Blackout Stout

Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Dry Regular Out of Production

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6.71

ABV: 3.7%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

Brewed in the manner of a true dry stout, the mash is made of pale malt, flaked barley, and roasted barley. It has a relatively low starting gravity, but its high percentage of unfermentable barley, leaves a full, rich body dominated by the complex tones of the roasted grains, with a very dry finish. Its dense, creamy tan head is due to its being "carbonated" with a mix of nitrogen and CO2, and then dispensed through a "Guinness-type" tap under pressure from the same mixed gas. Unfiltered, and black as a moonless night in the glass, is a beautiful deep garnet color when held up to a light. It has less than 4% alcohol per volume, but is still big and powerful, making it agreat beer to have when you?re havin? more than one! The creation and dispensing of this beer was a real pleasure and challenge to us, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do. OG: 10415 FG: 101375

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6.6

yespr (55607) reviewed Blackout Stout from Cambridge Brewing Company 14 years ago

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

From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown to black with a creamy, brown and lasting head. Aroma is roasted dark malty and breadish. Dark dry malty and breadish hardroasted. Bitter and dark malty finish.

Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2011 at 17:02

6.6

Lubiere (24390) reviewed Blackout Stout from Cambridge Brewing Company 16 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

A deep dark stout with a creamy moka head, lacing. In aroma, a lightly peated chocolate. In mouth, a light and silky stout, light bodied, with powdery chocolate. On tap at brewpub Oct. 11 2008.

Tried from Draft on 09 Mar 2009 at 09:03

Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Blackout Stout from Cambridge Brewing Company 19 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught pint at CBC, 12/17/05. Listed at 4.0 abv this year.
Unfiltered ultra deep brown with a light-tan head that is one-finger high and manages to stick around throughout the whole glass, receding somewhat to about half its original size, but never failing. Lacing covers the glass completely. Aroma of light chocolate/cocoa, graceful notes of coffee woven in with light vanilla and soft barley grain notes. Hint of cola and hardly any of the characterful yeast of the brewpub. Weak aroma overall, somewhat dulled by the roasted barley, though for the style its about average. The flavor is predominantly roasty, though low on bitterness. Light pale malt sugars brush over the tongue (or more accurately, are washed over the tongue) as the significantly watery body carries it about. Some grassy, grainy barley notes, light vanilla, cola and bits of chocolate all dot the palate, never making too much an indentation. Lots of substance, but its a substantial nothingness. It’s not thin, really, it’s just that so much of it is water, and the malt sugars are few and far between. I still don’t understand why guinness influences microbrewers. This style dosent have to be tremendously watery, as this one is. I’m not asking for any more alcohol or stronger, richer flavors, as I appreciate a session beer, but it just needs MORE flavor. It’s funny because sometimes the alcohol or hops dominate the beer and bully the other flavors, well in this case, the water does it. Very light on the lactic notes, no alcohol apparency, of course and the carbonation is very gentle, the blend of CO2 and Nitrogen works effectively.

Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2005 at 16:24