Depot Street Roundabout Rye Stout

Brewed by Depot Street Brewing
Style: Stout
Jonesborough, Tennessee USA

Light brown, smooth tan head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, light rye and roast. Taste is chocolate, coffee, light roast again which is covered by a peppery rye finish.

Sampled at the brewery. Pours nearly black with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel and smoke. Taste of roasted malts, coffee and a bitter finish. Medium bodied.

A big thanks to Louis for allowing me to scratch off one of my hard to find states (Tennessee). So that’s a plus, and it’s really damn good to boot so definitely a win-win. The beer pours out a dark purple-ish/black body, mahogany edges and creamy amber head. Aroma is nicely roasty, the rye shows up well, some light smoke. It does miss some of the chocolate I like to see in my stouts though. First sip of the beer and I knew I’d enjoy it. Rather bittersweet peppery chocolate jumps out first, light astringency, roasted malts about mid-palate with lingering bitter coffee-like finish. The palate was a little on the thinner side of things, but it didn’t detract from the enjoyment of the beer. Solid.

12 oz bottle sent to me by Suttree. Pour is a murky dark brown with patches of ruby burgundy, topped with a three inch khaki head. The head is somewhat loose, noisy, but lasting. As it eventually breaks down, some nice lacing is left behind. Aroma is light roasted / smoked grain, with a bit of very faint vanilla sweetness on top of that (this faded to nothing as it warmed). As it opens up, there is a nice natural leafy tobacco odor. Taste is the leafy roast right up front, followed by a cherry fruit sweetness that is very mild, but present (as with the sweetness in the nose, this faded to nothing after warming). The middle and finish return to the grainy Rye, wood and leafy tobacco of the nose. The finish is quite mouth drying. Palate is on the light side of medium, with overactive carbonation. This was a really interesting and quaff-able beer - thanks Phil!

Bottle sampled at Noog Four-0 5/31/08: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of fresh, dry grainy rye and malt with a touch of roasted malt. Body starts semi-sweet grainy and roasty before a thinner drier bittersweet finish with some lingering dark chocolate and rye. An interesting brew.

dark brown with a lasting head. smoky malt and peat with some dry hoppiness in the background. the rye definitely makes an appearance on the palette near the end on the palette. an interesting brew.

Sampled at Music City Brewers Festival.Pours dark brown with a khaki head. Faint aroma of molasses, caramel, and dark roasted malt. Flavor caramel, maple syrup, rye, and a hint of dark roasted malt. Very close to porter in my opinion. Slight bitter finish, with some astringincy and some other strange flavor I can’t pinpoint.

A fairly light stout with some decent qualities. Hearty dark color with a spritzy head and little to no lacing. English malt aroma with some burnt and nutty aspects. Fizzy and lighter in body, balanced and easy going. Roasted malt taste with a good helping of crystal malt along with a noble hop presence.