Mendocino Black Hawk Stout

Brewed by Mendocino Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Hopland, California USA

I took one sip and said ’Ah, just the way I like ’em’, meaning, this is the way I like my stouts. Firm assertive body, mild sweetness, slightly toasted flavors. Mild hints at chocolate and coffee. Excellent beer for savoring.

I loved this stout. Well-balanced and flavorful. Could serve as a beer with desert.

pours a very hard brown with a slight but thick head. it tis as the advertising folks say. rich, creamy and smooth. a great, dependable stout. not overbearing. can be enjoyed with meals.

conducted a blind taste test of two types of Guinness and Murphy’s stout. It was the battle of the Irish... but my wife threw in a bottle of this Black Hawk just to make it interesting and yup, you guessed it... the Black Hawk kicked the imports butts!!!

Mendocino Black Hawk Stout 12 oz bottle Moderate pour in an English pint Unknown brewing (recent?), flown into 05/07 Poured black with deep mahogany highlights with a huge frothy somewhat lasting light brown head with good lacing. Smelt of moderate licorice, molasses, ashes and burnt grain, brown sugar. Taste was upfront moderate bitter burnt grain and sweet molasses followed by a strong burnt grain bitterness and light black licorice and molasses sweetness on a long finish. Palate was medium bodied, slightly oily, softly carbonated and lightly astringent. Overall, I really like this. It’s like a bolder version of Guinness.

Good beer. Mendocino does a good job out there on the west coast. Keep it up guys.

Had this one bottled in Lombard, Illinois. Excellent specimen. Completely opaque and black, a little bit less sweet than most stouts, some notes of coffee and chocolate and ... is that Jagermeister?? This was outstanding.

big foam, creamy, coffee aroma, roasted - great !