Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Lactic orange/banana malt and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Very sweet orange/banana, light clove, wheat malt and mildly bitter orange peel flavor. Nice body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at America on Tap Saturday Deep golden color with a decent bubbly white head. Floral earthy hops, rich bready caramel maltiness. Decent enough IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from America on Tap Deep copper/ brown color with a decent tan head. Rich caramel maltiness with hints of chocolate. Light earthy hop. Decent brown ale, but I can’t say what the hemp added.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into weizen glass, bottled on 6/5/2015. Pours hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big lemon zest, orange peel, peach, pineapple, banana, bubblegum, clove, wheat, bread, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Fantastic aromas with great complexity and balance of bright citrus/tropical hops, fruity/spicy yeast, and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lemon zest, orange peel, peach, pineapple, banana, bubblegum, clove, wheat, bread, light honey, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light amount of earthy bitterness/yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/orange peel, peach, pineapple, banana, bubblegum, clove, wheat, bread, light honey, floral, grass, and herbal/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, moderate citrus/tropical hops, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly crisp mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding hefeweizen. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical hops, fruity/spicy yeast, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. The aromas were much stronger the citrus/tropical hops as expected with dry hopping. A lot of it did carry over into the flavor as well, but it was much more balanced with the standard hefeweizen flavor profile. A highly enjoyable offering all around.
Tinus (5080) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black, tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, liquorice, vanilla and chocolate. Bitter flavour, roasted malts, coffee, light caramel, hops. Full, thick body. Bitter finish, liquorice root, light sour note. Bit sweet, quite boozy.
(from 75cL bottle @ Let’s drink all of Rich’s American beers Tasting. Thanks for sharing, omgrich!)
laiti (11645) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
65 cl bottle @ hotel room, San Diego. Aroma has sweet bourbon tones and licorice. Flavour has licorice, sweet bourbon, vanilla and rye pudding. Also some porto. Very intensive, very sweet, very great. Reminds me of Bells Black Note - this is just more oaty and malty. I would love to have a bottle of this with a great two-hour movie.
tiong (21350) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, mämmi, licorice, hints of oakiness and vinous notes. Taste is vinous, slightly roasty and sweet with loads of licorice, hints of oak, wood and berries. Finish is heavy with vinous notes, sweet syrup, licorice, oak, wood and vanilla. Quite vinous and sweet.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Refrigerated brown bomber poured into a weizen glass. Orange with medium white head. Aroma is herbal hops/cloves, medium body (has some weight), some carbonation, and pretty good big-bubble lacing. Taste is clove, citrus, some honey, and some banana. Nice richness of favors, different than most, and pretty good.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Humboldt Black Xantus (by Humboldt Brewing Company (Total Beverage Solution)):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
15/VIII/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ We're drinking all of Rich's American beers tasting - BB: n/a (2015-1086) Thanks to omgrich for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown beer, small fizzy beige head, non adhesive, unstable. Aroma: very rich, vanilla, bourbon, alcohol, bit sourish. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very alcoholic and boozy, bitter, roasted, caramel, molasses, bit smoky. Aftertaste: alcohol, caramel, vanilla, bourbon, bit hoppy, roasted, some coffee, a lot of coffee actually. Didn't know anything about the beer beforehand, looks like i got a lot of it right. Sourness from the wine barrels, bourbon, coffee, ... So, even at the end of such a big tasting, still got my senses serving me right! ;-)
CLW (16859) reviewed Black Xantus from Humboldt Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
650 ml from Cigarette City, Seabrook. Used motor oil color with thin tan head. Aroma is chocolate, deep roasted grains, burnt coffee grounds, dark fruits. Mild bourbon notes/ leans more on oak rather than bourbon.
Flavor is bitter coffee, roasted malts, anise, light char underneath a mild bourbon treatment. Lots of dark fruit notes, raisins, red grapes, figs. Mouthfeel is nice and full with an oak finish. Very nice, wanted more coffee but I also have no idea the age of the bottle. Still a fine sipper overall.