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Old Courthouse Stout
Trailhead Brewing Co
- From:
- Trailhead Brewing Co
- Missouri, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 74
- Avg:
- 3.02 | pDev: 17.22%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 25, 2018
- Added:
- Oct 19, 2002
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Ratings by nogoodreason:
Reviewed by nogoodreason from Missouri
2.89/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.89/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Note: My beer was extremely cold. I found a little ice around the rim of the glass, I don't know if they frosted the glass or the keg was just kept too cold. I think the coldness of the beer might've impacted this tasting.
Appearance: Very dark, no light penetrates. A smallish one finger lightly colored head covers the beer but disapates within a few minutes.
Smell: Faint roasted coffee, not much of a scent to speak of.
Taste: A little underwhelming, slight coffee taste is present if you look for it, otherwise has a very dry somewhat malty character.
Mouthfeel: Decently balanced between viscosity and lightness. Not as thick as I like a stout, but not too light.
Drinkabilty: A very drinkable beer alltogether, not bad enough to dislike but not good enough to slowly savor. An easy-drinking session beer.
I've yet to be impressed by a Trailhead beer. and this beer was no exception. Like most of the beers I've had there it seems to eschew character in favor of being unoffensive. It was obviously designed to be as close to Guiness as possible and it is close.Still, certainly nothing extraordinary and probably not worth the effort to seek out, but if you're in the area and enjoy Guinessesque stouts then it's worth a try.
Jul 08, 2004Appearance: Very dark, no light penetrates. A smallish one finger lightly colored head covers the beer but disapates within a few minutes.
Smell: Faint roasted coffee, not much of a scent to speak of.
Taste: A little underwhelming, slight coffee taste is present if you look for it, otherwise has a very dry somewhat malty character.
Mouthfeel: Decently balanced between viscosity and lightness. Not as thick as I like a stout, but not too light.
Drinkabilty: A very drinkable beer alltogether, not bad enough to dislike but not good enough to slowly savor. An easy-drinking session beer.
I've yet to be impressed by a Trailhead beer. and this beer was no exception. Like most of the beers I've had there it seems to eschew character in favor of being unoffensive. It was obviously designed to be as close to Guiness as possible and it is close.Still, certainly nothing extraordinary and probably not worth the effort to seek out, but if you're in the area and enjoy Guinessesque stouts then it's worth a try.
More User Ratings:
Rated by JLaw55 from Missouri
2/5 rDev -33.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -33.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Bland, thin (ridiculously thin), watery, boring. Little bit of roast and little to no head. Disappointing and underwhelming.
Feb 05, 2018Reviewed by welldigger888 from South Carolina
2.44/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.5
2.44/5 rDev -19.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2.5
this dark brew had a very minimal snow white head that like magic disappeared almost instantly leaving zero lacing down glass
a hint of roasted grains no hop and a touch heavy with diacetyl aromas
the flavor followed the aromas with zero hop a hint of roasted grain and a bit thick on the butterscotch diaceyl
thin as a stout gets in a bad way
i found this brew to be unpleasant
Mar 09, 2016a hint of roasted grains no hop and a touch heavy with diacetyl aromas
the flavor followed the aromas with zero hop a hint of roasted grain and a bit thick on the butterscotch diaceyl
thin as a stout gets in a bad way
i found this brew to be unpleasant
Old Courthouse Stout from Trailhead Brewing Co
Beer rating:
74 out of
100 with
38 ratings
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