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North Coast Old No. 38 Stout 3.5 779

North Coast Old No. 38 Stout

Percentile
88
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7793.51/5.03.5/5.05.6%92.2English pint
Commercial Description:
Named for a retired steam engine on the Ft.Bragg-Willits Skunk run through the California Redwoods, Old No.38 Stout is a smooth, firm-bodied stout with the toasted character and coffee notes of dark malts and roasted barley.
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 WVHouseofBeer (388), Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 8, 2009    Updated: Oct 9, 2009
For a Dry Stout, this brew is exceptional. A faint chocolate covered raisins smell lifts from an everlasting head and delta mud color body. The flavor is better than usual for a dry stout, and makes you appreciate the substantial yet rather light head of Old No. 38 Stout.


 travita (1927), Frisco, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 8, 2009  
On tap at the brewpub. Black in color with a decent tan colored head. The smell is coffee, roasty, malts, and chocolate. The taste is slight bitter, malts, roasty, and coffee. Ok.


 skoisirius (584), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Damn good for an American Stout. Thickish body, toasty, burnt chocolate, sweet malts, and nice hop presence on the finish. Don’t see often, but grab when I do,


jimmiec (62), Louisiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Oct 2, 2009  
12-oz bottle (Marcello’s, Lafayette, LA) - Aroma: chocolate, toasted to roasted; Flavor: sweet, salty, bitter, toasted to roasted, and coffee (malt), finishes dry; Appearance: black color, tan head; Mouthfeel: smooth, creamy, full bodied, moderate carbonation; Overall: a nice creamy, chocolate and roasted, bitter beer.


 williamherbert (466), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 28, 2009  
Heavy alcohol right off the top like an Imperial. Hazelnut and chocolate, a big second wind. Dark dark reddish brown. Nice cloudy light brown head. Film sticks around. The flavor has some earthy hay, alcohol, chocolate, hazelnut and a touch of caramel. Malted milk balls. All sweet malts, roasted and very good. Hints of buttery scotch ale flavor with warmth. Feels oily and rough. Really sticks around on the tongue. A solid stout, like a nutty, chocolatey porter.


 BeerGestapo (740), Windsor, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 25, 2009  
Brewed in the USA... Pours deep dark brown color with a large foamy tan head that dissipates in time. Aroma of chocolate, dark malts, brown sugar and caramel. Taste of chocolate, mild coffee, malts and nuts. Mouthfeel is medium in body with a slight dry finish. Not bad !!! Well balanced and easy to drink.


 Nena (169), West Seattle, Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 20, 2009    Updated: Oct 19, 2009
Deep brown with a big tan head. Aroma is of toasty grain and a bit of coffee. Taste has a bit of chocolate and more roasted grain and coffee, with a bit of a sour acidic flavor in the back. Not bad, but I feel like something’s a bit off about it. Could have been my bottle.


 shp555 (1688), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Pours a nice dark brown color with a brown head. Aroma is caramel, chocolate, toffee, coffee, roast, and slightly floral. Flavor is chocolate, caramel, roast, plum, some coffee, and a bitter spicy finish.



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