 spikester (390), Salem, Oregon, USA
May 18, 2008 Updated: May 21, 2008
Pours near black with a tan head modest lacing.
Aroma is chocolate, coffee, herbal hops.
The malts win by a slight margin with a nice bitter hop character. Creamy mouthfeel. Hard to beat in this category.
EHopper (100), Minnesota, USA
Aug 12, 2008 Good aroma of dark fruit and coffee. Flavor adds sweet orange chocolate malt to the mix, with a surprising citrus brightness, finishing with a healthy bitterness with lingering coffee. I never heard of this beer before today, but will look for it in the future.
NoiZe (875), Zeist, Netherlands
Aug 12, 2008 Tasted @ the Loast Coast Brewery in Eureka.
Black colored brew. Nice roasted malty aroma. Fine roasted malty flavor, some coffee and chocolate. Nice sweet stout.
MiP (4927), Flensburg, Germany
Aug 12, 2008 Bottle. Creamy roasted aroma. Almost black colour. Very small brown head. The flavour is roasted with some barley bitterness, some cream, a little dust. Enough sweetness to prevent it from being too dry. Good coffee aftertaste.
Bockyhorsey (1951), Mesa, Arizona, USA
Aug 11, 2008 12oz bottle. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Black body with head that settled on top of beer like a bacteria experiment. Good roasted stout flavor but the sweetness present overshadows the roasty flavor.
Alright but little too sweet for me.
yesyouam (345), Fairport, New York, USA
Aug 5, 2008 8 Ball Stout is black with an orange hue. It has a fleeting light orange head that quickly fades to a small, bubbly ring. Dark, roasty malt dominates the aroma: coffee and chocolate and smoke. It has a smooth, medium-full body with a dry finish. It has a very well balanced flavor. The bitterness seems to come as much from the malt as it does the hops. There are notes of dark roast coffee, baking chocolate and maybe a hint of rye bread. It is resiny and oaken, with a touch of sweetness and medicine. A damn fine stout!
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