North Coast Old No. 38 Stout

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

12 oz. bottle. Pours darkish brown with a nice tan head. Coffee aroma domitates the nosefeel. Roasted barley taste with a bit of carbonation. Thin finish with hints of nuts and hops.

Deepest ruby prune pour, almost black... frothy tan head that diminishes to trace. Sweet, roasted malty nose. Not too dry... Roasted grains and malts with a hint of sweetness upfront. Toast in the mid-palate, with slightly roasted bitters in the finish. Roasted coffee beans in the effervescence/aftereffects. Zesty mouthfeel with lively carbonation levels... Average round body sums up the entire brew.... average... certainly not bad, and went down well. Just not memorable.

Bottle: Ebony pour with a large beige head and light lacing. Nose is mild of toasted malt, coffee, and cocoa. Flavor is malty, roasty, and mild coffee. Not real distinct flavor - mostly the roasted malt tones. I’ll stick with Old Rasputin.

Black with cappuccino head / Rich, sweet coffee and caramel nose / Medium, creamy, body with a little spritz, and a full finish / Flavors of roast coffee, roast barley, nuts, and a touch of sweet toffee and hops on the finish

Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire-rouge et transparente. Nez de malt rôti, d’un mélange de chocolat noir et au lait, moyen de café noir, légèrement fruité (raisins, notes de prunes) et de crème (notes lactiques) ainsi qu’avec des notes de noix et de houblon herbeux. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse aux petites notes huileuses. Goût de chocolat au lait sucré (reste présent en arrière-goût) et léger de crème (légèrement lactique) ainsi qu’un léger goût fruité (léger de raisins notes de prunes, traces de cassis) et aux faibles traces notes fumées lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyennement amer de malt bien rôti (faibles notes brûlées) et léger de chocolat noir et un goût de café qui augmente progressivement tout au long de la gorgée jusqu’en finale ou l’on retrouve un léger goût de houblon herbeux (petites notes florales) ainsi que des notes de noix. Post-goût long-moyen et aux petites notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti, de chocolat au lait, de café et de houblon herbeux avec des notes fruitées (moût de raisins) et de noix.

Bottle. Small light brown and quickly disapering head. Black color. Fair display of lacework. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, liquorish, roasted malt and nutty notes as well. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Light to moderated sweet and bitter flavor. Light bitter coffee finish. Quit nice.

Robust malty with a slightly coffee aroma, poured a dark brown with a large creamy head that was slightly tan in color, head stayed on most of the way, eventually giving way to thicker creamy cap, left good lacing on pint, great roasted malt flavor with chocolate, coffee, walnut, slight smoke and slight burnt malt flavors mixed in. Slightly sweet taste gives way to very slightly bitter with a light touch of smoke, very nice balance. Slightly heavier than light body, creamy and smooth texture, lively carbonation at first gives way to a nice soft carbonation, a very nice medium bitteersweet semi-dry finish. A very good stout! This has become one of my favorite Stouts. A great job by North Coast on Old#38. Will definitely drink many of these. Served in a Pint.

Quite a good stout, with a nose of coffee and roasted walnuts. The palate brings through the coffee notes in a understated way, with roasted ( if not burnt) walnuts coming through a tad too harshly. Somewhat offset by a nice, smoky alcohol bite that is just at the threshold of one’s awareness and a bit of hops mingling with the roasted barley in this brew.