Southern Appalachian Black Bear Stout

Brewed by Southern Appalachian Brewery
Style: Stout
Hendersonville, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Draft @ Hickory Hops 2011, Hickory, NC. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocoalte aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

Date: 09/23/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville

dark ruby red, whispy tan head, nice lace, nice roasted malt aroma with a hint of chocolate, good roasted flavor, nicely hopped with a bit of citrus that shows a bit sweet,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(Brewgrass08, called Black Bear Stout) Beige head atop clear dark brown body. Aroma is medium sweet, chococoffee, light roast. Taste is medium sweet, coffee, roast, light chocolate. Light-medium body.

Draft at the brewery. Pours a dark brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention. Dark roasty and chocolatey aroma. The taste is roasted malts, chocolate, leafy hops and vanilla. Medium bodied, very drinkable, very nice.

Draft at the brewery. There’s a dead bug in this one that must’ve wanted to die in style. It looks kind of happy in it’s tan, foamy death bed. The beer drinks with a fun coffee character, quite dry and bitter. Well done, as were all the SAB beers! (#4333, 10/7/2011)

Black with a reddish tint, thin tan head. Surprisingly fruity aroma, with some notes of coffee. Coffe flavors dominate. Disappointly thin palate threatens to sabotage the entire experience. Crisp, woodsy finish. sampled at Asheville Brewgrass, 2006.

On tap at Barley’s taphouse in Asheville, NC. Black beer with a brown head that does not last. Smells fruity. Tastes like apple. No roasted flavor. Smooth drink with diacyl perhaps? Is this fermented with lager yeast? There seems to be a wild yeast strain in there if not.

7/17/11 appalachian craft black bear stout @ nick and nates sylva. Basically black w/ a beige head. A roast, some cocoa sourness, lactose, charcoal, odd unidentifiable fruit...grape maybe, blueberry F molasses, char, lactose, cocoa nib sourness on the finish, coffee AT, woody, high roast, dry finish, charcoal, blueberry. Thin mf, medium-ish body, pretty tasty stuff 7/4/7/3/15

Draft at brewery. Dark brown with a thin tan head. Scent is big time roasty and coffee. Taste is roasted malt, chocolate and coffee.

Draft from Brewgrass in Asheville. This was nice. Nearly black pour with tan head. Roasted barley and malt flavors; hint of chocolate. Pretty creamy.