Asheville Pizza Scout Stout

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

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.

Growler courtesy of jredner29. Pours an inky black body with a creamy khaki colored head. Two fingers thick with some nice retention and lacing. Good looking beer. Chocolate - bitter and milk - dark fruits, cocoa powder, dark malts and coffee round out the aroma. Flavor profile keeps on that track, but adds a milky sourness to things that really goes well with everything else going on. Medium bodied, very easy to drink. Finish is a bit sour as well to start, then nice chocolate and malt notes finish things up. Underrated.

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

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.

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!

Growler to go, enjoyed 48 hrs later. Great dark brown-black chocolate pour with a dark brown head. Yum! Nice charcoal, earthy dry chocolate sweetness to the aroma. Flavor has coco powder, coffee, molasses, burnt malt and light bitter hop finish. The only thing that detracts is a bit too much carbonation (and too big carbonation). Creamy body. Enjoyable.

Draft--Good brew, slightly above average stout. Fairly typical stout with a black color and a brown head. Aroma was mostly coffee and the taste follow the aroma with some chocolate. I ended up with the stout because the other beers were out due to the ’hop shortage." What’s up with this, other brewers are still in business, so perhaps we just need to pay more for the beer.

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