Art Fosca Stout

Brewed by ArtCervesers
Style: Stout
Granollers - Caldes de Montbui, Spain

Serve in English pint

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355mL thanks to nickls. The pour is a clear cola brown with a thinning, tan head. Spotty lace. Aroma is dark fruit/raisin and date heavy with smoked and spiced orange. Very nice. Taste is lemony tart, thin, lemon tea, mild roast and ash. Palate is very weak, almost straight water with very mild bitterness.

Bottle shared by nickls at the 5/7/11 DC Ratebeer gathering. Pours a clear reddish brown color with a medium sized creamy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of chocolate, faint roasted malts and a tart berry finish. The taste is roasted malts and a tart finish. Thin bodied.

An oatmeal stout perhaps explaining the enormous bubbles in the head which settles to a tan mat. kind of watery in the mouth, but with strong tang of roast barley to finish, some licorice and chocolate, and some yeast ester fruitiness. Some good flavours but mouthfeel is a big drawback, just too watery and short on the palate. Needs more malt guts. basically drinkable though.

dark brown, large bubbled cream head. Nose is dusty cardboard, chocolate powder. Flavor is sweet and light, like overripe granny smith, spritzy chocolate, ends fair roast. Short finish, bit of toast.

Bottle. Tan head on a hearly black body. Light roast, but not getting much else going on in the aroma at all...that’s poor. Flavor is lightly roasty, smoke, and mostly bland. Thinner, watery body.

Sweet malty and dark fruit nose. The taste is lightly sweet, lightly bitter, light raisins, some light roast and a bit of chocolate.

Bottle shared by Nickls. Pours dark brown with a medium, fizzy beige head, medium retention with fair lacing. Aroma is average malt (bread, toast, nutty), light hops (earthy), and average esters (fruity) with notes of dates and brown sugar. Flavor is average malt (bread, toast, nutty), light hops (earthy), and average esters (fruity) with notes of dates and brown sugar. Medium-light body, low warmth, medium carbonation with a dry finish.

UPDATED: APR 25, 2011 SCHIUMA: abbondante, piusttosto compatta, color nocciola, persistente COLORE: nero con riflessi marrone scuro INTENSITA’ / FINEZZA / AROMA ben profumata, dominano note di malto torrefatto, caffè e cioccolato amaro nel classico stile stout. Qualche sentore di lievitoe un pizzico di alcohol. GUSTO / RETROGUSTO / PERSISTENZA entra con un leggero dolce caramellato però vira subito sui classici sapori stout, riconoscendo il torrefatto leggermente amarognolo, caffè e cioccolato fondente, ben orchestrati. Una leggera punta di acidulo da lievito che forse non dovrebbe stare li. Finisce amara ma senza esagerare, lasciando però in bocca ancora un pochino di quella sensazione acidula di lievito che si mischia con uno "zic" di un dolce ormai orfano. CORPO / CARBONATAZIONE / CONSISTENZA corpo medio basso, media carbonatazione, un po’ acquosa in bocca; l’avena non soavizza molto. Non male nel complesso, si nota lo sforzo di fare una buona stout equilibrata, classica senza cercare sapori strani, di facile bevuta. Pecca un po’ in qualche lievito di troppo, l’apporto dell’avena si perde un po’ per strada e stonano quelle piccole note alcoliche che si avvertono anche al naso. Però c’e’ un po’ tutto quello che ci si aspetta da una stout "regular". Quindi direi promossa. Non credo ci siamo molte stout spagnole degne di questo titolo.

Bottle courtesy onystrom. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, milk, chocolate, coffee and hops.

Bottle. Courtesy Onystrom. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Almost black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter sweet and slightly roasted flavor. Moderate bitter average finish. Oily palate.