Love Stout - Yards Brewing Co.

pheurton

Pennsylvania

3.63/5  rDev -5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

poured a deep dark black with few brownish ruby highlights observable when held to the light. creamy tan head the lasted the whole glass...superb retention. full aroma of dry dark roasted barley. over-carbonation yields a slightly thinnish mouthfeel, too spritzy for stout. dry roasted flavor, slightly acidic and yeasty. hops are there for balance and not a whole lot more. i found this brew more appetizing to look at and smell than to actually drink. still, not a bad stab at the dry stout style and definitely worth a shot.

Serving type: bottle

02-11-2004 03:15:57 | More by pheurton

JeffTheJuice

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

05-07-2013 22:49:46 | More by JeffTheJuice

WhatAlesMe

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -8.4%

04-30-2013 22:20:47 | More by WhatAlesMe

weaselchew

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

04-25-2013 03:49:47 | More by weaselchew

NiceTaps

New Jersey

4.04/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

On tap in a nonic pint glass.

A- It looks like a Giunness Draught, Love Stout may be a bit darker. That's the end of the Guinness similarities.

S-Roasted barley, some chocolate and coffee.

T- Creamy malt, bittersweet chocolate and a hint of coffee.

M- Good creamy body, not much carbonation. The chocolate and the roasting give it some bite.

O- This beer is right on for the style, and the abv gives it enough body without compromising drinkability.

Serving type: on-tap

04-25-2013 00:09:41 | More by NiceTaps

dbfp210

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%

03-31-2013 05:26:28 | More by dbfp210

brheuer

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

03-25-2013 00:29:26 | More by brheuer

MrBoh

Maryland

3.5/5  rDev -8.4%

03-24-2013 03:07:26 | More by MrBoh

buzzy

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

03-04-2013 00:00:19 | More by buzzy

DaveOB

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +11.3%

03-01-2013 20:33:27 | More by DaveOB

NYR_Rob

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%

02-24-2013 01:58:05 | More by NYR_Rob

VaporDome

New York

2.5/5  rDev -34.6%

02-23-2013 18:54:59 | More by VaporDome

jp312

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -1.8%

02-19-2013 01:09:12 | More by jp312

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.85/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Served on tap in a 10 oz pint glass

Appearance – The brew is served a deep black color with a one finger tan colored head. The head fades rather fast to leave only moderate level of lacing.
Smell-The aroma is heaviest of chocolate and roasted malt mixed with notes of espresso and a small amount of sea smell.

Taste – The taste begins quite heavy of a roasted malt, some lighter flavors of coffee, and a sweetness of caramel. The coffee grows stronger as the taste advances with some notes of a chocolate sweetness also coming to the tongue. Some lighter earthy hop flavors come to the tongue more at the end of the taste along with a light touch of a mineral and salt sea like taste. With the increase in the chocolate flavors at the end of the taste a rather pleasant bitter sweet, roasted and dark flavor is left to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel- The body of the beer was on the creamier and thicker side, especially for a bee of only 5.5 % abv with a carbonation level that was rather average. Both were nice for the drinkability as well as the darker flavors of the brew and made for a nice feel overall.

Overall- A rather tasty, easy drinking, and fairly balanced stout. Well worth a try if you get the chance.

Serving type: on-tap

02-19-2013 01:07:17 | More by Darkmagus82

zillo043068

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +11.3%

02-11-2013 02:09:48 | More by zillo043068

ferrouswolf

Delaware

4.5/5  rDev +17.8%

02-08-2013 22:31:33 | More by ferrouswolf

DmanGTR

New York

4/5  rDev +4.7%

02-06-2013 20:35:20 | More by DmanGTR

sneth019

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%

01-26-2013 14:20:01 | More by sneth019

Melicita

Maryland

4/5  rDev +4.7%

01-21-2013 00:31:21 | More by Melicita

gnikola

Serbia

1.5/5  rDev -60.7%

01-17-2013 13:02:43 | More by gnikola

thedirtystayout

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

01-16-2013 20:21:01 | More by thedirtystayout

GrantBrennan

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

01-06-2013 00:56:17 | More by GrantBrennan

duplisea

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

01-02-2013 20:03:46 | More by duplisea

BeerCon5

Pennsylvania

3.35/5  rDev -12.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured a deep black color with a very nice, foamy tan head that remained throughout the beer.

The scent was of roasted chocolate malt.

The taste was of roasted malt, chocolate, and notes of burnt coffee.

Medium body, very creamy and smooth, low carbonation.

This was a decent beer, though I thought there could have been a bit more flavor.

Serving type: on-tap

01-02-2013 19:27:08 | More by BeerCon5

Sipchue

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +4.7%

12-31-2012 00:46:12 | More by Sipchue