Oakes (33493) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Dark brown, rich and boozy, has a fruity note and lots of booze. Rich chocolate lots of alcohol. Happy.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at Black Christmas 2017
Black color. The character comes from the dark malts, it has good body strength, some chocolate, hint of spices, and some acidity.
Good.
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
A pour from the bottle on Black Christmas V. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is berries, leather, and lots of bready notes. Similar taste with fruity notes. Good one.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Deep dark brown coloured body with a nice, two centimetre tall rich brown head that fades relatively quickly, still. Aroma of pure honey, roasted malts, hazlenuts, earth, grain, caramelised sugars, toffee and a bit of pure pit fruits like raisins and nice fresh figs. Full-bodied; Rich roasted malt flavour with a big dose of chocolate and some lighter coffee notes along with a touch of grain and earthiness near the backend. Aftertaste shows more of the alcohol warmth, some pungent grain, caramel, toffee, earth, roasted malt, burnt toast and some coffee hints and finishing with some more robust sweetness with the raisins and darker cacao notes coming through. Overall, a very complex and robust beer with the sweetness definitely hanging around, but this is all about the earthy notes - the roasted grain, coffee, chocolate, pit fruits and the alcohol warmth that hits throughout. Nice to sample and definitely well worth keeping this in the bottle for a while, perhaps I should have aged mine even longer! If I get another bottle of this, I'll keep it for 5+ years to see if the flavours get a little less harsh and more refined. I sampled this 65 cL bottle in celebration of bringing my newest son home, since he was born yesterday, while I purchased this beer just after my previous daughter was born. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Costco in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 04-July-2015 for US$11,99 sampled at home in Washington on 03-November-2017.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Brown pour with a finger of tan head. Aroma is light roast and milk chocolate. Tastes sweet and a little earthy. Lots of chocolate malt, some light roast, and earthy bits.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Refrigerated brown bomber 2013 poured into a glass. Dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is bourbon, medium body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is bourbon, dark malt, and tobacco.
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed Red Nectar from Humboldt Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From old tasting notes. Hazy, amber orange color. Huge thick whipped cream beige head. Fruity malt nose. Crisp fruity malt flavor upfront. Big bitter hop finish. Very tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red/brown color with a 1 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, milk chocolate, and cocoa; with lighter notes toffee, coffee, nuttiness, herbal, floral, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready/roasted malts, cocoa/hemp, and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, milk chocolate, and cocoa; with lighter notes toffee, coffee, nuttiness, herbal, floral, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, milk chocolate, cocoa, light coffee/nuttiness, herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/roasted malts, cocoa/hemp, and light earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Slight dryness from hop/roasted bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.7%. Overall this is a very good American brown ale. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/roasted malts, cocoa/hemp, and light earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Very flavorful with nice well rounded malt complexity, and balanced cocoa/hemp notes without being overdone. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Poured into a mug, the appearance was a sturdy dark brown color with a finger’s worth of a light tan foamy head. Dissipated fairly easy to leave some light lingering stringy lace.
The aroma had some roasted nuts, slight dark malts, some caramel/toffee qualities, light earthiness and some hay.
The flavor leaned towards a dry malty sweetness. Light bitterness came in for a decent balance. The aftertaste was somewhat malty and dry with a nice woody dry sort of finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Good carbonation. ABV felt fine. It’s dry yet somewhat smooth.
Overalll, one of the drier brown ales on the market. Maybe again for me, not sure.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into lager glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy pale golden yellow color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt and earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, light pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of cracker, biscuit, light honey, herbal, pepper, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Extremely clean lagering with zero yeast notes present. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, moderately grainy/bready, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is a great Munich Helles! All around great robustness and balance of pale malt and earthy hop flavors; very smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink. Highly flavorful for the low ABV. Spot on style example all around. A really enjoyable offering.