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Beer Pick of the Week
Guinness Draught
Guinness Brewery
Dublin, Ireland
Style: Dry stout
Alcohol: 4.2%
IBUs: Unknown
Serving style: kegs
Availability: World-wide, year-round
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By Dan Clarke
It was St. Patrick’s Day and I had been in an all-day seminar on growing winegrapes under extreme climate conditions.
March 18, 2016 Beer Pick of the Week
Guinness Stout
Guinness Brewery
Dublin, Ireland
Style: Irish Stout
Alcohol: 4.2%
IBUs: Unknown
Serving Style: Bottles, cans and kegs (our sample from “draught”)
Availability: Year-around and worldwide
March 27, 2015 Beer Pick of the Week
Double Chocolate Stout
Young’s Brewery
Bedford England
Style: Stout
Alcohol: 5.25%
IBUs: Unknown
Serving Style: Bottles, cans and kegs (our sample from draft)
Availability: Year around in world-wide markets
Appearance: “Dark—somewhere between sable and black, we’d say.”
Aroma: “Roasted coffee followed by dark chocolate.”
Taste: “The chocolate and some feeling of sweetness really comes through early, but there’s a counterpoint of slight bitterness toward the mid-to-late palate and on through to the finish.”
Food Affinity: “Brownies with chunks of walnut (chocolate on chocolate). Or, for something savory maybe turkey mole or other slowly cooked meat in a rich sauce.”
--Reviewer Dan Clarke enjoyed this stout on a brisk spring afternoon
November 15, 2013 Beer Pick of the Week
The Abyss
2013 Reserve
Deschutes Brewery
Bend, Oregon
Style: Imperial Stout
Alcohol: 11%
IBUs: 70
Serving Style: 22-ounce wax-dipped bottles and draft.
Availability: On the West Coast and in many other states in which Deschutes is sold
Appearance: “Light carbonation, but nice and dark in color—blacker than night.”
Aroma: “Slightly metallic. Chocolate undertones.”
Taste: “Medium-to heavy body. I get the caramel right away, with a bitter, dark chocolate later. A little cherry on the finish. Extremely drinkable.”
Food Affinity: “A dessert by itself. Good for sipping by the fire.”
Reviewer Mr. Moo is a server and bartender
November 1, 2013 Beer Pick of the Week
Black Blizzard
Dust Bowl Brewing Co.
Turlock, CA
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Alcohol: 9.4%
IBUs: 80
Serving style: 22-ounce bottles and draft
Availability: Fall and winter in Central Valley of California, S.F. Bay Area and Sierra Foothills
Appearance: “As dark as the inside of a cave. Totally opaque.”
Aroma: “Sweet malt. Hints of chocolate and coffee.”
Flavor: “Chocolate covered coffee beans in liquid state.”
Food Affinity: “Would be delightful with mocha chip ice cream. Try it as a float.”
Jointly reviewed by Michael and Julie Mallett