Beach Chalet Fleishhacker Stout

Brewed by Beach Chalet Brewery
Style: Sweet Stout
San Francisco, California USA

The flavour was a mild flavour of a weak cup of cheap instant coffee: it’s obvious that something got roasted, but I’m not sure exactly what it was. It does taste dry, but that in itself doesn’t mean anything good or bad. This one is thin. Like all the Beach Chalet brews, there is no malt flavour, no depth to the hops, and no complexity to the flavour at all.

On tap, brew pub (not sure of it was still going by the Fleishhacker name). Oily oatmeal aroma. Pitch black. Dark tan head. Taste of dry roasted malt, oatmeal, a little tar. Short dry finish. Semi-sweet. An excellent Stout that just needs a little more body.

Tap (7 3 6 3 15). A nice venue for a brewpub right at the end of the Park and with a view of the ocean. This was a nitro product. It was black with a nitro creamy light brown head. A strong deep roasted aroma and flavor with some chocolate to balance. Re-Rate (6 3 7 3 14). Dark brown but you can see through it. A laced brown head. Toasted malts.