Buckeye Old Mammoth Stout

Brewed by Buckeye Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Pours a medium viscosity. Deep mahogany in color with a bubbly tan head around the outskirts. Aroma is nice: flame-licked chestnuts, dark chocolate and spent burr grinds. Flavor plays off of that and is very rich and full. Really nice stuff going on here. Smoked malts are tremendous in this. Pecans, hazelnuts, frangelico, espresso, oats, caramel and rapture. Fairly full-bodied and an absolute joy on the palate. Chocolate, roasted and smoked malts are met with just IBU levels. Finishes smoky with a toasted nuts aftertaste. Damn, can Buckeye brew good beer or what?! One of the finest standard stouts ever crafted.

Tasted at MRAF in Columbus. Poured a dark brown with small off-white head. Aroma was grassy with roasted tone. Flavor was more complex with coffee and roasted malt but kept the grassy earthy finish. Interesting stout.

MRAF ’05. Stated it was a Imperial Stout, so I assume it was a special brew labeled as the Old Mammoth. I rate on however. Pours deep brown with a big time bubbley tan head. Aroma is of earthy hops and cardboard. Taste is rich coffee and malty, with big earthy hop characteristics mixed in. Great hop aftertaste. A great beer on the firkin.

Very dark brown body. Thin tan head with moderate lacing. Aromas are very big, but not overpowering. Quite a bit of roast malt, chocolate, and snappy hops. Flavors start off roasty, fading to soft chocolate middle and a crisp smokey, hoppy finish. Hops are citrusy all the way through. Big beer that is never overwhelming. I wish I could have tasted the cask conditioned version of this at Hoptoberfest ’04.

Tap. Deep opaque color. Nice off-white head. Rich coffee and roasted malt aromas. Also slightly hoppy smelling for a stout. Rich malty flavor, plenty of coffe and roasted malt in flavor. Hops are noticable in the finish and as the beer warms this becomes more apparent. Nice stout.

Sweet dark malt. Coffee, rich roasted malt. Milk, maple, dark cherries. Wow.

On tap: Aroma is malty with coffee, chocolate and light hops. Dark brown, virtually black with a small tan head. Flavor begins with a lot of coffee and a real interesting smoked flavor in the background. As I drink the smoke almost disappears and is overtaken by some strong grapefruit hops. Much hoppier than most stouts. Slight coffee and moderately hoppy aftertaste.

Bottle. Head is initially large, frothy, brown, mostly lasting. Body is black (non-opaque, flashlight tested). Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, chocolate, burnt coffee), lightly hoppy (grapefruit). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately to heavily bitter, husky. Medium to full body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Rather roughly bitter, not much fun to drink. Ok aroma, nice appearance and mouthfeel. Forgettable.