Serpent's Back

Mountainview Brewing Co. in Hope, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular

Score

6.78

ABV: 6.0%

IBU: 30

Ticks: 5

This brew is named after the Serpent's Back Trail in Hope, BC and inspired by stouts of the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. It's packed with notes of sweet roasted malt, coffee and chocolate, but has a surprisingly dry finish. Though classified as a type of stout, our house strain of lager yeast does all of the heavy lifting in this dark beer meant for drinking in hot weather.

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7.1

BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Serpent's Back from Mountainview Brewing Co. 4 months ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

16oz @ Ryan's shared with Farees (thx for the beer!), Josh, and Alex.
Aroma: roasted malt, dry, coffee, some black chocolate.
Taste: along the same lines, ashy, a bit smoky.
Overall: drinkable.

Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2025 at 02:55

6.5

Oakes (33493) reviewed Serpent's Back from Mountainview Brewing Co. 4 months ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown, with light chocolate note. This has a lightish body, just a light fruitiness. It's okay - probably could use more bitterness for balance, or at least more roast. Seems like it needs a bit more of something.

Tried from Can on 11 Oct 2025 at 02:51

6.8

pictoman (9684) reviewed Serpent's Back from Mountainview Brewing Co. 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured from 473mL can. Near black with beige head. Roast malt, feint coffee with a hint of fruity coffee bean acidity in the background. Okay.

Tried from Can from High Point - Beer Wine Spirits on 02 Feb 2025 at 09:01

7.4

Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Serpent's Back from Mountainview Brewing Co. 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

473 ml can. Pours a very dark brown with moderate tan head. Aromas of roasted malts, dry milk chocolate, and a bit of coffee. Flavors follow same. Creamy coffee with acidic finish.

Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2025 at 00:01

6.4

RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Serpent's Back from Mountainview Brewing Co. 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

473mL can. Pours black with small beige head. Aroma has gentle roast and coffee. Flavour has again very gentle roast, some coffee. Decently thick in the mouth, but flavour profile is wanting complexity.

Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2024 at 03:03