Snow
Night Shift Brewing in Everett, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular|
Score
6.34
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Snow from Night Shift Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at 5k Freedom run back in 2013
It certainly does pour a deep yellow, with a fair amount of cloudiness and a small beige head.
Coffee in the nose is off-putting given the color, but all-in-all the aroma comes off stout-like enough, er coffee stout-like, I guess. The backing wheat and oatmeal arent exactly known for their aromatics, nor do they provide much.
The flavor is full of light coffee notes, with a wheat like dryness, creamy, soft texture and touches of grassy/herbal hop notes on the finish, as well as the coffee. I think it works fine. Somewhat novel, but not surprisingly, roasted coffee beans approximate roasted malt very similarly, so if you close your eyes, you can certainly imagine you are drinking a light stout. All of the wheat and oats work wonders on the texture, as well as adding a touch of sourdough-like maltiness. High carbonation (probably higher than it needs to be).
CLW (16859) reviewed Snow from Night Shift Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
750 ml bottle with a bottling date of 5/7/2013. Batch 1. I used an English pint glass that shows me a clear gold color with lasting head retention. Aroma has a light jalapeno pepper, wheat and flaked oats. Not the most tempting aroma I ever smelled.
Flavor of bitter coffee beans, yeast and pale grain. And not all out pepper but I get a light vegetable note. Oatmeal chewy texture in a medium body. Yeah…. Really odd stuff here gentlemen. I think I like my “stouts” with roasted chocolate malt and rich roasted barley. I enjoy coffee but the low ABV really required a fresh sample. My fault I forgot about this bottle, not sure how much better this would have been had I had it earlier.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Snow from Night Shift Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared by Ron at California 10K event. Pours dishwater gold with a fizzy head. Aroma is coffee. Med minus body. Flavor is very coffee - but lacking malt. Different take.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Snow from Night Shift Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
@Pauls new condo Tasting-750 bottle shared by j12611 :-) -thin white-hazy yellow/gold. A-peppers, lt malt/oat. T-soft peppers, lt malt/oat. 3
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Snow from Night Shift Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle shared by Jay at Paul’s tasting. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose of jalapeno, wheat coffee, oatmeal and grain. Taste is same but no-heat on the jalapeno - more of a light vegetal note. Lighter medium body.
johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Snow from Night Shift Brewing 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Too odd to pass up. Pours a cloudy dark straw color with a smallish white head that dissipates rather quickly. Wicked roasty caramel coffee aroma drowns out anything else in the nose for me. The flavor is over the top coffee with bits of butterscotch, bready malt and little else. Hints of astringency and a solid coffee bitter bite. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a slick bitter mouthfeel. Interesting to try, great outside the box thinking, but not that great a beer in my opinion.