Reggae Stout
Birrificio Indipendente Elav in Comun Nuovo (BG), Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹
Stout - Dry Special Out of Production|
Score
6.55
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jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Reggae Stout from Birrificio Indipendente Elav 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark brown coloured body with a three centimetre tall light brown head that fades fast to just a small coating on top. Aroma of roasted malt, smoked peat, lactose, cream, oak and a good deal of vanilla pods. Medium-bodied; Very dry, roasty flavour with the earth, nuts and malt all coming through, with a touch of a vanilla and oak flavour along with a lot of lactose and cream flavours. Aftertaste very dry, with smoked peat notes, grain, oatmeal, a hint of sugars and just an overall malty feel throughout. Overall, a decent dry stout that shows well and has the characteristics of those from the Carribean and certain parts of Africa, which is nice and good to try for those who haven’t had beers from those locales or can’t get dry stouts too often. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 24-July-2015 for US$3,79 sampled at home in Washington on the first slightly chilly day here for the season, on 11-November-2016.
deyholla (22839) reviewed Reggae Stout from Birrificio Indipendente Elav 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours black with a earthy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of dry roasted malts with a sweet dark grain backbone. Flavor has a combination of musty roasted malts and dark grains with a dry finish.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Reggae Stout from Birrificio Indipendente Elav 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Bottled. More or less pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is coffee, mild roasted notes along with chocolate and some hops. Flavour is toasted, mild toffee, coffee and some chocolaty notes. A bit watery and thin, but otherwise pleasant.
Stuu (34178) reviewed Reggae Stout from Birrificio Indipendente Elav 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, light smoke, taste is chocolate, fruity, fizzy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330 ml bottle into pint glass, best before 7/2016. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense brown head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light smoke/char, raisin, plum, herbal, and roast/yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with solid balance of dark/roasted malt, earthy hop, and yeast ester notes; with decent strength. A bit too fruity on the nose, but not bad. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light smoke/char, herbal, light fruitiness, and roast/yeast earthiness. Moderate amount of roasted/earthy hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, dark bread, light smoke/char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good balance and robustness of dark/roasted malt and earthy hop flavor; with a good roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Very restrained amount of yeast character in the flavors. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/chalky mouthfeel that is good. Light-moderate dryness on the finish. Alcohol is well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 5%. Overall this is a very solid dry stout style. Good balance and robustness of dark/roasted malt and earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 0.33l at Viisi Penniä, Helsinki. Colour is small brownish white head. Aromas and flavours: Coffee, chocolate and roasted malts. Some weird sourness and dryness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle, Stirchley Wines, Brum. Black pour with a restrained tan head. Roast and dark choc in the nose and flavour. Lively mouthfeel not really in keeping with the style. Dried out towards the finish. Nearly but not quite.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
0.33l bottle @ Amarone. This is a deep dark brown - almost black one with a nice really, no make that everlasting medium sized brownish top. It smells really nice this! It's heavy dark and roasted with strong burned coffee, dry licorice, leather and something well-hopped. I'm impressed. It has a strong and perhaps a bit to heavy aggressive carbonation level with a soft light dry mouthfeel. The flavors is in symbioses with the aroma: roasted, dry with loads of cold strong coffee. Ends with a slightly burned roasty both finish and aftertaste. Lightdrinkable with a nice strong flavor profile. 11.01.2013
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
33cl bottle from Trafalgar Wines, Brighton. Black beer with a lasting dark beige head. Really interested to see what this is going to be like, a Caribbean stout from Italy. Lots of roast chocolate on the aroma. Roasty in the mouth. In fact mostly roast burnt flavour and chocolate. A little grainy, a little meh. I’m not a great stout fan and there is a bit of bonfire smokiness to it I’m not keen on either. Eeek. OK, but not my thing.