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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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Not much of an aroma. Feels like I’m smelling a generic stout from across the room. Taste is a bit metallic, but it is smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2008
at 21:10
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Dark brown pour with a small tan head. Nose is coffee, cocoa, and light roast. Taste is fairly light with roast and coffee, a little chalky. Very mild stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2007
at 22:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Aroma of mildly toasted malt with some coffee and chocolate (almost burnt, not roasted, malt). Near opaque brown color with garnet hilites. The beige head left rapidly. Thin to medium in body, with mild, creamy carbonation. The flavor of burnt toast is not strong; it’s less than the old fashioned Guinness. On the other hand it is very dry, and the toasted aspect is persistent. It is smooth, and it is reasonably dry. It drinks well, and the toasted malt and chocolate carry into the finish. Just un soupçon of hop bitter.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2007
at 00:01
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled at the Odds and Ends Tasting II on 10/19/07: This brew is a dark brown color with ruby edges. Medium light tan head that burns off steadily and thin rings of lacing. Toasted malt aroma with nuts and vanilla. Medium, smooth body with roasted malt, nut and mild hops flavors. The finish is short with roasted coffee and hops. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2007
at 11:07
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Body is a nice dark brown color and pours kind of thick. Head is about a finger and a half of khaki foam. Aromas are grain heavy-a little bit of roast, but alos of fermenting oats and just a touch of burnt coffee. Flavor of bitter coffee grounds has a little bit of tartness to it, too. Very simple and straight forward roasty malt body with a bit of a hops finish that, while reasonably well done, is fairly uninteresting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2007
at 15:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bouquet of prune, chocolate, and grain. Black, slightly viscous, opaque, with a thick light brown head. Drier than expected and decently hopped. Smoke, charred oak, ash, which is all nice in moderation, but that seems to be all this is. Ordinary hop finish. Before the first slip, I thought this would be syrupy sweet, but it actually isn’t sweet enough.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2007
at 09:45
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Black color; creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt and milk chocolate or chocolate drink (strange!). Good body based on the roasted malt and caramel; high bitterness. Just a bit weak at the end.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2007
at 06:24
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. A deep red beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of chocolate and roasted malt. The flavor is slightly acidic stemming from the roasted malt, but also sweet and with notes of malt, and a burnt edge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2007
at 10:55
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
This is the first mendo I’ve sampled and the first dry stout I’ve sampled. $3 for 12 oz bottle @ 3 Sons in Wexford. Pours nice and dark in my steeler stein, appearing opaque. Very few bubbles and has the typical aroma of stout, perhaps a little alcoholy. Initial hit of flavor is not quite as strong as an imperial stout. Some burned or charred wood in the background. Slightly below average carbonation. Finish has a lasting bitterness but it is not as lasting or as bitter as imperial or foreign stouts. Will not buy again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2006
at 12:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Coffee, dark chocolate, malt and hops aroma. Opaque dark brown with small head. Smoky creamy mocha malt flavor with a moderate hops finish. Easy drinking stout on the hoppy side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2006
at 14:03