Alameda Black Bear XX Stout

Brewed by Alameda Brewhouse
Style: Foreign Stout
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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A black beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with lots of roasted malt notes as well as notes of coffee. The flavor is sweet with an acidic note of roasted malt, as well as light coffee notes.

(Bottle 65 cl) Very dark brown with a vague tint of red and a dense, beige head. Lightly sweet and fruity with roasted malts. Medium body with a fairly high carbonation and accents of hard roasted malt. A vague, underlying tartness that I don’t believe is intentional. But drinkable indeed. 011206

Bottle. Clack coloured with a beige head. Roasted aroma with acidic notes. Roasted flavour of coffee with notes of hops and light acidic notes.

Name: Black Bear Stout
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: Draft, Nitro
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: black, fine tan head, heavy lace
Aroma: roasted malt aroma, caramel sweetness brings out a dark chocolate character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate and roasted flavor, caramel sweetness adds richness, light balancing bitterness from the heavy roast

Name: Black Bear Stout
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
the draft version has more of a roasted character as the caramel sweetness is subdued, a touch of citrus comes through, light fruityness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Very dark brown. Beautiful aroma with nuts, dark chocolate and light espresso. Exceptionally well-balanced character hits all the right notes - light black malt, hint of tartness, rich chocolate, good hop underpinning. I don’t have a whole lot of notes on it, but when we judged this the gold medallist, what I had to say I think sums it up: "I asked to judge this category so I could drink beers like this."

(Draught) Pours a dark brown body with a thick tan head. Aroma of light roastiness, Belgian stout sour characteristics, coffee, dark chocolate, and nuts. Flavor of roasted malt, acidic sourness, chocolate, and lactose.

Draft at the brewpub. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Slightly sweetish roasted malty coffee and chocolate flavor with some bitter hints. Has a slightly sweetish roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

(RBSG04) Black body with creamy brown head. Aroma is mild sweet, chocolate, some roasty. Medium sweet body, some chocolate, roast, some lactose. Creamy medium-full body. Sorry, but I don’t see what makes this a noteworthy beer.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Fruity hop aroma. Small beige head. Black strong in alcohol and fruity with a crisp and bitter coffee roast finish.

Bottle from Bottle Trek. Pours black with a good tan head. Sweetish toasted malt aroma with a little coffee. Full bodied with creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweetish toasted malt, very light coffee and chocolate. It’s mostly malt. Some hop balances things out somewhat at the finish. Pretty drinkable.