Hakim Stout

330 mL into pint glass. Had this at Dukem Ethiopian restaurant in DC. Pours a cloudy light brown like unfiltered apple cider with a decent tan head that sticks around for a little. Aroma is caramel malt, soy sauce, apple cider, and sake. Taste is same as above plus molasses and brown sugar and a good amount of dirty earthiness. This reminds me a lot of Hitachino Nest Beers. Not a stout whatsoever but still very good.

Had this a couple weeks ago at an Ethiopian place. Paleish pour for a stout, not quite black, filtered. Frizzly coke-style head. Milky and lactic with light, sugary molasses notes. Weak body, doesn’t seem like 6% at all. Very "tropical"/Caribbean style stout, shares little in common with its Western, UK, or Baltic relatives. Not terrible.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark red-brown color with a large brown head. The aroma was sweet, tangy and fruity with noted molasses and a touch of roasty malts. The flavor was bitter, tangy and roasty with light coffee, fruit and molasses. The finish was short. Not a stout at all but pretty tasty anyway.

Had very little hopes for this brew I read all the other reviews of it, a friend mocked and ridiculed me for buying it, it wasn’t looking good from the start for this little stubby bottle from Africa. The first problem I noticed with this stout is the fact I can see light pass through it when its still in the dark brown bottle, and when I poured it in my glass it looked more like Dr. Pepper then a stout dark brown/red, it had a fairly average looking head that lasted for a couple of sips. Smell took me by surprise; it was not bad in my opinion chocolaty, earthy, and of spiced fruit. It felt very thin and watery, but I have had worse feeling stout then this. The taste had a lot of coffee in it, with bitter chocolate and high quality dirt, the after taste was of bakers’ chocolate. The only really bad thing about this beer was the fact it didn’t resemble a stout what’s so ever if I didn’t know that’s what it was I would not have guessed it by looking. I expected this beer to be swill but I think it was a stout that’s just a bit bellow average."

Wrong...all wrong. Tiny ammount of head was gone quicker than i could put this stuff out of its misery. Tried to con druken beer clones into drinking most of it - the remaining bottle will rot until there is nothing left in the fridge i’m sure. Fake sweet chocolate stink and taste with low end malts. Beer smelt exactly as it tasted. Red/brown colour and quite see through - if the bottle didnt say ’Stout’ I never wouldve known. Terrible beer but not terrible in an aching stomach way, that is, unless you had more than one. Hardly worth the 5 cents I’ll get back from the bottle depot

Hazed umber color with a moderate, tan head, Sweet arimas of grain and fruit. Bits of caramel and brown sugar as well. Interesting flavors of brown sugar and caramel. Toasted grain and some floral hops as well. A heavy amber.

Bottle at Queen Sheba in Sacramento, CA. Very hazy dark amber color with a slight beige/tan head. Sweetish caramel aroma. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is like medium dark fruit (raisin/fig/?) and darkish caramel; more sweet than dry. More like a Beglian ale than like the typical stout. Also brings Mongozo to mind. Finishes towards dry with very light bitter. Glad I had it.

From bottle pours like a cola, with a stale and sweet aroma. Body so thin it tastes like the second running of a mild brown ale with a hint of pancake syrup added. Goes great with tebs.