Old School Irish Stout - Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery

SkeeterBoganski

Colorado

3.78/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On-tap at brewery

There's a dark look to this beer, somehow like oil; there's a nice light-looking tan head as contrast; moderate lacing; quarter-inch head; heavy malt nose; the beer is smooth poured via nitro; tastes very roasted; good light stout flavor; decent sessionable stout.

Serving type: nitro-tap

11-11-2012 01:26:21 | More by SkeeterBoganski

pinnser

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

06-09-2013 18:39:36 | More by pinnser

crobinso

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -9.5%

02-10-2013 23:30:17 | More by crobinso

WynnO

Florida

3.93/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

A - Dark brown up close, black when viewing afar. Perfect

S - Malty, not overly so; hints of chocolate.

T - Straight down the line stout. Great balance. It loses its heat at room temp (I recommend drinking it at this temp).

M - Slight grittiness, not enough to downgrade it though.

O - An above average stout! Seems to have more kick ABV wise than advertised. Nice.

Serving type: nitro-tap

08-03-2012 19:34:56 | More by WynnO

Rayek

Colorado

3.53/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On nitro at Southern Sun. Served in a shaker pint glass.

Old School is pitch black with a dense cream head that retains well. Good lace is left behind.

Fairly standard Irish stout fare here. Roasted grains and coffee dominate. Bitterness is light and burnt. A light body that's not quite soft enough rounds things out. Ov
erall, a decent Irish stout.

Serving type: nitro-tap

01-10-2012 00:36:52 | More by Rayek

MsRif

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%

12-24-2011 06:17:38 | More by MsRif

Domingo

Colorado

4/5  rDev +11.4%

11-21-2011 18:42:35 | More by Domingo

bpfrush

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +11.4%

11-15-2011 03:06:24 | More by bpfrush

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

3.68/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

First had: on nitro at their brewpub

Poured an opaque black with an off-white, slightly tanned head, creamy from the nitro as expected. Big roasty aroma, dark chocolate and almost-burnt coffee. Dark, roasty malt flavor, rich with grains, earthy, with some coffee notes. A little on the thin side, on the light side of full-bodied, but still quite good and drinkable.

Serving type: nitro-tap

08-14-2011 23:35:47 | More by Rifugium

BradLikesBrew

Missouri

3.78/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Black body, tan head.

Dark chocolate, licorice, and french roast has the wife salivating.

Typical irish stout flavors: unsweetened chocolate, toffee, roasted barley. And now for the unique flavor: marshmellow. Not in a sweet way, but it is certainly there. The finish is bittersweet then quite dry.

Yep, that's how irish stouts taste. Not a style that creates much buzz or excitment, nor does this beer. But it is quietly good and I am thinking of ordering a pitcher on a 96 degree day, so make of that what you will.

Serving type: nitro-tap

07-18-2010 20:58:36 | More by BradLikesBrew

badbassrandy

Maryland

3.3/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

A - Nearly black with a tan, moon surface head that hung around

S - Robust aroma like no other stout I've consumed; very roasty with hints of coffee

T - Tastes lighter at first than the aroma leads on, but very roasty, oaty, bitter; coffee beans; not sweet or chocolatey but bitter and marked by an undefinable, funky taste that leaves an unwanted question mark on my palate

M - Light for a stout, carbonated, bitter and very dry

D - Furtive taste throws off the other traditional dry stout flavors and does not invite enthusiastic sipping

Serving type: on-tap

08-15-2009 22:46:59 | More by badbassrandy

Mebuzzard

Colorado

3.35/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.5

ok, an odd review. This beer is very smooth and creamy which made it easier to drink, very easy. Yet the stout characteristics just weren't very strong. A few hints of chocolate and coffee, some prune, but mostly nothing significant. Black in color, slightly reddish. I downed a pint fairly quickly.

Serving type: nitro-tap

02-23-2009 09:22:46 | More by Mebuzzard

ArrogantB

Colorado

3.35/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On nitro at Vine St. Pub. Dark black but still brown, don't ask. It smells slightly like a stout but it is faint. The taste is subtle and hard to discern but I think an Irish stout is hiding in there. The nitro made for a smooth mouth-feel and as such this was easy to down. Overall, eh.

Serving type: nitro-tap

07-19-2008 03:29:59 | More by ArrogantB

rye726

Colorado

3.35/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Good contrast in color with an off white head on near black. Head was very creamy and caused nice lacing.

Burnt grain malt with English hops.

Again, lots of burnt 2 row malts and golding hops.

Very light and crisp body. Very smooth carbonation, nitro.

Good brew to wash down some grub.

Serving type: nitro-tap

02-04-2008 07:13:13 | More by rye726