Szot Negra Stout

Brewed by Szot Microbrewery
Style: Stout
Santiago, Chile

Head was tanned. Complex with loads of coffee while remaining more sweet than bitter. Chocolate toasted malt finish. Absolutely outstanding; this is the best beer in South America, and one of the best in the Southern Hemisphere for sure.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with medium creamy light brown mostly lasting head. Aroma is roasted malt. Sweet flavor. Oily palate.

Bottle at Cafe Gemmestedet Århus. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. DArk amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy arom. Moderate bitter flavor. SLightly roasted. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Bottle from Cafe Gemmestedet, Århus. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee and hops.

Amazing and different stout. Nice palate still fresh A most versatile beer.

I won’t pretend to be an expert in stout categories but this one could have easily been characterised as a sweet stout. It has a soft black appearance if that is possible, meaning that while it is indeed dark it is not a negra fuerte as some of the oilier versions can be. Held up to the light this does show a little brownish hue. Good lacing in the glass shows a firm viscous grip of the head. I love the burnt coffee and chocolate malt presence on the nose and the equally roasted bitterness coupled with subtle hops. This is the third in this stable for me and by far the best. Frank Zappa once said a country with credibility should have an airline and a beer. He may have been referring to the typical pale lager which would fail one of the criteria in my book. Chile has credibility with this real example of a fine style of beer that is more than just an attempt by a national brewing cartel at feeding the masses with a faintly malty alcoholic beverage.

Best beer in Chile, no doubts, so far. Creamy, dark but shiny charcoal with beige foam. Not too much aroma, but the counterpart is a long, pleasant finish in palate. Better just cold, half an hour out from fridge, then open it. Excelent for meat or elaborated dishes.

Pitch black color with a big and creamy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, smoke, coffee, dark chocolate, sugar, and some notes of dark cherry. Very bitter and full body but with a pleasant amount of sweet. Excellent palate, very smooth and creamy.