EAT DRINK THIS IMMEDIATELY: Yards' new/old Love Stout

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EAT DRINK THIS IMMEDIATELY: Yards' new/old Love Stout

POSTED: Thursday, September 16, 2010, 7:03 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Eat This Immediately

Photo | Drew Lazor

We dropped by Oyster House (1516 Sansom St.) earlier this week for the release of Yards' latest Love Stout, which this time around is brewed using a bushel of oysters Sam Mink's shuckerie provided Tom Kehoe and Co. for the process. Though Love Stout is brewed annually, it's been some time since they've done it as an oyster stout, a style popularized in the UK that's been creeping back into the craft-beer discussion recently thanks to local entries like Flying Fish's Exit 1. But that's actually how it started Sam's father David, who ran Sansom Street Oyster House at the same location in its day, blessed Yards with bushel of oysters for the brew the very first time they cranked out the stout, so 2010's new-look stout is actually a bit of a throwback. The beer, which was concocted using Yards' original small-batch equipment (throwback part deux) is a creamy, easy-drinking, well-rounded stout through and through, with a warm malt backbone and some nice dark chocolate flavors. As far as we can tell, the oysters don't really influence the flavor of the beer in any dramatic fashion we're told they mostly affect its texture, though maybe there is a bit of brine hiding in there somewhere but it's fun to know they're back. Look for it in firkins and on tap at Philly's finer bars. Drink this immediately.

Posted 2010-09-16 18:27:47

NOT VEGAN. BOOO. No love for vegans this year :(

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