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Chicago Black Star Stout

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
313.2/5.03.13/5.04.5%35.8English pint
Commercial Description:
Black Star is CBC’s version of an Irish-style dry stout. Our nitrogen injected stout has a rich roasted malt flavor and is dark in color. Black Star is lightly hopped so that it coincides with the gentle bitterness created by the roasted barley. The finish is smooth, silky and creamy.
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 09/07/2004
Mode: Draft, Nitro
Source: Four Queens

black, thick dense tan head, light roasted aroma, dry malt flavor with a good balance between the roasted and chocolate malts, very low bitterness, simple as per style

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Score: *4
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 fiulijn (7500), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Apr 14, 2006  
Draught at the brewpub
Black color. Classic Stout, quite good roasted malt/coffee flavor (and aroma), smooth texture.


 argo0 (7011), Washington DC, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 23, 2004  
Brown-black body with well-retaining, creamy brown head. Aroma is medium sweet, roasty, coffee, light chocolate. Taste is medium sweet, roasty, coffee, some chocolate. Creamy, light-medium body.


 jcwattsrugger (5581), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Mar 11, 2009  
on nitro-pours a tan head and black color. Aroma is roasty dark malt. Taste is dark malt, secondary astringent hops.


 ¾ (5009), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 15, 2004  
Deep brown, light brown lacing, think but still syrupy, definit coffee nose, like every other stout you try at these breweries... stale chocolate, some black licorice.


 thedm (3836), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/54/103/59/20
Oct 16, 2006  
This draft brew from the brewery poured a head of foamy finely sized bubbles that was mostly lasting and left behind a dark ruby red brown colored body and a good lacing. The mild aroma was malty. The thin flavor contained notes of semi-sweet dark malt and mild malt.


 Braudog (3779), Dayton, Ohio, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Jan 27, 2003  
I'm not a fan of stout, but this stuff is good. Along with Guiness only in Ireland, this is the only stout I'd drink. The classical stout appearance with a thick chocolately head. Milky and silky and outstandingly smooth. Smoky malt character. Stellar.


 ratman197 (3266), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 20, 2006  
On tap @ Chicago poured a clear dark brownish black with a small lasting brown head. Aromas of roasted malt, coffee, cocoa, hint of vanilla and light licorice. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of coffee, bitter chocolate and smoke with a smooth dry bitter finish.



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