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Mendocino Black Hawk Stout 3.22 604

Mendocino Black Hawk Stout

Percentile
68
overall

bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6043.22/5.03.22/5.05.2%56.3English pint
Commercial Description:
Black Hawk Stout retains the big traditional flavors of an Irish-style stout and yet offers a refreshing dry crispness that is rare in many dark beers. "Bottle Conditioned" Black Hawk Stout is replete with a rich, roasted malt flavor that makes this not-so-heavy stout, creamy and ever so smooth. It has a subtlety that surprises and converts even the most reticent stout drinker.
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 pintocb (520), Darsville, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/59/20
Jul 19, 2007  
Dark pour with some off white head. Toasted malts dominate the aroma. The flavor is burnt toast and chocolate. Dry finish.


 ChainGangGuy (2619), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 19, 2007  
Appearance: Pours a black body with a medium, fizzy-looking beige head. Smell: Not a bad aroma at all! Molasses and cookie dough with lesser notes of chocolate, coffee, and roasted grains. Taste: A bit thin-flavored, with only hints of everything from the aroma along with an ashen, burnt bitter finish with just a tiny bit of hops. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: While its not stoutstanding, it is pretty decent, but could benefit some more body.


 fiulijn (7530), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 5, 2007  
Black color; creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt and milk chocolate or chocolate drink (strange!). Good body based on the roasted malt and caramel; high bitterness. Just a bit weak at the end.


 kkearn (1016), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/512/20
Jul 2, 2007  
12oz bottle. Deep reddish black, with a long-lasting thick, one finger brown head. Aroma is a bit faint; roasted malt, with some cocoa powder and vanilla. Good flavor, roasted malt, coffee, ash, and dark chocolate. Body is a fairly thin. Bitter coffee finish. Smooth and easy to drink.


 Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Jun 12, 2007  
Pours a dark brown color with a tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, and sweet malts. Lacks a little on the begining flavor of this one. Definitely creamy as the description suggests. Has flavors of roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee in the middle and finishes with a bitterness I wasn’t really expecting. If the begining of the flavor had a little more then this brew would be pretty good. Still a decent stout though.


 Cybercat (831), Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/103/514/20
Jun 11, 2007  
It looks and pours the way a stout should - deep opaque brown, almost black, with a rich tan head. Aroma is stouty and smoky with hints of roasted coffee. In the flavor, smokiness predominates; there are hints of coffee and chocolate. Hop bitterness is strong but not overwhelming. It feels a bit on the thin side, but it is smooth and satisfying.


 sethdude (611), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/517/20
May 10, 2007  
Pours an absolute pitch with a massive dark head on top. Aroma is big malts. chocolate, yeasty note, and a slightly metallic odor. Flavor is big, dark chocolate, sweet malts, a nutty midsection, and a bitter, dry finish. Not the biggest or most complex stout ever, but probably a lot better than the average rating suggests. Sometimes subtlety is a strength.


 jonwayne4883 (401), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
May 5, 2007  
notch above your typical dry stout. good roasted flavor, medium dark color with tan head. one of their better efforts from what ive had so far.



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