Love Stout - Yards Brewing Co.

templar316

Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

A true oyster stout one of the few available on the market. This is a bottle aged almost two years in my beer cellar and the flavors have combined beutifully for a soft easily drinkable stout. The oysters are barely noticable except as something different about this stout, a slightly different scent and flavor then the usual malt, chocolate, roasty flovors your expecting from a stout. But even knowing it's oysters (clearly labeled on the bottle) it's not what I'd expect. The biggest drawback in my mind is the overabundance of carbonation, which gives it an acidic finish. Certainly a beer you must drink from a glass.

Serving type: bottle

08-15-2007 04:04:23 | More by templar316

NJBeer265

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%

05-22-2013 16:48:34 | More by NJBeer265

BeerForMuscle

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +11.3%

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SpAiReArGsEonNE

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -14.9%

05-20-2013 02:29:30 | More by SpAiReArGsEonNE

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