Lost Coast 8 Ball Stout

Brewed by Lost Coast Brewery & Cafe
Style: Sweet Stout
Eureka, California USA

12oz bottle from Jans Wine and Boos #2 (Tampa, FL). Pours a murky dark brown to black with a massive tan foamy head that settles slowly and heavily laces the glass. Aroma is roasted and malty with notes of milk chocolate, ripe dark fruit, toffee, caramel, honey, anise, some hints of coffee and vanilla. Flavor is roasted and malty with notes of milk and dark chocolate, toffee, caramel, hints of honey and ripe dark fruit. Generally medium to full body with a roasted malty finish.

Poured from a 22oz bomber and served in an English pint. This stout poured a near black with some caramel colored hues around the edges. A thin head of tan foam quickly disappeared, leaving almost no lace. The aroma included mild roasted coffee and light milk chocolate. The flavor consisted of smooth notes of milk chocolate, cold coffee, a mild roastiness, caramel, then finished off with a neutral hop bite. The roast and some licorice really start to come through as it warms. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied but felt a bit watery on the tongue. Light carbonation. The flavor was really solid, but the beer seemed to be lacking in other areas. Still decent.

On draught at The Independent in St. Pete. Black, decent head. Malt and chocolate, perhaps a hint of coffee. A bit thin. Nice finish.

Great stout. Taste like coffee and choc. You should def give this a try would recommend for a beer at the end of the night.

8 Ball corner pocket! It was very smooth for being a stout and it didnt have that "bitter beer" after taste after washing it DOWN THE HATCH! But, 8 ball really surpirsed me with the flavor of the beer n it still gets u CRUNK!!!

Pours just about jet black with maybe a tinge of an amber hue. The smell is rich of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, and some hop esters. Sweet roasted malt taste with coffee and chocolate, kind of resiny with some crisp with some lime hop flavor. Full bodied, resiny smooth yet crisp as in fresh throughout, great balance. If I was to give this my own classification I would suggest this is a American Brewpub Stout style of beer.

Bottle pours a pitch black color with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate, and sweet pipe tobacco. Flavor has more of the same characteristics with the roasted malt flavor carrying through into a lasting aftertaste. A fair amount of hop bitterness makes an appearance in the finish.

Brewed in the USA...... Had on tap at Klingers pub in Hanover, Pa. Pours black in color with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, brown sugar and a hint of chocolate. Taste much of the same with addition of some chalky notes. Overall, pretty enjoyable and easy to drink.