Smugglin' Plums Sweet Stout
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.74 | pDev: 9.36%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 13, 2015
- Added:
- Mar 21, 2008
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by knight84 from California
4.2/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: black with maroon highlights, almond-white head.
Nose: roasty, fruity, coffee, dark chocolate and plumbs. Nice complexity.
Taste: malty sweet, slight dry herbal hop finish, lots of plumbs, and dark chocolate
Pretty drinkable, a nice solid beer from Short's; reminds me of what I was hoping for from the DH tres blueberry stout.
Jan 23, 2010Nose: roasty, fruity, coffee, dark chocolate and plumbs. Nice complexity.
Taste: malty sweet, slight dry herbal hop finish, lots of plumbs, and dark chocolate
Pretty drinkable, a nice solid beer from Short's; reminds me of what I was hoping for from the DH tres blueberry stout.
Reviewed by CortexBomb from Michigan
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Smugglin' Plums is what I would term a good, middle of the road fruit stout. The beer pours standard stout black with a light white head on top. The nose is mainly dark fruit centred, though hints of roast are also present.
The flavour is an interesting mix between standard, middle-of-the-road stout with a dark Belgian: the beer has a strong dark fruit tinge from the plums, but it also has the roast and coffee flavours that one would expect from a stout.
The mouthfeel is about average for a lighter ABV stout, ditto the drinkability: as far as fruit stouts go this one is pretty drinkable, but it's not something I would want to have on every trip to the bar.
The bottom line: Smugglin' Plums is an interesting stout variation by Short's. Dark fruits, like the plums here, seem like a natural fit for the big roast / malt character of a stout, and the pairing is enjoyable. The beer isn't suitable for every day drinking, and would probably be better as an after-dinner dessert than as a bar main course, but I like it.
Mar 21, 2008The flavour is an interesting mix between standard, middle-of-the-road stout with a dark Belgian: the beer has a strong dark fruit tinge from the plums, but it also has the roast and coffee flavours that one would expect from a stout.
The mouthfeel is about average for a lighter ABV stout, ditto the drinkability: as far as fruit stouts go this one is pretty drinkable, but it's not something I would want to have on every trip to the bar.
The bottom line: Smugglin' Plums is an interesting stout variation by Short's. Dark fruits, like the plums here, seem like a natural fit for the big roast / malt character of a stout, and the pairing is enjoyable. The beer isn't suitable for every day drinking, and would probably be better as an after-dinner dessert than as a bar main course, but I like it.
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