Asheville Pizza Scout Stout

Brewed by Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Date: 03/31/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery

black with ruby edges, big brown head, nice lace, big sweet roasted malt aroma followed up by some nice chocolate, great creamy body, tempered roasted malt flavor balanced by some sweet chocolate, light bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

on tap-pours a light brown head and black color. Aroma is dark malt-coffee. Taste is dark malt-coffee, licorice. Acidic. Minimum carbonation.

This stout pours a dark black color from the tap at brewpub. Medium sized tan foamy head. The aroma is chocolate and coffee. A medium bodied stout. The malts are chocolate and coffee. The hops are earthy. A little more roasted malt flavor is in the stout than in the porter. It is also a little thin for a stout. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

On tap at the brewpub in Asheville, - Black as tar appearance, very thick off-white head, smoky, burnt wood and roasty aroma. Flavor has slight burnt marshmallow accents sitting on top of the bittersweet chocolate. Find traces of coffee in there as well. Thickish, decent, clean mouthfeel. All in all a very good brewpub stout.

Draught at the brewpub. Opaque black with brown head. Attractive roasty, chocolatey nose. Tastes sightly sweet with milk chocolate. Yum.

On tap at the brewpub. A black beer with a big dark brown creamy head. Aroma is of molasses and coffee. Flavor is roasted and sweet. A boomerang in my mouth!

This is the seventh growler Degarth opened out of seven he brought back from his trip. Thanks buddy. Pours black with nice mocha head. This is a great looking beer that carries some decent lacing. The aroma is inviting with some unexpected smokiness along with some roasty malts and hints of chocolate. The smokiness is at just the right strength to compliment the roastier malts. The flavor is very similar to the nose with some rich malt roastiness followed by a hit of licorice, chocolate, smoke and more roastiness. The burnt malts grow into the finish where a mild tart malt astringency carries the experience into the after taste. I enjoyed the way the mild smoke, roasty malts and chocolate malts all came together.

Pitch Black, kahki head. Aroma of raosty goodness, and very "fresh beer" smelling. Flavor is dry, but not "dry stout" dry. More of an earthy dry. Coffee, choclate, and some smoky flavors. Solid.