North Coast Old No. 38 Stout

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

(Bottle) Pours deep dark with red tones. Medium roasted aroma with tones of chocolate and cocoa. Also some liquorice and hints of dark bread, vanilla and caramel. Medium roasted and tiny burned flavour with tones of chocolate, coffee and a touch of liquorice in the finish. Hints of caramel, hops and a subtle fruitiness. Light to medium bitter. Light to medium body.

Bottle, a very dark ruby almost black pour into a glass and covered with a tan head, aromas of dark malt, roasted malt, toasted malt, unsweetened dark chocolate, faint licorice, very little sweet aroma, roasted and toasted malt taste, dry on the palate, faint sweet flavor, small chocolate and coffee tastes in the finish, there is a hop bite in the sip, a dry unsweetened chocolate taste lingers on the tongue, this was ok, stout beers just do not stir up my palate like some other styles.

this is an older bottle so this may not have been as good as it could be. aroma light roast and sherry with cocoa note behind. taste is similar but watery and thin. finish is weak. not their best effort at north coast.

(Bottle at The Rover, Göteborg) Clear dark red color, small tan head. Chocolate, grains, roasted malt and acidic scent. Spritzy malty and grainy taste. Spritzy mouthfeel, low bitterness. Sweet a bit fruity aftertaste.

On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown. Deep ruby body with a medium creamy light brown head. Sweet coffee and chocolate aroma. Sweet creamy coffee, chocolate and light roast flavor.

dark brown with beige head, it has a thick chocolatey aroma. the flavor is nutty and mild, full bodied.

This stout looked nice with the typical jet black body and almond color head. Where this was lacking was at the taste, I could taste almost wheat like flavor with the coffee and alcohol that you typically taste in this type of beer

Bottled. Sweet coffee and milk aroma with licorice and black currant as well. Very dark ruby color, light brown head, good lace. Milky sweet and blackcurrant start, very bitter and roasted coffee finish. Medium body.