Big Beer Series: Rocky Road Stout
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
7.51
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Remember when you were first introduced to Rocky Road ice cream? Remember how you couldn’t believe some magical genius had mixed those amazing flavors into one ice cream? We sure do. That’s the feeling we’ve recreated with Rocky Road, Smutty’s first dessert stout. An indulgent blend of ooey-gooey Fluff™ amazingness and the rich goodness of cacao nibs are blended into a full bodied sweet, stout beer. Before bottling, we age this elixir on amaretto soaked oak chips to impart an amazing flavor harmony. Don’t worry if you spill a drop of Rocky Road – we know you’ll lick it right up. Cheers!
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle. Quasi black colour with small to average, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty, chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cocoa, a minimally nutty and spicy touch of coconut, maple sirup, some caramel and treacle. Taste is roasty, chocolately dark malty, slightly sweet caramel malty, notes of chocolate, cocoa, some treacle and caramel, maple sirup, hints of coffee, grassy and piney, slightly citrusy hoppy notes with a mandarine and orange touch are integrated in a somehow oily mode. Oily-watery texture, soft palate, gentle but efficacious carbonation supports the hoppy influences.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2019
at 20:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Smuttynose - Hayseed, pours a jet black with a small brown head. Aroma brings out lots of oak chips, with some cocoa nibs, and light roast. Flavour is along the same lines, with lots of chocolate cookies, some fudge and oak chips. Complex and well-rounded. A bit sludgy / chalky, but pretty nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Aug 2018
at 03:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
$5.99 bomber, Total Wine, Gainesville VA. Pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is sweet chocolate, vanilla, marshmallow, caramel. Flavor is dark and milk chocolates, caramel, nuts, marshmallow, slightly burnt coffee grounds. Creamy. Pretty tasty, but not outstanding.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2018
at 20:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample at the brewery taproom. Pours black with a medium thick tan head that diminishes steadily to a film. Small patches of lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and nuts. Medium body with flavors of charred malt, chocolate, oak and a bit of pretzel and marshmallow. The finish is roasty with a charred malt and chocolate aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2017
at 14:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ Scooper Tasting, Ulfborg, Denmark. [ As Smuttynose Big Beer Series: Rocky Road Stout ].Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dusty, coffee, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, vanilla, chocolate, roasted, dark malt, wood - oak, malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170303] 8-4-8-3-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2017
at 04:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, wood and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. Oily. 030317
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2017
at 10:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Very dark brown with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, . Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, medium sweet, lacto, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2017
at 10:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
@Ulfborg Scooper. Nearly black, seems clear, small beige head. Roasted aroma, light choc. Sweetish flavour, chocolate, light coffee and roasted malt.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2017
at 10:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, cocoa, wood, coffee, hops and has a nice smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2017
at 10:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: pours black with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate, pretzels, coffee. Taste is very roasty. Plenty of pretzels. Medium bodied. Light bitterness. Low sweetness. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2017
at 23:56