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Sweetwater Tavern Straight Shooter Stout


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A Dry Stout brewed by
Sweetwater Tavern (Great American Restaurants)

Falls Church, Virginia USA

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223.5/5.03.44/5.05%79.9 English pint P  Stats

Commercial Description:
a dry Irish stout...smooth & fruity with a long dry roasted finish...this is a deeply satisfying beer

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 epf33 (151), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/516/20
Mar 23, 2008  
an amazing stout, roasty flavor, black color, brownish white head, aroma similar to that of guinness


 scraff (1662), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 19, 2008  
Dark brownish black, thin creamy tan head. Soft roasty chocolate nose with hints of burnt toast and coffee. Flavor is more of the same with light chocolate and coffee tones rounding to a faint hop bitterness. Light bodied and tad thin, soft carbonation, dry, bittersweet finish. Decent...


 radagast83 (1046), Springfield, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 6, 2008  
Draft at Merrifield Va location. Pours an extremely dark color - almost black. Extremely dark brown colored head. Aroma is roasty. Flavor is roasty, with touches of chocolate. It’s pretty smooth - and compliments a dinner quite well.


 19641948 (492), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/514/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Growler from the Merrifield, VA location. Pours a black body with a scant head of brown. Intense roasty aromas, almost too much so. A biting coarse coffee note also. For all the bluster of the aromas, the flavors were weak and thin. Roastiness doesn’t hold up the thin malt body. Watery mouthfeel. Bitter finish and a dry aftertaste.


 jrob_21 (848), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 13, 2007  
Draft sample at falls church. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth and complexity of this one. Nice bittersweet chocolate flavors. Roasted coffee aromas. Slight sweet smooth full bodied finish.




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