Tio Rodrigo Stout
SLO Brew in San Luis Obispo, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.89
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Tio Rodrigo Stout from SLO Brew 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice thin, but noticeable single centimetre tall off-white and tan head that caps the beer nicely. Aroma of roasted malt with canella, allspice, grain and icing sugar all noticeable with a hint of alcohol as well, but the spices and especially the sugars really come out here. Medium-bodied; Relatively thin and not as thick as I was expecting with some roasted malt notes, a dash of coffee and molasses bitterness, but more from the canella and brown sugar sweetness here than anything else with a thinnish finish as well. Aftertaste shows the sweetness from brown sugar, icing sugar and molasses with some canella, allspice and even a dash of anise here as well with some bitterness from coffee at the end as well. Overall, a nice and enjoyable, very sweet and spicey beer that is good to drink and fairly reminiscent of a churro (or any cinnamon donut, even the powdered sugar variety) but a touch thin and mellow to be a 'true' East Coast Winter beer, but this is perhaps best for the chilly (if they ever happen) days in Southern California to drink while eating some nice food. Good to sample and worthy of the space in my suitcase, but not perfect nor a 'must-have'. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Trader Joe's in Fairfield, California on 07-March-2022 for US$2,63 sampled just over a month later at my house here in Washington on 03-April-2022 after running the Cherry Blossom 10miler with my wife.
bb (18428) reviewed Tio Rodrigo Stout from SLO Brew 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Can. Blackish beer with a tan head. Light cinnamon and light coffee aroma. Cinnamon and chocolate flavor with vanilla and light coffee. Medium bodied. Vanilla and cinnamon linger with light chocolate and light coffee.