Ostara
Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, County Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪
Stout - Dry Regular|
Score
7.10
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This March we dove into our recipe notebooks looking for ideas to inspire the ultimate session-able stout recipe. Here is Ostara Stout our take on the concept of 'Dublin Stout'. Brewed to be complex but quaffable. We took some of our imperial stout tricks and adapted them to a lower ABV base recipe. The result has layered malts with some lovely soft chocolate notes finished with a nice hop zing to help clean the palate. Sláinte
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand pumped at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark plum, almost black, with very fine, light brown foam. Aroma is delicate of coffee and chocolate, a little licorice. Body is on the thin side, with no carbonation at all. Taste is moderately roasty, with a little bit of sweet in the final, otherwise fairly dry.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2023
at 16:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdock, Dublin, 26/01/23. Black with a tan cap that retains well. Nose is mellow roast, burnt toffee, dried fruit rinds, cocoa powder. Taste comprises chocolate biscuit, dark fruit rinds, spice, charr, ashen tones, caramel streak. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Solid stout.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2023
at 10:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pint from tap at The Beer Temple, Dublin. Black color, small tan head. Smells toffee, earthy, cocoa, spices. Nice smell. Medium body, light carbonation. Tastes nutty, hazelnuts, creamy, earthy, toffee. Finishes lightly roasty bitter with notes of toffee, earthy and nutty notes. Very good one, very good to drink, nice complexity
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Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2022
at 19:17