Shamrock

Mad Squirrel in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Stout - Dry Special

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6.95

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: 33

Ticks: 16

In honour of St. Patricks Day, we have brewed this cask only special! An Irish dry stout that was designed for cask, brewed for cask and served on cask only! Pouring black with a light tan head, this traditional Irish stout presents a roasty, dark chocolate flavour with a subtle berry note. Eminently drinkable and surprisingly light!

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6.9

lad_newton (4282) reviewed Shamrock (Cask) from Mad Squirrel 3 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 3rd April 2022. Deep sepia with disappearing tan foam and spot lacing. Coffee roast malt aroma. Spicy roastiness in-mouth with savoury nuttiness and a smoky touch. Roasty, smoky finish. Smooth if not flatmouthfeel and a medium body.

Tried from Cask on 22 May 2022 at 21:11

RichTheVillan (12446) ticked Shamrock from Mad Squirrel 3 years ago

Tried from Cask on 19 May 2022 at 18:17

SHIG (13887) reviewed Shamrock (Cask) from Mad Squirrel 3 years ago

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

Draft: Poured a dark brown black with a tan head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts. Taste is ashy, chocolate, nutty.

Tried from Draft on 19 May 2022 at 17:28

jimgreen (21728) reviewed Shamrock from Mad Squirrel 3 years ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasty malt. The flavour is moderate to light sweet and liqourice bitter, with a smooth, light, roasty, smoky, liqourice, light chocolate, earthy, liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask at The Wellington on 23 Apr 2022 at 14:29

reidyboy (4093) reviewed Shamrock from Mad Squirrel 4 years ago

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

Near black with a creamy tan head and roasted malt and dark chocolate on the nose and in the flavour, some coffee going on too, slightly thin for a Guinness clone, but streets ahead in flavour, dry bitterness and a hint of liquorice in the finish.

Tried from Cask at The Abbey on 21 Mar 2022 at 17:50

Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Shamrock (Cask) from Mad Squirrel 4 years ago

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

Cask at MS HW, 18/03/22. Pitch black with a good sized lasting tan head. Nose is roast malts, chocolate biscuit, charr, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises earthy roast, cocoa sprinkle, dark malts, ashen tones, charr, earthy. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light drying close. Tidy cask stout.

Tried from Cask on 18 Mar 2022 at 15:35