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Rocky River Brewery Bearbottom Stout 3.28 12

Rocky River Brewery Bearbottom Stout

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
123.36/5.03.28/5.04.4%69.3English pint
Commercial Description:
A dry stout with a smoothness of flavor usually found only in stout from the Emerald Isle itself. Bearbottom Stout won the Gold Medal in the Irish Style Dry Stout category at the 1998 Great American Beer Festival.
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/104/55/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 01/26/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Dark ruby, thin tan head, slightly sweet roasted malt aroma, smooth body, dry irish stout flavor with a strange twang, long bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Score: 4
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 PorterPounder (3148), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
May 25, 2003  
Had on tap at the Mellow Mushroom in Chattanooga. Has a bit of a smoky, roasted aroma to it. Black as night appearance with a thin and quickly dissipating mocha colored head. Roasted coffee flavor with very subtle bitter chocolate notes. A little bit watery for a stout. Pretty decent for a brewpub stout though.


 Suttree (2743), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Mar 29, 2003  
Dry and smooth, definately, but also has a burnt toast and coffee flavor as well. Just enough hop presence to get not your attention, but far from overpowering. Finishes smooth, with just a little bite.


 Aurelius (2654), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Jun 5, 2002  
Mild coffee and creosote aroma. Super smooth, creamy cocoa flavor. Stout bitter quits quickly on the backend. Excellent.


 jgb9348 (2515), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/102/510/20
Oct 3, 2003  
Dark brown colour with slight ruby highlights. Thin off-white head. Not much smell - perhaps a bit of malt. Medium-bodied; Strong maltiness with not much else. Aftertaste shows a bittering maltiness with nothing else going on. About average for the style, nothing special with this one. I had this pint on draught at Union Jack's in Knoxville, Tennessee on 26-September-2003 with Suttree and Haddon90, thanks guys!


 Shag (1923), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
May 23, 2003  
Apperance is black. Little head to speak of. Flavor is of roasted malt and chocolate. Palate is a little thin and bitter. Overall I think this is a good dry stout very similar to a Guinness or a Murphy's.


 JoeM500 (1876), Chicago (little italy), Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Mar 23, 2003  
Coffee and Biscotti! This big oily black mug of beer gave off a nose of Cocoa Puffs and Morning Blend Starbucks coffee. A bit gritty towards the dry end, this warmed up to a bready, chocolatey, toasty beauty!


 haddon90 (1036), Alexandria, Virginia, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/58/20
Oct 7, 2003  
Deep color with a tan head. Somewhat promising even though it didn't have much of a head. Some malt from the aroma, but that's about it. Very very smooth and watered down. Tasted like water with black food coloring. No taste that I could pick out. Probably the worst stout I've had.



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