Irondale Swanton Rea’s Double Chocolate Stout
Irondale Swanton Rea’s Double Chocolate Stout
Rated 2.950 by BeerPals
Brewed by Hermitage Brewing Co.
San Jose, CA, United States
Style: Chocolate Stout
8% Alcohol by Volume
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ID: 40554 Last updated 1 month ago Added to database 14 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 48486 |
| Overall Percentile | 13.6 |
| Style Rank | 122 of 127 |
| Style Percentile | 3.9 |
| Lowest Score | 2.3 |
| Highest Score | 3.3 |
| Average Score | 2.900 |
| Weighted Score | 2.950 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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3 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6
This was one I'd passed on forever, and finally caved, just for curiosity sake, when it was on sale for $5. Still overpriced, but whatever. You don't know til you try. Really not as bad as I was expecting,given the brewer. Semi-sweet chocolate and a little baker's cocoa in the nose and flavor. Expectedly thin. Flavor and aroma still mildly pleasant, though, and nothing was off. Bittersweet mocha finish.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 3
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This beer was being sold at a premiu $9.00 price tag, and I knew that Hermitage isn't the greatest brewers in the world so I passed. Then, near Thanksgiving it went on sale for about $5.00 a bottle (probably because no one was buying it) so I bought a bottle and man....just crappola.
You know you have issues when the first thing you smell is rubber. Tire rubber to more specific and to go even further it was tire rubber after a car peels out on the street. Combine that with an overly ashy aroma and I knew this was going to be a long pint. Flavor seemed so bitter, almost medicinal bitter without anything to keep it from being unbalanced. Some bitter chocolate notes no doubt from the malts, but it was like taking a big bite of 99% dark chocolate....blech. Chalky as the beer goes down, smelling the tire rubber, unbalanced...there's some kind of tartness that seems to be there too. I can only hope that this was a bad bottle, but I won't be buying another one so it's a loss. Unfortunately, the barleywine was also pretty bad. -
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Sampled on 12/18/2010. The stout pours a nearly eclipse black color from a 50cl bottle. Small to medium sized beige foamy head, with decent retention and nice lacing. The aroma is semi sweet chocolate, roasted malts and a touch of coffee. Medium bodied Stout. The malts are chocolate, coffee and roasty malts. The hops are earthy. Nice carbonation. Good balance. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
