Pints Pub Dark Star Ale

Brewed by Pints Pub Brewery & Freehouse
Style: Brown Ale
Denver, Colorado USA

Draught at Pints Pub. Pours brown with an average, rocky off-white head, mostly lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, toasted grain, nutty), light hop (herbs), average yeast (earth, musty) with notes of cask and cola. Light bodied, thin texture, soft carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

cask. clear dark cola brown. nose: amaretto and singed cherry skin scented malts, some sweet vanilla/caramel note as well but mostly woody/nutty/cherry-like. medium to mild hop bitterness, some wood-like tannins. medium to low acid, not sure from what but likely from some small infection (not too bad). Noble hop finish and bready/crusty malts. Nice for what is it but doesn’t stand up to true British cask ale.

On tap at Pints Pub, dark brown color, with some reddish highlights, and a beige head, toasted, caramelized, faint roasted malt nose, with some fruity raisiny, plummy, date esters, some chocolatey, coffeeish accents, with a light floral hop peachy aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a toasty, roasty malt, fruity character of flowery hop peachy, apricot, candied orange peel, with some dark coffee, burnt caramel notes, leading towards a roasty, hop bittering finish.

On cask @ Pints Pub poured a clear reddish brown with a lingering light amber head. Aromas of carmel, toffee, cocoa, dates, light coffcee and a hint of spice. Palate was light bodied and smooth. Flavors of bakers chocolate, tobbaco, toffee and light carmel with a smooth dry lin gering bitter finish.

Maroon amber with a bubbly head in this cask conditioned ale. Aroma was burnt caramel malt funk, translating into a smoky rauch malt character in flavor with a dry, burnt caramel finish.

On tap at the Pints Brew Pub [1/2 pint glass]. Cask. Poured a deep brown color with a small sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of nuts, light chocolate, caramel, and lightly fruity.

Tap at Pint’s. Nice brown color on the pour. Nut aroma and taste throughout. Nothing spectacular, but very drinkable. This is my favorite Pint’s brew, for what its worth.

Light nutty caramel aroma, that matches the flavor quite nicely. Rich nutty maltiness, that has some decent fruit characters, that turns into a dry bitter finish.