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CooperSmiths Irish Stout


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Brewed by CooperSmiths Pub & Brewing
Style: Dry Stout

Fort Collins, Colorado USA

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23.25/5.03.02/5.0Special4.5%0English pint

Commercial Description:
A tangy roast malt aroma and flavor dominate this black ale. Flaked (unmalted) barley contributes a fullness to the body and an incredibly dense foam. Roast and Black malt along with a higher fermentation temperature give a coffee-like roastyness. A generous amount of Cluster "bittering" hops provides the finishing spicy note. 4.5% ABV.
 Murphy (1759), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Apr 15, 2006  
Pours with a typical nitro head, body is dark but clear. No appreciable aroma. Taste is initally sour, kinda lactic. Very subdued malts, not really roasty at all. Hops? Sourness dominates, this didn’t do it for me.


 Beaver (587), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/517/20
Apr 3, 2004  
The Irish Stout poured an opaque black with a thin, fine, creamy, brown, nitro head that laced the glass. It looked like an ideal stout.

The aroma was subtle roasted malt and coffee.

The taste was sweet malt up front with some sweet cream / milk tones that were almost candy-like. It had a bitter, coffee-like finish and aftertaste that provided a nice balance of sweet and bitter. The mouthfeel was very velvety.

Overall, I thought this was an excellent stout. It may be a little too sweet, but it didn't bother me at all for the one pint I had.



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