Soy Saucy Stouts

I get this too. I have experienced it with FIS and BA Legion.

 

I got that type of flavor from an Aged Night Stalker...I killed it anyway i don't mind Soy Sauce.

 

Three Floyds Dark Lord is colloquially known as "Soy Sauce Lord" or, unrelated but alternatively, "Diabetes Lord."

I find BCBS has a fair amount of umami as well.

 

I've never gotten soy sauce, but I do pick up olives quite a bit. It could be the same thing, but we just perceive it a little differently since both are salty/briny aromas.

 

I well remember drinking a Salopian Entire Butt Porter and recognizing a brief soy sauce nuance. Drier than sweet malt, but rich dark malt, nicely lean as a whole, a little sour touch, but well done. I can't find them anymore.

 

Much different from http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/132/147262/ I assume.

 

I popped open a Sam Adams triple Nick a year or two ago. It tasted like soy sauce but you could still tell that it was great once upon a time. But man oh man, that salty soy sauce took a while to wash down.

 

"One man's soy..."

 

Against the Grain Takeshi. Aged in Bourbon Barrels that previously held Soy Sauce.

Umami bomb! So good.

 

Light or dark? Aged or fresh.. not all soy is the same...

as much as I am making light of this it's true.

my favorite is from Tawain, Kimlan natural brewed/aged... just awesome soy...

Honestly never had a beer that taste like soy sauce, an I've been eating that stuff since I was 7 years old !

 

My wife has complained about soy sauce flavors in stouts. I thought she was crazy, but am glad she now has a support group.

 

Like soy sauce? Find this beer.

 

My favorite soy sauce is Golden Mountain from Thailand. But I suppose that's off track. Soy sauce is great, and I use a lot of it, but I don't want my beer to taste or smell like it and I have gotten that a few times.

 

It is a common complaint I hear from many people for certain brews though no question.

 

Any explanation for what causes it? It seems to be random in my case.

 

This is nowhere near a scientific observation, but I wonder if it's a matter of differing taste buds? I know it's proven that different people have different taste receptors. It might also explain why certain people taste onion in Enjoy By, which I've never experienced anything close to.

 

That's a good example. I get no onion at all from Enjoy By.

 

A lot of evil twin stouts have it. Especially the jesus ones

 

This is the first time someone has corroborated my olive notes! I feel better now.