but it's a solid, drinkable, reasonably-abv%ed stout with a good array of flavors and aromas and nothing particularly wrong with it.
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