Organic Devout Stout
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout Regular|
Score
6.57
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From Oct 2006
Poured from 22oz bottle(room temp) a pitch black with a large off-white head of foam that takes some time to settle down leaving a solid layer with quite a bit of lacing.
The smell is is a strong mix of citrus bitterness and coffee.
The initial taste threw me off..I note a big lemony or maybe it is lime(?) hoppy flavour mixed with a sourness and just the faintest hint of the coffee that I noted in the nose. A few more sips in to the bottle and my palate becomes used to the hoppy bitterness and more of the coffee notes come into play along with some minor chocolate presence but for me, the hops in this stout takes center stage and now...some vanilla flavour also enters the scene. This, imho, is quite the different American Stout and I'm liking it.
Bottom line: This is, maybe, the most unusual American Stout I've tasted and I'm glad I got to try it. Give it a shot if you see it!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap. Pours dark black, small tan head, decent lacing. Aroma is heavy roast, a bit burned, coffee, ashtray. Flavor is light sweet, ashy, dark roast, espresso grounds, light biter and a bit of acid. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Dark brown. Red hues. Almost no nose. Very thin and weak. Maybe some creaminess. Chalky indeed. Un memorable
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5
Draft. A black beer with a red shine under a brown head. The aroma has notes of phenols, vinegar, and vanilla. The flavor is sweet with ntoes of vanilla and cocoa, leading to a dry and roasted finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
pours dark brown, quickly disappearing off-white head. aroma roasted malts, hints of berries?, chocolate. flavor, roasted malts, thin chocolate bitetrness, hints of fruits, possibly raspberry, not sure if it was intended. Malty with some coffee roast. Body was too carbonated. Light in abv but full of flavor, hinting to a sourish finish, yeasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap. Pours black and almost opaque with a vague orange hue and a creamy light brown head. Hard roasted malt aroma with some dried fruits also. Medium body, hard roasted malt, again dried fruits - like raisins in rum. Some malt bitterness. 090709
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy dark brown with a small white head. Dark roasted malt aroma, light chocolate like. Mild liqourice touch. Roasted dark caramel malt flavoured, towards breadish. Ends roasted and malt flavoured, light bitterness and minor acidic touch.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22oz bottle shared with Samgamgee and company. 500ml bottle. Opaque black color. Solid roasty flavor, nice mouthfeel. Highly drinkable. Some coffee notes. Light sandy crispness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle: Dark brown pour with a finger of creamy brown head. Heavy roast in the aroma with plenty of coffee and just a bit of chocolate. Flavor is dry and roasty with a little more coffee and some light bitters. It seems like it could be ash, but there is a ton of heavy roast and a really dry roast/coffee theme here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Black with large beige head. Sweet aroma with plenty of roasted malt and coffee notes. Flavour is sweet with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate notes.