Smuttlabs Brewery

Microbrewery in Dover, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Smuttynose Brewing Company

Established in 2014

Closed in 2022

Contact
47 Washington St, Dover, NH, 03820, United States
Description
Experimental craft brewery and scratch kitchen in the heart of downtown Dover, NH. Wild child younger sibling of @smuttynosebeer.

Located in Downtown Dover, NH, this is the first physical outpost for the limited-batch, experimental arm of Smuttynose Brewing. This R&D powerhouse is constantly showcasing new and unique craft beers through an ever-evolving 16-tap tower.

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8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pitch black color. Fucking wonderful tart, dark chocolate, roasted malt, nutty, red wine, tannic nose. Fucking amazing nose. Low carbonation smooth, smooth body, tons of roasted malt, lots of red wine, dark chocolate, tannic mouth. Just amazing.

Tried on 10 Feb 2017 at 07:46


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Medium deep amber color. Tons of oak, brett, apricot and orange. Heavy malty nose. Full body, tons of apricots, brett, oak, very malty full on beer, but alcohol well hidden. Low carbonation. Tart, oaky, heavy malty finish with marmalade. Just big and heavy Brett barrel aged beer. Very interesting but doesn’t completely blow me away.

Tried on 10 Feb 2017 at 07:26


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Cloudy hazy golden color. Massively dry, hoppy, brett nose with some fruity notes. Super quaffable, dry hoppy, super well balanced. My goodness this is what a table brett saison should be and very authentic. I love this.

Tried on 10 Feb 2017 at 06:46


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dark brown color. Brown sugar and molasses in the nose. Very malty. Smooth mouth. Tons of coffee, not overly complex. Molasses. It’s ok. Big lingering coffee finish.

Tried on 10 Feb 2017 at 05:58


8.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Sampled @ Extreme Beer Fest, 4 Feb, 17. Almost no carbonation on a pitch black stout. Aroma a subtle amount of red grapes, mild oak but mostly grapes.

Very mild roasted backbone. The flavor is dominated by red grapes. The alcohol is totally hidden, not noticed at all. This stout is one of the best red wine barrel treatments I can remember sampling. I now regret passing on bottles of this when I saw it months ago around the NH sea coast.

Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2017 at 17:30


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at Stags head tap takeover. Nose is coffee ice cream and light earth. Tastes like autocraft coffee milk syrup (my RI peeps know what that is) some earth, cocoa powder, green wood. Thinner palate. Tasty enough

Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2017 at 15:59


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Tap at stags head. Reddish Amber pour decent head. Nose is light smoke and cherry syrup. Tastes of cherry (touch artificial), lemons, smoke, woody, rubber, juicy fruit gum. Thinner bodied but I guess that’s style. Glad only part of flight

Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2017 at 15:55


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at stags head. Deep dark pour small head. Nose is chocolate, wine barrel and roasted malt. Tastes of dark choclate, coffee ground, roasted malt, red wine residue, some plum. Creamy mouthfeel. Very good.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2017 at 15:46


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at stags head part of takeover. Cloudy muddled pour. Nose is sweet alcohol schnapps and bubble gum. Tastes of bubblegum, marzipan, schnapps, raw dough. Slick palate. Alcohol warning. Not great.

Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2017 at 15:35


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

50cl bottle pours a dark amber brown with some creamy, off white head. Nose has brown malt, some coffee bean, mild malt, earthy. Flavor is sweet, brown sugar, mild coffee, some cola, a little mild chocolate. Dry finish. Solid.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jan 2017 at 13:51