North Coast Black Hart

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Fort Bragg, California USA

bottle from irishboy: pours a very dark brown with a foamy tan head about 1 finger. aroma is coffe, chocolate, roasted grains and a hint of caramel malt sweetness. flavour is is coffeee, bitter chocolate and again a hint of sweet caramel malt with roasted malts also. it finishes dry and very roasted a great dry stout for me. thanks alot irishboy something i have wanted along time.

Bottle: Pours a dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma, coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, and some hints of vanilla. Flavor, coffee, chocolate, medium bodied, with a dry roasty bitterness on the finish. Pretty solid.

Bottle from I think Degarth. Pours with a very large head. Aroma is slightly roasty, thin and papery. Slight caramel. Flavor is a big mess. Starts off with a decent roastiness, but things out to a wasps nest texture and a totally off, skunked and chemical finish. Hardly worth drinking.

Lightly bitter coffee aroma. Black body with a thin head. Medium palate. Dry roasted malts and bitter coffee is the flavor here, with a dry bitter finish.

Dark chocolate and big roasted malt in the aroma.Pours black with a medium tan head.Got some heavy roasted malt and some wood in the flavor.Full mouthfeel with a big roasted finish.

Bottle from Trader Joes. Pitch black with a slight, tan head. Burnt chocolate and coffee aromas. The first thing I notice is that the carbonation id way off, it feels like a Coca-Cola in my mouth. Roasty malt flavor with chocolate and bitter chocolate. Dry, roasty finish. Outside of being over carbonated, this is a pretty good beer.

At first I couldnt smell anything on this but as it warmed it began to open up and reveal some notes of chocolate and roastiness. Pretty light overall and real easy to drink.

12 oz bottle via Mystery Swap 2.0 (thanks Saarlander!). She is almost black with some ruby accent. Has a chunky beige head of average size that leaves a bit of spidery lace on the mug. Nose is roasty with hints of chocolate and vanilla. Tastes more like an oatmeal stout than a dry irish stout. Starts sweet, then some roasted barley flavors, a little chocolate, and tiny bit of licorice, some subtle fruity easters, some floral hops, and finishes both sweet and roasty. I almost think i detect some lactose in there as well? Carbonation is too high, body is medium. Not really to style, seems closer to a sweet or milk stout, not as dry as most irish dry stouts, and would be better with less carbonation, but a decent beer.