Chicory Stout - Dogfish Head Brewery

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rAvg: 3.75
pDev: 13.33%
Reviews: 1333
Hads: 1285

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Delaware, United States

Style | ABV
American Stout |  5.20% ABV

Availability: Fall. bottle (1215), on-tap (110), growler (5), cask (2), nitro-tap (1)

Notes:
Chicory was one of the first beers we started brewing at our pub back when it opened in 1995. It's a dark beer made with a bunch of roasted chicory, organic Mexican coffee, St. John's Wort and licorice root. We use whole-leaf Cascade and Fuggle hops, as well as pale, roasted and oatmeal grains.

21 IBU

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Reviews by CHADMC3:
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CHADMC3

Connecticut

3.98/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a very deep brown to black with ruby/brown hues beneath a light tan head that quickly disappears leaving only hints of lacing behind.

Very earthy aromas, spicy coffee, very skunky hops, and roasted malt with the chicory throughout.

Earthy hops, coffee and roasted notes are immediate with the floral chicory aromas coming forward as the beer warms.

This stout is medium in body and carbonation with a very traditional and smooth mouthfeel.

This is a unique stout, as it is rare to find any quite this floral, yet roasted with coffee and generous malt all at the same time. This is a treat.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2010 04:28:17 | More by CHADMC3
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bottle into snifter

appearance: pitch black with off white 1 finger head

smell: coffee, roasted malts, espresso, licorice, slight anise, dark chocolate, vanilla

taste: subtle roasted coffee flavor, a bit watery due to lower abv, but decently flavorful. Some licorice and dark chocolate notes round out the taste.

mouthfeel: high carbonation, thin bodied

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Chicory Stout from Dogfish Head Brewery
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