Varick St. Breakfast Stout
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery

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From:
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
 
New York, United States
Style:
American Stout
ABV:
8%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
4.25 | pDev: 10.35%
Reviews:
2
Ratings:
7
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 17, 2019
Added:
Jul 18, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.86 by bdaggett from New York

Apr 17, 2019
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Reviewed by HorseheadsHophead from Colorado

4.86/5  rDev +14.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
L: Pitch black with a creamy light brown head. Moderate retention. A thick film remains. Streaky lacing and spots are left behind.

S: Sweet, rich, and decadent. Mild to moderate bourbon compliments coffee and dark malt perfectly. Bourbon, brown sugar, butterscotch, and toffee sweetness meets espresso roast, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, prune, and raisin, as well as toasted coconut and vanilla.

T: Dark chocolate, cocoa powder, and dark roast coffee upfront. Followed immediately by butterscotch, caramel, bourbon, toasted coconut, and huge vanilla sweetness. It's a huge rich bourbon-y sweet dessert. There's just enough burnt toast and coffee to offer some bitterness to keep the sweetness in check. Finishes deceptively smooth with some oak tannins and some warmth going down.

F: Medium-full, creamy, moderately carbonated. Maybe a little thin for the style, but extremely easy-drinking.

O: Wow! An incredibly underrated BBA stout. So freaking good!
Oct 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by ajdemma from New York

Aug 05, 2018
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Reviewed by KurtLBeer from New York

4.26/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
L: Had it on tap and poured into a 12oz stout glass. Next to no head (pretty strange TBH). Dark with little highlight.
S: A little boozy on the nose. Smelt coffee, rolled oats, little bit of caramel.
T: Little aggressive alcohol taste at first. Tasted everything mentioned in the smell. Somewhat similar to Founders Breakfast Stout with more salty caramel, saltiness from peanut butter and maybe soy sauce-ey umami.
F: Nice medium to full mouth feel. Feel matches up with 8% alcohol.
Mar 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.48 by redbarnbikes from New York

Feb 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.31 by mklisz from New Hampshire

Jul 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.75 by braican from Massachusetts

Jul 18, 2016
Varick St. Breakfast Stout from Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
Beer rating: 4.25 out of 5 with 7 ratings