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Back Road Belle Gunness Stout

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483.03/5.03/5.05%15.1English pint
Commercial Description:
A notorious drink that is as dark as its namesake's history! Named after the infamous LaPorte serial killer Belle Gunness of 1908. Our Irish style dry stout is amazingly smooth to drink. You will taste chocolatey, coffee, and roasty flavors in every sip.
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 Cletus (5053), Connecticut, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/511/20
Sep 26, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of shawnm213. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Smells of chocolate, soy sauce, egg dye, vinegar. Tastes of chocolate, peppery, some coffee, watery.


 shawnm213 (934), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Notes of roasted malts, bitter chocolate. A lot of flavor for a relatively low alcohol beer. A nice session stout!


hsk1972 (6), Indiana, USA
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3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
May 25, 2009  
This is my first review since joining the site last week. Visited Back Road two days ago and had a sample of this at the brewery (also sampled their house ale and their blueberry ale. This is the one I liked the best). Found it inoffensive enough that I bought a 6-pack to take home. Out of the bottle it pours a dark brown/near black with a tan head that is more fizzy than frothy. The head dissipates fairly quickly with a touch of lacing around the glass. The overwhelming taste is of roasted coffee and it’s a tad bitter. There’s a slight aftertaste that is a little less than pleasant, but not awful. The mouthfeel is thin and somewhat watery. Definitely not a great beer, but it isn’t exactly bad either. Drinkable, but not something I would seek out again.


 holdenn (1441), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
May 12, 2009  
Sampled at the brewery and accompanied by the story of the murderous Belle Gunness. Pours a dark black brown with a thin creamy tan head. Roasted malts chocolate malts, standard fare. Lightly roasted flavors, a touch grainy. Finishes dry. Decent drinkable stout.


 jstraw (759), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/513/20
Oct 18, 2008  
Black with weak head / Sour, roast nose / Medium body, watery, acidic, with decent finish / Flavors of unsweetened chocolate and dark roast coffee / Has potential but needs more oomph.


 AllAboutStout (605), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/58/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Pours black in color with only a ring of head. Smell is slight coffee. All roasted coffee in the taste. Very thin and watery for a stout. Easy drinking, but the roastiness lingers for awhile. This needs to be beefed up and a few flavors added.


 dm9831 (1167), Monee, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/515/20
Mar 8, 2008  
black color, slight off-white head. aroma of cffee and chocolate. coffee, chocolate flavor, with a bit of hoppy finish. my notes on this brew include this item "yum", so i must have appreciated this stout.


 Optigon (561), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2007  
Pours black, with a moderate, tan head. Light-moderate mouth feel. Aroma is roasty. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, and roast. Pleasant, drinkable stout.



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