Upslope Brewing Company Foreign Style Stout

Foreign Style Stout

 

Upslope Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular
Score
6.69
ABV: 6.9% IBU: 30 Ticks: 14
Full bodied, black, roasted, and exceptionally smooth. This was our first anniversary beer and our first limited can release. Finishes neither sweet nor dry, it is a wonderfully balanced stout perfect for stout lovers and stout newbies.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Tried on 01 Feb 2020 at 14:34


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

12oz can pours out dark brown almost black topped with a nice tan head. Nose is coffee cocoa roast malts some black licorice and a little smoke. Taste is more of the roast malts sweetness chocolate and coffee.

Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2015 at 19:25


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can: Poured a black sludge with two finger tan head. Aroma is sweet malts. Taste is sweet silky with nice mixture of malts and chocolate, but has a roast balance. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2015 at 00:49


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can. A- Roasty, cocoa, subtle dark fruits. A- Black color, black liquid, light brown head. T- Roasty, dry, bitter, cocoa. P- Medium body, thin texture, average carbonation, dry finish. O- Naturally, I hate the visible yeast. Beyond that, I’ve heard a lot of negativity surrounding Upslope, don’t know a lot about it but this beer certainly wasn’t positive. Yes, I had it on the last day before the "best by" date (which I have never really seen on a stout before) but it lacked a lot of dimension other than having a lot of dry bitter cocoa and roasty.

Tried from Can on 24 Mar 2015 at 22:14


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Can at Old Chicago.

Pours a black colour with a small off white head of foam.

Things got weird. ..I get no roasted malt, maybe a hint or 2 of chocolate, but the smell I get the most is a fruity tartness.

Tastes like it smells, complete with that fruity tartness.

Good mouthfeel.

I read a few reviews after drinking this limited Upslope brew and didn’t see a mention of any tartness. Doesn’t fit the style anyways. Infection?

Edit: yep, it is referred to so I guess this is what the brewer intended.

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2015 at 12:00


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Sweet, light cocoa. Seems a strong, slightly alcoholic stout. Sweetish cocoa character. Fudgey. Touch of that going nowhere fruitiness of a lousy foreign stout. Misses the style mark by quite a bit, and isn’t all that interesting otherwise.

Tried on 29 Apr 2014 at 12:22


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

12 fl oz can from from a store (Little Raven Vineyards) on Little Raven Street in Denver, on April 5, 2014.Black color, light brown head. Sweet, roasted scent. Sweet, roasted taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2014 at 07:52


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz can pours with a mahogany colored body that has amber edges and supports a thin dark tan head of foam. The aroma offers up roasted malts, some earthy malts, a dash of chocolate and then faint dark fruity ester notes. The taste begins with a nice mix of sweet malts, earthy maltiness and some dark roasted malts. To midway a mild earthy wet tobacco and chocolate sensation join in and their addition fits smoothly into the overall flavor scheme. These notes proceed into the finish where a thin ribbon of sweet dark fruity esters murmurs to the surface. This all comes together very well and a good example of why I enjoy this style.

Tried from Can on 01 Mar 2014 at 09:45


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From can: Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is sugar, chocolate, and a bit of fruitiness. Nice and smooth foreign stout. Requisite amounts of milky chocolate. More chocolate than roast... Slightly sweet, but in the right amount. Nice and balanced.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2013 at 11:49


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

12oz can picked up at Wilburs
Pours black with a small tan head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and chocolate. Flavors of roasted bitter malts, rich chocolate and bitter coffee
Tasty

Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2013 at 20:44