Starr Hill Dark Starr Stout
Starr Hill’s Dark Starr Stout has won more national and international awards than any other Dry Irish Stout in the country. Brewed with roasted barley, and with hints of coffee and dark chocolate, it packs a robust taste into a surprisingly light body. This signature brew pours like velvet and drinks like a slice of grandma’s pumpernickel bread.
3.2
266 reviews
Crozet, United States
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Tap. Pours deep ruby black, small creamy brown head, nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, cigarettes. Flavor follows, light sweet, light bitter, roasty, a bit burned. Fairly light body, a bit watery. Not bad, but nothing special.
Low alcohol brought this rating down. A decent beer. good if your looking to try something different but don’t expect to much from this
Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is cocoa, chocolate, roasted malt. Flavour is dry, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, chocolate. OK beer.
Bottle 22fl.oz.
Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, dusty malt, earth - wood notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate, roasted, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20131122]
Bottled. Dark pour, tan head. Roasted malts, some coffee undertones, otherwise nothing too amazing.
A definite strong stout, though very average in my opinion. Had this at a tasting event before a baseball game in DC. straight from the tap, paired with some barbeque pork. Decent, though not great.
It pours a dark brown body, clear looking and topped by a dense, finger-thick light beige head. The aroma is quite burnt and bonfire-like, with some dried fruits. Not my preferred kind of stout I think, even though the flavor is quite pleasant. But in small quantities. Roasted malts, charcoal and some prunes in the flavor, some bitterness. Medium to full body, quite dry, but with some residual sweetness. Lasting burnt and roasted finish. Nah… 131122
Pours clear very dark brown with shades of ruby. Clear aroma of coffee, malt, and dark chocolate. Bitter, roasty flavour, with notes of dark chocolate and coffee. Maæty overtones. Bitter, coffeelike finish. Nice.
Pours clear dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee. Taste is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long chocolate and slightly dry finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Bottle @ Invasion U.S.A, Ulfborg 2013. Pours dark brown with a small bubbly head. A bit of ashes and really sweet chocolate. Medium bodied. Okay..
Ulfborg weekend celebration of nothing in particular. Dark brown with a small off-white head. Roasted aroma with caramel, toffee and coffee. Dry and hard roasted flavour with ashy notes and a hint of caramel
Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel and bread. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, bread, medium sweet, little thin and a little bitter.
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear dark reddish brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt, chocolate and a hint of cocoa. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 221113
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with excellent duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are sweet lightly roasted malt, caramel, lactose sugar, hops and little chocolate.
From 12 ounce bottle purchased as part of a mix six pack from Whole Foods in Brentwood (suburban Nashville) Tennessee, tasted on April 2, 2013. Opaque brown hue, small tan head, fine aroma of coffee, roasted malt, sweetness and an interesting wood-like component, taste of coffee, sweetness and roasted malt that doesn’t quite live up to the aroma’s promise but still not bad--rather good, in fact.
Out of the bottle it is opaque black. A thick tan head forms and leaves heavy lacing around the edge of the glass. Even after the head dissipates with a few sips, a froth remains on the surface. There is little to distinguish the aroma of this beer; it's just faint toasted malt. It carries nice toasted malt onto the palate, backed up with some assertive hops and some serious effervescence for a stout, which adds a lively mouthfeel and nice drinkability. This is a refreshing and enjoyable beer that would be a very good session stout as an alternative to Guinness.
12oz bottle. Pours a dark ruby-brown with a massive three finger tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, and sweet dark fruits like grape, raisin, and plum. The flavor was chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. The finish was very coffee and quite bitter. Very smooth, very creamy, but a little on the lighter side.
Rich dark colour with a good head. Mild aroma of hops, weak taste of espresso with a bitter finish.
Bottle from God knows where - pours pitch with a tan head. Aroma is roasty with some chocolate notes. Taste is sweet with some dryness on the finish. Meh.
Rated in 2010 (Backlog) - Black in color with a good sized beige head. Aroma is of roasted malt and light chocolate. Taste is of roasted malts.
Hmm, a very good dark pour with a big mocha head that leaves a huge ring of lacing. The aroma is "dry" or more dull than anything. There’s a very subtle hint of chocolate malt. The taste I suppose is dry but pretty bland for a stout. Certainly not one of my favorites. Ehh
Bottle. Dark brown, cloudy, no head. Roasted malt aroma, very strong smoky roast taste. Just okay. Not easy to drink.
5 oz. taste poured from 12 oz. bottles at Starr Hill class at Old Line Wine in Beltsville, MD.
Opaque, black-brown with a large tan head and excellent lacing.
Aroma of chocolate, roasted coffee, light molasses and smokey roasted malt.
Taste of chocolate, dark roasted coffee, light molasses and smokey roasted malt. Slightly sweet for a dry stout.
Light/medium body and medium/high carbonation.
A beautiful beer. Highly carbonated for the style. Malty and creamy with a good bite to the finish.
Pours cola brown with no head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Roasted malt and dark chocolate flavor. Dry finish. Decent lacing.
Bottle from mari’s. Pours black with a medium sized off white head. The aroma Is lightly roasty, has some general barley aroma. The taste is medium roasty with a bitter coffee ground finish. Starts nice but the finish is a little tough.
Roasted malt, coffee dominate. Body is excessively light, like many lesser dry stouts. Bitter coffee beans in the finish. Could be good if it weren’t so watery.
12 oz bottle dated best by Jan. 2012 served Sept. 2011 in a pint glass.
Near black and opaque with a proper, medium-dense tan head. The head reduces to large ring too soon, but leaves a moderate amount of lacing. Smells of sweet medium and dark roasted malt, marred by hints of sour milk and way more alcohol esters than should emanate from a 4.8% beer.
Taste is better, with a modest amount of dark roasted malt flavor and some chocolate notes. Balanced a bit towards sweet despite being slightly sour and bitter as well. There is a hint of coffee in the lightly dry finish. Smooth, with a rather light body (like Guinness) and a touch of dryness.
O - a decent Irish stout, despite the nose. Nearly on par with standard Guinness but certainly not up with the best versions of this style.
Shared from a 12 oz bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of roasted malts. Some hints of banana. Ok stout.
Pours very dark brown with a head that disappears very quickly. Aroma is not very strong. Faint roasted malt. Taste is chocolate malt that also has a bready quality to it as well. I’ve never had a dry stout before - not sure if it’s for me. I’ll have to give this one a try again later.