Doug’s Turbo Sarsaparilla - Fort Street Brewery

DrJay

Massachusetts

3.48/5  rDev +21.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Cloudy, tawny amber with a very thin white cap of fine bubbles. Some lacing. Very herbal aroma, lots of wintergreen, sarsaparilla, mint, almost like smelling toothpaste or scope. Pretty intense. Low bitterness with the same herbal character as in the aroma. There was also a bit of caramel sweetness that tied things together nicely. Light bodied with low carbonation, smooth. This was very interesting. I thought it was tasty and better than my initial expectations, but I can see this being a love it or hate it kind of beer.

Serving type: on-tap

12-25-2008 03:53:00 | More by DrJay

WoodBrew

Illinois

3.88/5  rDev +35.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

In Detroit area for a Mite Hockey Tourny and my Sis and Bro-in-Law cam to the game. My Bro found Fort Street Brewing on line and so we went to have dinner. The Doug's Turbo Sarsaparilla was a really neat beer. The colore was a tanish yellow color with a thin white head with no lace. The smell was root beer and some sweet/caramel malt, it was the best part about the beer. The taste started great but was a little to weak on the finish. The root beer is present at the start and then the taste and body weaken at the end. The mouthfeel was light in body, minumal carbonation. Overall it is a very interesting beer and worth a taste. I think the brewer hit his mark...whether is was a joke or not...This beer put the beer in root beer.

Serving type: on-tap

11-12-2011 03:30:22 | More by WoodBrew

Frozensoul327

Michigan

2.9/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

An odd flavored brew from Fort St. Brewery. I've heard alot of talk about it, so I decided to give it a try. Pours out to a typical lager-like yellow color with a small head of white foam. No lace. Aroma of sarsaparilla, malt and some sweet sugar cane. Quite nice. Unfortunately, that's where the praise stops. Taste is unappealing, with sour grain, weak hops and watery malt mashing together to build a wreck of flavors on the palate. Something also made me think of licking an envelope when I was drinking this. Ugh. No sweetness was detected, as the smell led the drinker to beleive. Mouthfeel was fair but unimpressive. Drinkability is mediocre at best. This isn't up to par, but apparenty many are into this flavored beer as it's created quite a stir in the area.

Serving type: on-tap

05-28-2006 18:00:33 | More by Frozensoul327

Gaisgeil

Michigan

3.38/5  rDev +18.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

This is a difficult brew to review, it's certainly technically beer, but somehow it really is overpowered by the flavoring (I'm assuming sassafras?) so it almost resembles an alco-pop or something similar.

Pours a crystal clear gold in color with a fizzy short lived white head. Nose is markedly root beer like along with some more typical beer notes, malt etc. Taste is heavily spiced, with a thin malt profile as a backbone. Very little bitterness to speak.

An interesting little brew for the masses, and might make a good gateway drink into better beer for some. For me however, I found it freshing and light, but not the most interesting of beverages.

Slàinte!

Serving type: on-tap

06-06-2006 05:57:20 | More by Gaisgeil