Black Hawk Stout
Mendocino Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Dry Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.38
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Black Hawk Stout retains the big traditional flavors of an Irish-style stout and yet offers a refreshing dry crispness that is rare in many dark beers. "Bottle Conditioned" Black Hawk Stout is replete with a rich, roasted malt flavor that makes this not-so-heavy stout, creamy and ever so smooth. It has a subtlety that surprises and converts even the most reticent stout drinker.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Medium gray-brown head. Opaque black body shows hazy dark red light at edges. Roasty floral aroma is faint, with traces of rubber boot (no, seriously). Dry earthy roasty soy sauce taste with toasted sugar notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish earthy mealy soy sauce aftertaste with rubbery notes. Well. It’s ok. (0.355l bottle, from Fish & Beer, Copenhagen.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2015
at 01:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very dark copper, thick light beige head. Roasted, wet malt aroma. Light, dry mouthfeel. Roasted aroma, faint, fruity and smokey notes. Dry and light bitter finish.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2015
at 15:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pour cloudy nearly black with small but stable light tan head. Dark aroma of coffee, malt and caramel with some subtle roasty notes. Bitter, roasty flavour, complemented by sweetish notes of caramel malt and touches of coffee. Roasty and bitter aftertaste with notes of yeast. Decent, albeit just medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2015
at 15:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Bready and dusty aroma, smells a lot like a milk stout. Almost black colour, seems clear. Big stable creamy light brown head. The flavour is bready, slightly vinous, sweetish. Not a dry stout in my book, but perhaps not sweet enough to be a milk stout, either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2015
at 15:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Shared bottle at local tasting. Black colour, moderate to low tan head. Slightly sweetish and mildly roasty aroma, hints of creamy coffee and chocolate. Dry roasty flavour, notes of cold coffee. Drinkable, but not remarkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2015
at 12:23
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Flaske på rbhd-samling feb-15: brunsvart med capuccinoskum. Mild kaffe/vanlijearoma og kremet munnfølelse. Tørr og mørk men med en bismak av våt papp.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2015
at 12:22
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Shared bottle at RB/HD 07.02.15. Black. Dark beige head.Aroma of dark chocolate. Moderate bitterness in refreshing taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2015
at 12:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Some coffee and roast but ingredients don’t mesh well. Pours black, OK head and lacing. Thick consistently. Kind of an oaky astringent finish. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2014
at 16:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared @ weekly tasting. Dark brown to black color, medium sized brown head that leaves fair lacing. Aroma is malts, roasted malts, liquorice, a touch of hops. Pretty nice actually. Taste malts, lightly roasted malts, again liquorice, nicely bitter. Medium body and carbonation. I like it. Nice beer imo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 16:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ benzai. Black colour with a medium sized, beige to lightbrown head. Smells sweet, roasty, ash, tar, nice. Tastes roasty, ash, tar, coffee. Pretty okay. Medium body, medium carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 15:40