Snaggletooth Stout - Great South Bay Brewery

jeranbrews

New York

3.55/5  rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Dark soy sauce brown. Head is taffy beige. Some like half butterscotch half mocca. Can't see lacing since it's a growler.

S - licorice. Chocolate beans. Some roots and herbs. One of the brewers listed off five or so ingredients, but now I can't recall.

T - Initially sweet the dominant flavor is a bitter earthy aftertaste. Not unpleasant but for all the effort but into different hops and flavorings the complexity doesn't come out so much. It contains oatmeal yet it isn't an oatmeal stout. Lacks some definition.

M - fairly silky said oatmeal gives it some creaminess.

D - This is an American stout. In that it's defining characteristics are not so clear. Like our country it is a melting pot of flavors and ideas. This kind of spice that kind of hop. It's a bit of a stew. Pleasant. Filling. A good mixture of stuff.

Serving type: growler

06-26-2011 22:50:13 | More by jeranbrews

socon67

New York

4.33/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

How stoked was I to find this on nitro-tap at Beer City for the GSB tasting.

A - Pours midnight black. A bubbly mocha foam rests on top. No lacing at all.

S - Smells very chocolatey. A scent of coffee as well (just like Dunkin Donuts coffee). And aroma of roasted malts.

T - This is why we need to support our local breweries! This tastes as good as many of the big stouts in the top 100. Very smoky, with flavors of cocoa and coffee. An extremely complex stout that has a roasted malt overload. Nice!

M - A little astingent at the end, but otherwise smooth and as enjoyable as a nice cigar.

O - I think this is a very good stout, and probably my favorite from Great South Bay. I'll be drinking this again.

Serving type: nitro-tap

05-21-2011 23:18:05 | More by socon67

Gmann

New York

4.08/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Didn't realize I reviewed this beer (from growler) before but here goes my draught version.

A pours a pitch black color with a tight tan head leaving some nice lacing.

The aroma is of roasted malt, wet wood and some chocolate. A nice aroma but not all that strong.

This stout has some nice flavor. Big chocolate flavor, nice roasted malt, some ash, a bit o meat and scorched caramel. Large flavors and props for being a respectable 6.5%ABV.

Moderate feel a bit light for the style. Tingly carbonation. Starts sweet but finishes with a roasty bitterness.

Good stout, some nice enjoyable flavors. Drinks well though bitterness is a bit astringent.

Serving type: on-tap

04-16-2011 16:26:24 | More by Gmann

phreshbeer

New York

3.75/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

I had a growler from Swiftway Beer & Soda.

A: Poured Snaggletooth into a pint glass. It's black, with a thick coffee colored head that leaves some lacing.

S: Some bitter/dark chocolate but otherwise pretty mild.

T: Lots of roasted malt, big mocha flavor. Right on for an American Stout. As an aside; the brewer's description mentions licorice, cinnamon, and local apples. I didn't taste any of these. Still a good stout.

M: A little watery, too light in body for a stout.

D: Good enough to have several. Snaggletooth falls somewhere between a standard stout and an Imp. stout at ~6.5%abv. I barely noticed the alcohol.

Serving type: growler

03-02-2011 04:32:58 | More by phreshbeer

SkunkWorks

New York

4/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had on tap at the Lark in East Northport, served in a tulip glass.

Look: black with dark brown around the edges. The head is thin, slightly brown and doesn't stick around for very long. There's not a whole lot of lacing left around.

Smell: serious amount of roasted barley, dark chocolate and roasted coffee. The website says its brewed with cinnamon and apples but I don't pick up either in the smell.

Taste: a little on the thin side in terms of flavor. Roasted barley, dark chocolate and roasted coffee come out following the nose, but again I wouldn't know the apples and cinnamon were there if I wasn't told that they were.

The bar mistakenly labelled this as a 4.5% ABV beer, so I was drinking it thinking it was an ordinary stout rather than an Imperial. As such, I was thinking "This is a flavorful standard stout," but really I should've been thinking "This is a mildly flavored Imperial stout!"

Feel: medium full bodied, moderately carbonated, a little creamy, no alcohol bite.

Drink: very drinkable Imperial stout. Drinks more like a standard stout than an Imperial.

Overall, a decent beer. Its flavorful but its missing some things you might want to look for in an Imperial stout, like alcohol and some dark fruity flavors. Its a great effort from a new, emerging brewery and they definitely have promise. I would give this a try if I saw it on tap but don't think I'd seek it out.

Serving type: on-tap

12-20-2010 17:26:29 | More by SkunkWorks

Thorpe429

Illinois

3.83/5  rDev -4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Reviewed from notes.

Pours a nice roasted black color with a short mocha head that continues for quite a bit throughout. The nose is dark chocolate and cocoa powder along with some lightly-roasted malt. The taste is a bit one-dimensional with some chocolate character. It's pretty nice, there's just not much going on. The feel is nice and full with really nice carbonation. Drinks quite well and is a solid offering from them. Glad I got to try this.

Serving type: on-tap

11-13-2010 17:29:14 | More by Thorpe429

lehows

New York

4.33/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had on tap at Bellport Beer tasting, I'll say right up front this beer was really really good. Wonderful aromas of dark chocolate and toasted oats. Big and malty, bittersweet, and a kiss of hops, with a bit of cinnamon rounded this beer out. The brewer said there was even Long Island apples thrown in the mix. Wow, I cannot wait to get this again. This new brewery is going to have a lot of fans.

Serving type: on-tap

09-30-2010 16:44:22 | More by lehows