Old No. 38 Stout
(has 1 batch)
North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Dry Regular|
Score
7.03
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Named for a retired California Western Railroad steam engine on the Fort Bragg to Willits run through the Redwoods, Old No. 38 Stout is a smooth, firm-bodied stout with the toasted character and coffee notes of dark malts and roasted barley.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$ 2.09 for a 330 ml bottle, purchased @ Nikki’s Liquors in Providence, RI. No expiration date or code anywhere on the bottle. Used a pint glass. The aroma is a very weak milk chocolate, some roasted malts. The taste is smooth with some burnt malts, a bit of coffee and a touch of chocolate. It gets very thin into the finish with lingering light coffee and a nice dryness that I like in stouts. This could be a good stout depending on what’s available where you are shopping. However, overall very average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2011
at 18:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. The aroma is milk chocolate, coffee, caramel, bread, and a little earthy hops. The flavor is very sweet up front, with a little bitterness and dry malty finish. The palate is medium and smooth, with very little carbonation and a clean finish. Overall, an easy drinking and very tasty stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2011
at 17:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Very dark brown with fading light tan head. Toasty aroma with dark toffee, nuts, mocha, hints of dark berries. Fairly light bodied with some carbonation. Fairly dry taste with coffee, modestly sweet chocolate and nuts. Mild roasted note. No astringency from the coffee. Long dry finish has some salt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2011
at 05:53
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
On tap at The Blind Lady Alehouse in SD
Appearance: Back with a nice tan head and some good lacing
Aroma: Not much, roasted malts
Taste: Thin mouthfeel. Roasted malts and chocolate
Ok, but nothing special. Left half a pint on the table when l left. I’ll look for this in bottles so I can re-rate it, my experience doesn’t come close to other ratings.
ReRate 3/15/12 12oz bottle
Aroma of roasted malts and rich chocolate. Flavors of roasted malts, molasses, grainy, chocolate and bitter. I’m not changing my rating. I still didn’t like this beer.
Appearance: Back with a nice tan head and some good lacing
Aroma: Not much, roasted malts
Taste: Thin mouthfeel. Roasted malts and chocolate
Ok, but nothing special. Left half a pint on the table when l left. I’ll look for this in bottles so I can re-rate it, my experience doesn’t come close to other ratings.
ReRate 3/15/12 12oz bottle
Aroma of roasted malts and rich chocolate. Flavors of roasted malts, molasses, grainy, chocolate and bitter. I’m not changing my rating. I still didn’t like this beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2010
at 11:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Opaque dark brown, creamy golden brown head. Chocolate and roast aroma, light blueberries. Medium body, velvetty mouthfeel, with fine prickly carbonation. Good mellow roastyness, a few honyed almonds, smooth exit
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2010
at 22:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle pours black with a medium light brown head. Aroma is roasty with coal and worn leather notes. Mouth is full bodied but there is a good bit of carbonation cleaning the palate in the finish. This is big and black through and through. Roasted malt, bitter cocoa, burnt sugar or caramel, minimal sweetness, but I like it. Noticeable grassy hops in the finish. Overall, a very well done stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2010
at 15:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
An ok stout without much body and somewhat lacking in the taste department. This beer is dark but rather transparent for a stout. The smell is mostly roasted malt, chocolatey malt. There is even an interesting hop character in the background. The taste is similar but the feel is so light that it kind of washes out the beer’s potential. I guess it’s fairly drinkable, but it wouldn’t be my choice for a stout. It’s not bad, and if you like light stouts, it’s probably a good choice. It’s just not my thing.
Tried
on 16 Apr 2010
at 09:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stockholm) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, cocoa and gentle milky coffee hints. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, coffee and a slightly roasted, gentle bitterness in a dry finish. Medium body, smooth and well rounded. Once upon a time this was one of the beers that got me in to the American craft beer scene. It’s still a tasty and well balanced beer, but it seems my frames of reference has moved on a bit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2010
at 13:44