Darkstar
Big Lake Brewing in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.18
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trapped (8267) reviewed Darkstar from Big Lake Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can. Pours inky black with foamy tan head, mocha aroma, medium carbonation, bitter cocoa/coffee taste with roasted malt, thin body, long bitter finish. A bit thin for a stout, but fine otherwise.
superspak (10163) reviewed Darkstar from Big Lake Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 ounce can into snifter; no can dating, but is a recent release. Pours dense pitch black color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy dark tan head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Awesome appearance. Aromas of big dark roasted coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, toasted dark bread, light vanilla, light smoke/char, herbal, light pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of roast/bready malt, cocoa/coffee, and moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark roasted coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, toasted dark bread, light vanilla, light smoke/char, herbal, light pine, and roast/toasted earthiness. Moderate herbal/pine hop and roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of coffee, milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, toasted dark bread, smoke, char, light vanilla, herbal, pine, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, cocoa/coffee, and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast malt/hop bitter/sweet balance and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness as well. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy/silky, and moderately sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a light warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding imperial coffee stout. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of roast/bready malt, cocoa/coffee, and moderate earthy hop flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
deyholla (22634) reviewed Darkstar from Big Lake Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Logan’s Alley. Pours black with a very dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma is full of coffee with dark grains and roasted malts supporting. Flavor has roasted malts and coffee up front with a strong dark grain backbone.