Dark Starr Stout

Starr Hill Brewery in Crozet, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Dry Regular

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6.52

ABV: 4.5%

IBU: 32

Ticks: 40

Starr Hill’s Dark Starr Stout has won more national and international awards than any other Dry Irish Stout in the country. Brewed with roasted barley, and with hints of coffee and dark chocolate, it packs a robust taste into a surprisingly light body. This signature brew pours like velvet and drinks like a slice of grandma’s pumpernickel bread.

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6.9

Maverick (5074) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 8 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled. Dark pour, tan head. Roasted malts, some coffee undertones, otherwise nothing too amazing.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:07

5.8

Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 6 years ago

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

Bottle from dkachur, thanks! Almost black and opague. Milky, roasty aroma with apple syrup. Thin. Roast flavor with apple. Inoffensive but nothing special.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07

6.1

solidfunk (21946) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 10 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Not a terrible beer, just very low on aroma. Not particularly dry either. Pours black with foamy mocha head and decent lacing. Very light roast. Life bitter finish with a little booze. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2015 at 21:00

bkbergen (9250) ticked Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 10 years ago

Cask

Tried from Cask on 14 Feb 2015 at 03:45

EishockeyGreg57 (9697) ticked Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 10 years ago

Watery back end cost this beer.

Tried on 06 Feb 2015 at 17:16

Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Tap. Pours deep ruby black, small creamy brown head, nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, cigarettes. Flavor follows, light sweet, light bitter, roasty, a bit burned. Fairly light body, a bit watery. Not bad, but nothing special.

Tried from Draft on 13 Jan 2014 at 15:53

gunnfryd (21926) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 12 years ago

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

Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is cocoa, chocolate, roasted malt. Flavour is dry, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, chocolate. OK beer.

Tried on 12 Jan 2014 at 21:37

6.8

fonefan (84534) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 12 years ago

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

Bottle 22fl.oz.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, dusty malt, earth - wood notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate, roasted, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20131122]

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2014 at 09:13

Brugmansia (22477) ticked Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 12 years ago

Tried on 02 Dec 2013 at 08:01

6.4

yngwie (24278) reviewed Dark Starr Stout from Starr Hill Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

It pours a dark brown body, clear looking and topped by a dense, finger-thick light beige head. The aroma is quite burnt and bonfire-like, with some dried fruits. Not my preferred kind of stout I think, even though the flavor is quite pleasant. But in small quantities. Roasted malts, charcoal and some prunes in the flavor, some bitterness. Medium to full body, quite dry, but with some residual sweetness. Lasting burnt and roasted finish. Nah… 131122

Tried on 22 Nov 2013 at 11:52