mcberko (47456) reviewed Whereas from Old Stove Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Old Stove - Ballard, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma is pretty dank, with some piney hops, dankness, and bready malt. Flavour is extremely oily, with plenty of oily resins, bready toffee and awkward sweetness. This isn't properly calibrated. Not great.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Gose 3.0 from Old Stove Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Old Stove - Ballard, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Nose has saline, syrupy notes, and bready malt. Flavour is too thick and syrupy, with saline, bready malt, and a syrupy feeling on the palate. Too syrupy on the palate. Not good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at Old Stove - Ballard, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige bead. Aroma is somewhat harsh, with plenty of bourbon character, some earthy heartiness, and toasted caramel. Flavour is better, with rich caramel, plenty of bourbon, and sugars. Palate is rather sludgy, despite the nice flavour profile. A bit harsh and clumsy but the barrels do impart a nice character. Decent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Escapism from Old Stove Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Old Stove - Ballard, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma reveals light vanilla, some sugars, and alcohol. Flavour is a bit chaotic, with vanilla, alcohol, sugars and gentle cocoa. The palate is a bit seltzery. Decent but a bit harsh and not particularly on style.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Golden Stout from Old Stove Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Old Stove - Ballard, pours a clear golden with a small white bead. Aroma has a nice combo of vanilla, cocoa and sugars. Flavour is well-balanced and fairly complex for this weird style, with vanilla, coffee, and cocoa. Not very sweet, and the palate is quite light. Good stuff.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Trident IPA from Old Stove Brewery 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Old Stove - Ballard, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma has plenty of citrus hops, mineraly notes, and some harsh ascorbic notes. Flavour is rather harsh, with lots of ascorbic notes, floral hops, some pine, and perfume. Rather chaotic and poorly calibrated. Hard to articulate exactly what I don't like here. It's not like it's infected; it's just not expressing nice hop notes.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Incinerator from Old Stove Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Old Stove - Gardens, pours a clear dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted bready malt, dark fruits, and a bit of toasted nuts. Flavour is full of dark dried fruits, bready malt, and toasted nuts. Rich maltiness, with the sweetness reigned in by the toasted bread and toasted nuts. Very good.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hell Hawk Stout from Old Stove Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Old Stove - Gardens, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is much like the Dark Passage—has a robust, woody roasted malt base—accentuated by subtle cocoa and vanilla that are not that prominent. Flavour is much more expressive on the adjuncts: there's a boatload of coconut, followed by subtle cocoa and vanilla, undergirded by a solid roasted malt base. Real nice coconut character. Excellent non-diabetes pastry stout.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Dark Passage from Old Stove Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Old Stove - Gardens, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is robust, with lots of wood, roasted malt, some bitter hops as well, and a touch of earthiness. Flavour is roasty, with lots of deep roasted malt, some wood, and a big hop backbone. Roasty, clean and smooth. Excellent American stout.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Rye't Time Winter IPA from Old Stove Brewery 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Old Stove - Gardens, pours a clear orange with a small white head. Aroma is spicy, showcasing plenty of the rye, earthy hops, and bready malt. Flavour is full of orange peel, spicy rye, orange marmalade, and resinous hops. Nice incorporation of the rye into a well-hopped, orangey character. Excellent.