North Coast Black Hart

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

Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, alcohol, and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of roasted malt as lighter notes of soy sauce, leding to a dry roasted finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of fordest. Pours a clear, warm reddish brown with a creamy, light brown head. Vinous aroma of fruit and roasted malt. Medium body, notes of chocolate and licorice combined with burned malts. Malty bitter finish. 201008

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a reddish hue and a diminished tan. Roasted chocolate malty aroma. Light spiced. Light breadish and chocolate malty with a light acidic note. Ends smooth chocolate flavoured and light roasted breadish. Smooth.

Date: 01/26/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear dark ruby red, fine tan head, drippy lace,
Aroma: dry roasted malt aroma with a touch of vanilla sweetness,
Flavor: dry roasted malt flavor, dark chocolate bitterness, touch of dark caramel sweetness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Black with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt coffee and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with roasted malt, caramel, coffee and hints of smoke.

Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a spotty-lacing light tan head. Aroma of slightly oxidized sweet dark caramel and milk chocolate. Starts somewhat thinner with a mild dark caramel and lactose sweetness before a drier finish. An ok dry stout, but seems pretty bland. Perhaps an older bottle, but it looks like the bottle itself was manufactured sometime in 2007.

Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly . Body is clear medium to dark brown. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, nuts), lightly yeasty (dough), lightly hoppy (resin, apricots). Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic, moderately bitter, slightly husky. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. A sour, simple, yeasty, unrefined example. And not even close to black in color. Cheers to Marc for the opportunity to try it!

Aromas of chocolate, coffee, darkly toasted malt. Opaque brown/black color with a tan head that endures. Thinnish, lightly carbonated. Starts with coffee, toasted malt (almost like the really old Guinness), and a light touch of chocolate. Dry it is. Very nice bitter to go with the carbonized malt in the finish. Really quite good.