St. Peter's Cream Stout - St. Peter's Brewery Co Ltd

Dantes

New Jersey

4.05/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Package: Interesting 500ml (1 pint, 0.9 oz.) flask-shaped (oddly cribbed from a PA glassmaker from the 1770's) crowned bottle of yellowish-green glass (not emerald-green like Heineken). Simple gold-rimmed pink front label and square back label, which describes this beer as being made with four local malts and Challenger and Fuggles hops. No date or ABV information, but hand-stamped “4054.” It actually looks different than the BA picture, and “Cream Stout” is printed across the label, and not “stacked.”

Cost: $2.99 at Total Wines

Presentation: Imperial pint at ~50º

Appearance: Pours a classically opaque brown-black that only shows a slight glow when held to light. A hard pour generated a nice chocolate malt head, but it didn’t last all that long, nor did it generate much lace. Pretty standard for a stout.

Smell: Nice and chocolatey, with a gentle but not cloying sweetness. No real astringency on the nose, and probably could have done with a little coffee-ish element.

Taste: Quite nice on the palate. The chocolate really comes through, along with a fair amount of sweetness. This reminded me more of a “milk chocolate” beer than a “dark chocolate” beer. Not a bad thing. The hops are fairly subdued but recognizable. This is very much a classic British stout that calls to mind the Sam Smith’s house style (but not quite as good). There’s also a nice fruitiness that comes through in the moderate, somewhat diluted finish.

Mouthfeel: The main flaw in this beer is its lack of body. I found the carbonation to be fine (maybe even a bit too much for a stout). The flavor concentration was good, but the body was a bit watery. I don’t know where the 6.5% ABV, but there’s little “heat” from that kind of ABV.

Drinkability: As mentioned, the ABV is practically undetectable. One could down quite a few of these without a second thought. A very pleasant, classically British stout, without an aggressive edge.

Backwash: I had several of these during The Open Championship weekend, finishing off the last during the post-tournament coverage with a great cigar (this is a great cigar beer. It really brought out the espresso & chocolate notes in the cigar). This may be a bit expensive, but I think it’s one of the rare authentic versions of this beer style around. There are a few American versions, but with Mackesons being made in the USA now and a shadow of itself, this is a nice substitute.

Serving type: bottle

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Appearance: Black. Leaves a dark lace head.
Smell: Light roasted coffee and chocolate.
Taste: Some coffee, vanilla, and chocolate. Small alcoholic aftertaste.
Mouthfeel: Creamy and moderate carbonation.

This is really a creamy delight. The nice taste of roasted coffee and chocolate coats the tongue. It's an excellent milk stout. I would get this again.

Serving type: bottle

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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

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The nose gives off light roast, an earthy touch, a bit of vanilla, and a touch of something like tobacco.
A pleasant minerality and a light metallic touch to the earthiness are not unexpected given the use of what I assume are solely English hops and malt varieties. There's a mild but flavorful roast with the same vanilla-like sweetness. There's not the remotest hint of anything acrid or harsh, and there's something I hesitate to call smoky but is reminiscent of the taste.
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No bottle date that I can find, might be at least a year old though.

A: Pours dark brown with a big fluffy and effervescent light brown head. Head fades at a moderate pace, leaving very little lacing, just a little dots of fluff here and there.

S: Lots of sweet cream. A little bit of chocolate. Very mild.

T: Lots of cream and a little milk chocolate. Sweetness drops away, leaving a sort of acrid, bitter chocolate and char in the finish. Quite dry in the finish.

M: Fairly thin, not nearly as creamy as I was expecting.

O: Kind of a plain cream stout. Not as creamy as I'd like, and not nearly enough roasted malt to back it up. Just kinda meh all around.

Serving type: bottle

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St. Peter's Cream Stout has a very thick, frothy, tan head, a very dark brown appearance (ruby, under direct sunlight), and some good lacing left behind. The aroma is of sweetness, molasses, toffee, and dark bread crust. Taste is of sweet, dark, black bread crust, roastedness, some charcoal, sugar, cream, and dark bread dough, with an underlying and not weak bitterness. Mouthfeel is medium and a bit slick, and St. Peter's Cream Stout finishes dry, bitter, sweet, and fairly drinkable. Overall, this is a wonderful beer, and I highly recommend it.

RJT

Serving type: bottle

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Serving type: bottle

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