Black Xantus
Humboldt Brewing Company in Arcata, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.81
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wine barrels and Infused with fair-trade, organic coffee from local roaster Jobella. Rich bourbon and coffee aromas greet the senses. Complex chocolate and tobacco flavors fill the palate. This beer displays a full-bodied mouth-feel
and an overall balanced presentation. It would be a perfect pairing to rich chocolate desserts.
Style: Imperial Java Stout IBUs: 50 Color: Black ABV: 11%
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Maverick (5074) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottled. 2011. Aroma is liqueur and some honey. Almost meady. Coffee in the taste and some chocolate. Maybe too sweet. Slight alco burn on the finish.
kristincedar (7052) ticked Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 1 year ago
Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Almost pitch black. Roast, plums and dried fruit in the aroma. Roast, coffee, licorice, blackcurrant, dried fruit and laurel in the sweetish but complex flavor. Long aftertaste. Full bodied. Alcoholic, but well balanced and delicious.
explosivedog (14050) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
650ml bottle, at the Beer Jerk Bunker bottle share, thanks to Emma. Pours black. Chocolate, deep milk chocolate, blackcurrant, cherry, vanilla, bourbon, touch of orange. Good body. Delicious.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark brown, rich and boozy, has a fruity note and lots of booze. Rich chocolate lots of alcohol. Happy.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Black Christmas 2017
Black color. The character comes from the dark malts, it has good body strength, some chocolate, hint of spices, and some acidity.
Good.
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
A pour from the bottle on Black Christmas V. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is berries, leather, and lots of bready notes. Similar taste with fruity notes. Good one.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice, two centimetre tall rich brown head that fades relatively quickly, still. Aroma of pure honey, roasted malts, hazlenuts, earth, grain, caramelised sugars, toffee and a bit of pure pit fruits like raisins and nice fresh figs. Full-bodied; Rich roasted malt flavour with a big dose of chocolate and some lighter coffee notes along with a touch of grain and earthiness near the backend. Aftertaste shows more of the alcohol warmth, some pungent grain, caramel, toffee, earth, roasted malt, burnt toast and some coffee hints and finishing with some more robust sweetness with the raisins and darker cacao notes coming through. Overall, a very complex and robust beer with the sweetness definitely hanging around, but this is all about the earthy notes - the roasted grain, coffee, chocolate, pit fruits and the alcohol warmth that hits throughout. Nice to sample and definitely well worth keeping this in the bottle for a while, perhaps I should have aged mine even longer! If I get another bottle of this, I'll keep it for 5+ years to see if the flavours get a little less harsh and more refined. I sampled this 65 cL bottle in celebration of bringing my newest son home, since he was born yesterday, while I purchased this beer just after my previous daughter was born. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Costco in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 04-July-2015 for US$11,99 sampled at home in Washington on 03-November-2017.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Refrigerated brown bomber 2013 poured into a glass. Dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is bourbon, medium body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is bourbon, dark malt, and tobacco.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ home from a trade. Vintage 2014. Roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, bourbon, vanilla. Well balanced, not too sticky. Earthy bitterness. Nice stout!