Surround
Stillwater in Grand Mound, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Two Roads Brewing CompanySmoked / Rauchbier Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.47
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Imperial oak smoked wheat stout.
Like a sound system that fills the room with audibles swarming in every direction. This massive stout overtakes your senses with aromas & flavor of dark chocolate, caramel, roast, smoke, earth & wood, It's heavy I know, but you have to drop that bass every once in a while if you really wanna get down.
Label Design Notes: Surround's geometric pattern is based on a piece of tape used by an early analog computer that may have been used in multi-track music production during the 1960s. The type is set in Helvetica Neue LT Std so that we can maximize the area used for the pattern on the label without compromising legibility of the mandatory text.
Like a sound system that fills the room with audibles swarming in every direction. This massive stout overtakes your senses with aromas & flavor of dark chocolate, caramel, roast, smoke, earth & wood, It's heavy I know, but you have to drop that bass every once in a while if you really wanna get down.
Label Design Notes: Surround's geometric pattern is based on a piece of tape used by an early analog computer that may have been used in multi-track music production during the 1960s. The type is set in Helvetica Neue LT Std so that we can maximize the area used for the pattern on the label without compromising legibility of the mandatory text.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at OIBF’16. Black colour, beige-brown head. Aroma of hard-roasted malts, some veggies, alcohol, light smoke. Flavour is roasted malts, liqourice, salmiak, light ashy, dry, some spirit, bitter finish. Medium bodied. Expected more.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2016
at 02:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap @ OIBF ’16 with Zlotta & Markoijelena. Black color. Dense light brown head. Aroma’s: some smoke, leather, fruit. Retronasal: smoke, leather, sweetish. Flavor is moderate sweet, moderate to full bitter, smoky. Medium bodied. Long finish with leather, bitterness, smoke. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2016
at 12:41
7/10
Tried
on 03 Jul 2016
at 21:13
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Sampled from tap at the Oedipus International Beer Festival 2016. Pitch black with a light brown head. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty and a little smoky aroma of caramel, dark chocolate, sweet coffee and a touch of tar. Sweet, slightly roasty-malty and slightly smoky taste of dark chocolate, caramel, some coffee and hints of tar, followed by a medium long, rather roasty-bitter finish. Medium to full body, creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice!
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2016
at 06:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Looks great in jet black with a creamy head. There’s a strange grassy note to the aroma and flavour that slightly detracts from the overall taste. There’s barely any smoke. Good but not quite there.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2016
at 11:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle @ home via rot box. Deep brown appearance with a creamy, full, dark brown head. Burnt wood, oak, roasted chocolate, smoke, and ash in the nose. Full body, not overly sweet, moderate high bitterness. Scotch whisky, pine, burnt organic flavor. Not very boozy. Thick and flavorful like molasses. The flavor doesn’t coat the mouth like some gooey, smoked beers. Plenty of pine and roast and char on the finish. Pretty solid brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2016
at 21:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle poured into a glass. Black with medium light brown head. Aroma is dark malt, medium/thick body, medium carbonation, and thick small-bubble lacing. Taste is dark malt, a little smoke, anise, and some wood. Pretty heavy, not that much smoke. More of an imperial stout than a smoked beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2016
at 19:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk dregs run. Appearance - opaque black and oily in texture. Nose - smoke, liquorice and dark chocolate. Taste - tonnes of smoke. Chocolate at the back. Palate - close to medium bodied with a long dry smoky finish. Overall - really tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2016
at 08:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of smoke, dark fruit. Taste is smoky, light lick of salt. Sweet, smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2016
at 01:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at craig?s. Pours black, nose is smoky, toffee, chocolate, taste is similar, salty, bitter. 3.8 Keg at the beer temple. Pours black, nose is liquorice, wood, chocolate, taste is sweet, rich chocolate, dry finish .4
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2016
at 15:55