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Alameda Black Bear XX Stout 3.53 119

Alameda Black Bear XX Stout

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1193.57/5.03.53/5.06.8%74.2Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Smooth, rich and creamy. Rye malt blends with roast and chocolate malts to create a new and delicious stout profile, balanced with soft and velvety hops. This northwest original is poured using the traditional nitrogen dispensing method, so it may take an extra minute to arrive, but the wait is worth it. The Black Bear won the Gold Medal at the 2003 GABF in the foreign-style stout category. Have a pint of Stout with the Seven-Barrel Burger or the Beer Battered Onion Rings.
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 TampaBrew (901), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20

Nov 5, 2009  
Pours a deep brown. Nose is roasted malt, bread, yeast, cocoa, coffee and sweet sugars. Flavor is burnt coffee, chocolate, roasted grain, breadiness, some mild floral hops.

 Rciesla (3880), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Dec 27, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a black body with a tan head. Malty with some roasted malt, some bitter coffee tones, ash, and a light chocolate body. Medium body with thin carbonation, a light warming, and a bittering finish. Nice.


 kiefdog (1647), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 9, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of sebletitje. Pours a pitch black color with tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of chocolate, nuts, toffee, caramel, light roast. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of roasted coffee, caramel, toffee, hints of molasses. Medium body with a lightly roasted chocolate finish.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 7, 2009  

Name: Black Bear Stout
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: Draft, Nitro
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: black, fine tan head, heavy lace
Aroma: roasted malt aroma, caramel sweetness brings out a dark chocolate character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate and roasted flavor, caramel sweetness adds richness, light balancing bitterness from the heavy roast

Name: Black Bear Stout
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
the draft version has more of a roasted character as the caramel sweetness is subdued, a touch of citrus comes through, light fruityness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4


 sebletitje (2000), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 3, 2009  
courtesy of msubulldog25. pours brown, thin beige head. Aroma of roasted malts with light touch of smoke and fresh bitter hops. Flavor, roasted malts, with some light subtle hop adding a thin bitter body, spices and touch of smoked malts, touch chocolate and coffee, light roasted palate. Great stuff.


 neepsntatties (350), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
On tap at the brewery. Colour... onyx with a thick khaki head. Nose... carbon, burning leaf smoke and coffee grounds. Palate... frothy, coating, creamy, bitter sweet, day old coffee, dark chocolate, tangy, roasty and a moderately bitter finish.


 Taverner (889), San Ramon, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Pours a black motor-oil color with tan head. Aroma is roasty, with notes of chocolate. Flavor is charcoal and chocolate. Finishes clean. Pretty good.


 douglas88 (1679), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 17, 2009  
Bomber thanks to BrewDad. Pours a dark brown color, an oily texture and a large brown head. A sweet nose of cocoa, vanilla, toasted malts, light smoke. A milky sweet flavor, toasted malts, light coffee, vanilla, smooth and rich Very nice.



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