The 40 Foot Potato Stout
Postcard Brewing Co in Rathcoffey, County Kildare, Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
Stout - Dry Regular|
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6.91
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A delicious Irish stout named after the famous landmark! It's made with potato starch to help balance flavour between the dark roasted malt and sweet hops. It's rich and malty with a smooth mouthfeel. Canned at an approachable 5.5%.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
--Sample, thanks fonefan! -- Near black, mid sized head. Aroma of licorice and coffee. Dry with light to medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Coffee and tarry licorice. Long bitter finish. Nicely drinkable, dry and heavily roasty.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2023
at 20:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample (thanks fonefan!). More or less black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted tones, some vanilla, mild chocolate and some slight ashy tones. Flavour is ashes, some floral, mild wooden and some toffee tones.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2023
at 12:57
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can 440ml. @ home. ๐กโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ป๐
[ As Postcard The Forty Foot ].
ABV: 5.5%. Clear dark brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, oat, roasted, dark malt, moderate chocolate and coffee, earthy touch. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate, oat, roasted - ash, malt bitter - roasted bitter, light coffee - chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20230225]
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Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2023
at 21:33
7/10
Tried
on 25 Feb 2023
at 21:22
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Draught in Harry Byrnes. Brownish black with a medium tan head. Aroma of licorice and dark fruit. Dry roast malt flavour, ash, a little sticky on the lips, long very dry roast finish.
Tried
on 25 Mar 2016
at 15:21