Hakim Stout

This is smooth and pleasant. It’s very dark red brown, very faintly hazy, with a smallish tan head that steadily shrinks to a lasting foamy ring leaving only the merest hint of lace. The aroma is quite light, mostly malty-yeasty dough and fruit stewed in wine. The taste is primarily fruit - esp. prunes - caramelized and stwed with wine leaving a sweet-sour quality, a hint of caramel and the faintest hint of chocolate. It’s pleasant, light, smooth, and b it different.

Bottle. Pours hazy brown with thin beige head. Aroma is sweet, syrupy caramel, light doughiness. Flavor is mildly sweet toffee, some damp, basement flavors, slightly unclean notes in the background. Slight tart/bitter fruity flavors in the finish. Slightly watery palate.

Bottle @ Local Ethiopian place. Pours orange with a tan ring, yeah the pours is pretty much not at all as it should be. The nose is weird and tastes like honey. Taste is malty and sweet and overall it could be worse, it tastes much better than it looks.

Not as yum-yum as the Harar, but it is a darker alternative that keeps its light body and texture for accompanying a gi-normous elephantine feast of Ethiopian delights, which is really this beer’s only purpose. Seriously.

Small Bottle - Gravity Room - Olympia WA.
Aroma – Deep malt aroma with some fruity esthers.
Appearance – Deep dark color with a thin head. Somewhat clear
Flavor – Deep dark malt flavors this was a good dark beer but as for a stout it missed the boat. had some weak stout like qulaities.
Palate – Was wtery and finished dry with very little life . I am sure fresh brew might be better.
Overall –Had to try it but what a waste of money in my opinion. Someone needs to taste this before they bring it to the stores.

Brown bottle, 330 ml, purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton) on November 20 2007, savoured on November 20 2007; eye: dirty brown, no effervescence, no head; nose: caramelized malt, stale, molasses; mouth: stale, caramelized malt, sweet, lots of molasses, finale in "tired" caramelized malt, thin, rather sweet, no bitterness, no carbonation; overall: not that good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 330 ml, achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits (Edmonton) le 20 novembre 2007, bue la même journée; œil : brune sale, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse; nez : malt caramélisé, éventée, mélasse; bouche : éventée, malt caramélisé, sucrée, grosse mélasse, finale en malt caramélisé fatigué, mince, plutôt sucrée, aucune amertume, pas de carbonatation; en résumé : vraiment pas terrible

From Bottle. I had this at an Ethiopian Restaurant tonight. Light, watery stout, but with some decent flavor. Easy to drink, but very uneventful. I was exactly expecting great things from an Ethiopian beer though.

Bottle (labeled as 5.5%). Head is initially small, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (caramel, molasses, malt syrup, husks). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Syrupy-malty with virtually no roast...there’s not much stouty about this, more like a crude brown ale or something.