Forester
Green Man Brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Winter|
Score
6.84
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This time of year demands a bold flavor. Green Man’s beloved stout delivers. An impressive blend of roasted black and chocolate malts creates an opaque color and alluring depth. A distinctive blend of hops allows the balanced flavor to shine. The Forester personifies a trustworthy companion for winter’s unpredictable darkness.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate and burnt toast. Taste is coffee, chocolate, roasted grains and toast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Mar 2025
at 05:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a black with a large creamy tan head. Aroma is a decent enough roast and char malt combo. Flavor is more roasted malt with a cola like sweetness bringing up the rear. Finish is quite dry and chalky. Adequate dry stout.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2018
at 02:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the source. Clear dark amber with a dark beige head. Aroma and taste of roasted malt, chocolate, bit of coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 May 2018
at 04:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
black pour with a minimal tan head. Aroma of roast malt, dark chocolate, espresso.. The flavor is a good balance of roasty bitterness and dark caramel sweetness.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2016
at 15:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the brewery during RBWG 2014 - Asheville. Pours clear brown with a creamy beige head. An OK, easygoing stout, with notes of brown bread, faint cocoa, leafy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Moderately sweet on the finish with lingering impressions of toasted bread.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2016
at 12:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the tap room. Pours nearly opaque black with a little brown around the edges. Medium tan head that diminishes steadily, and small patches of lacing. Aroma of roast malt, chocolate and hops. Medium body with flavors of burnt malt, dark chocolate and mild hops. The finish is roasty with a malty aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jul 2015
at 20:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Bruisin' Ales, 12/31/14
Aroma: The aroma is heavy burnt malts, roasted coffee, and some dark chocolate
Appearance: The pour is brown-black, with a small tan head and some drippy lace streaks
Flavor: The flavor is strongly burnt and fairly bitter, black coffee, not much sweetness
Palate: The body is medium-full, with average carbonation, and a lengthy and rather dry finish
Overall Impression: This is a reasonably solid, though fairly one dimensional beer. It is much like drinking bitter, burnt, black coffee. Otherwise, there isn't a ton here. Still though, it is decently tasty.
Aroma: The aroma is heavy burnt malts, roasted coffee, and some dark chocolate
Appearance: The pour is brown-black, with a small tan head and some drippy lace streaks
Flavor: The flavor is strongly burnt and fairly bitter, black coffee, not much sweetness
Palate: The body is medium-full, with average carbonation, and a lengthy and rather dry finish
Overall Impression: This is a reasonably solid, though fairly one dimensional beer. It is much like drinking bitter, burnt, black coffee. Otherwise, there isn't a ton here. Still though, it is decently tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 16:45
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Dark brown color, beige head. Aroma of roasted cofee. Taste is burnt brownies.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2014
at 05:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at brewery. Backlog. Need label for this one. If you have one, please let me know. Pours black with off white head. Nose and taste of bitter coffee, burnt toast and cocoa. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2014
at 14:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery
Clear dark brown with a small beige head and some lacing. Aroma and flavors of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee
Decent
Clear dark brown with a small beige head and some lacing. Aroma and flavors of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee
Decent
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2014
at 08:17