Stony Man Stout
Shenandoah Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.96
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What it’s like:
Silver Medal 1998 World Beer Championships. Gold Medal, 1998 National Brew-on-Premises Competition. Stony Man is brewed using traditional English techniques for stouts with oatmeal for smoothness and creaminess. The result is an easy-drinking stout that is a little less bitter than most stouts. Stony Man is a famous landmark along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.
Who it’s for:
Stony Man is popular with anyone who enjoys stouts. Because of its smoothness, it is also a good choice for introducing people to stouts and dark beers in general. The alcohol content by volume is 6 percent.
Silver Medal 1998 World Beer Championships. Gold Medal, 1998 National Brew-on-Premises Competition. Stony Man is brewed using traditional English techniques for stouts with oatmeal for smoothness and creaminess. The result is an easy-drinking stout that is a little less bitter than most stouts. Stony Man is a famous landmark along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.
Who it’s for:
Stony Man is popular with anyone who enjoys stouts. Because of its smoothness, it is also a good choice for introducing people to stouts and dark beers in general. The alcohol content by volume is 6 percent.
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4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled on draft at the brewpub. Pours a mud-like hazy brown color with a thin head. Poor head retention and lacing. Faint malty aroma with some chocolate notes. Taste is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate and oats and a tart finish. Thin-medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2009
at 23:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Roasted notes in the aroma, with a great chocolate, roasted nut flavor. Other people must have had bum batches, because the beer I had was excellent, and really reminded me of the Chocolate Donut Stout they make. I can only assume that the people rating this higher were the lucky ones that got the really good batches, because I really don’t understand the rating as it stands. I’m just glad I didn’t end up disapointed.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Feb 2007
at 00:19
2.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
All of SBC’s brews are brewed on site and in small batches. That being said, the batch I had of this sucked. The highlight of my night was telling the head brewer what a crappy stout this was. Watery film over the top of this light brown colored beer with absolutely no head. This beer looked more like a cappucino with no foam. No aroma at all, no malt or hop. Flavor was completely muddled, no roasted flavor, no malt, it was like drinking nothing. No finish. Disappointed in this batch.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2006
at 09:15
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A deep red beer with a huge brown head - the color is too light for a Stout. The aroma is sweet with a weird roasted note as well as a light coffee note. The flavor is rather sweet to start off with, but then comes a dry roasted note combined with light notes of vanilla and coffee. I find it a bit like an iced-coffee.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2006
at 15:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark black body with a small creamy light brown head. Sweet molassas and coffee aroma. Strong coffee flavor with some light chocolate in the end.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2006
at 20:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown, almost black, with a small brown head. Smells like rotten bananas, seet malts, and not much else. Flavor is heavily sweet coffee, dark chocolate, and finishes with a tangy maltiness. Aftertaste is not all that desirable, but it’s not a bad brew.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2005
at 01:45