B-Day Stout
Varionica in Pisarovina, Zagreb County, Croatia 🇭🇷
Brewed at/by: Hotel GolfStout Special Out of Production
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Score
7.32
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American Stout. 6 malts and 1 hop. Brewed for Varionica’s 1st birthday.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Sedmica. Pours black with tan head. Nice roastiness, malty, chocolate, coffee, dry and bitter finish. Medium bodied. Very smooth. Felt a bit over carbonated, but I guess that was just me cause no one else picked it up.
Tried
from Draft
at
Sedmica
on 28 Jul 2016
at 16:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Feb. ’16. On tap at Leopold’s, Split. It poured hazy brown body with a small head. Fine and pungent caramel, cocoa and coffee aroma with equally strong herbal and light citrus hops. Yeast was quite much notable, too. Flavor was similar, orange and herbal hop bitterness with a strong caramel and coffee malt counterpart. Also, a bit more subtle chocolate/cocoa that made it smooth on palate. Medium body with long bitter herbal finish now even lightly overwhelming the malt. Alcohol was very well hidden. A nice, almost flawless stout and very close to the first Croatian IS!
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2016
at 10:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pitch black colored, medium to small creamy tan head, not too lasting. Aroma is chocolate, roasted coffee, licorice, bit herbal hoppy. Taste is medium sweet chocolate, roasted malt and dark chocolate, some licorice, medium- roasty bitterness, light herbal notes, dryish finish. Medium+ bodied, soft carbonation, creamy. Beefcake of a stout. (on tap, Ro&Do, Zagreb)
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2016
at 07:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Caffe bar Sedmica Zagreb. Almost black coloured, medium sized brown head, light hops and alcohol in the nose. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, strong but pleasant herbal hops and notes of alcohol with mild bitter roasty finish. Smooth and enjoyable stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2016
at 08:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Sedmica. Black body, grayish head. Nice soft roasty aroma, maltiness, caramel, mild chocolade, soft herbal note perhaps. Lovely roasty taste, very dark chocolate, good bitterness - herbal. Rough, but in a good way, no flaws, roasty aftertaste. The soft herbal notes from the hops do show up blended into the rest. Nicely heavy but not too heavy. This is a pretty top notch stout all in all, can’t wait for more along these lines from these guys!
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2016
at 17:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Varionica, this is a birthday edition American stout. Happy birthday Varionica (=Brewery)! Dark brown to black, reddish tint, brownish firm head. Heavily hopped, herbal and maybe floral. Bitter kick, hoppy character, medium carbonation and medium body. Strong finish catches up with roasty bitterness. Good stout on the bitter side.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2016
at 12:28