Olde Hickory Stick Stout

Brewed by Olde Hickory Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Hickory, North Carolina USA

Name: Hickory Stick Stout
Date: 10/16/1998
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewfest, Real Ale Festival

Appearance: black, frothy tan head,
Aroma: strong hickory aroma,
Body: light body,
Flavor: strong hickory character in the flavor overshadows anything else that may be going on,
Overall: still not my thing
-------- /> Name: Hickory Stick Stout
Date: 04/12/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest
Score: i to iii
Words: Hickory
Words: NC

Appearance: dark ruby,
Aroma: rich wonderful roasted chocolate aroma,
Body: smooth body,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of chocolate, just enough roasted to make it a stout,
Overall: light for an imperial, but a good stout
-------- /> Name: Hickory Stick Stout
Date: 07/18/2006
Mode: draft
Score: ii to iii
Words: Taproom

Appearance: black, thin brown head, nice lace,
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma with a bit of roasted and bitterness,
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, nice bitter finish
-------- /> Name: Hickory Stick Stout
Date: 05/17/2008
Mode: draft
Words: Taproom

Aroma: rich dark chocolate aroma with a touch of woody character,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: same great rich chocolate flavor, just a touch of woody character in the background mixed in with the roasted and bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

on tap-pours a light brown head and black color. Aroma is medium malt, secondary hops. Taste is dark malt-coffee, equal secondary hops bitterness, acidic. OK carbonation. Occasional

From notes 5/17/03: Dark dark dark chocolate color. So dark that light just fights to peek through the edges. Tan head dusted with cocoa sits proudly on top. The lacing is magnificent, itself fighting the physics of light beams and their quest to peek through. Thick creamy lacing. The aromas are mainly a roasted malt, bitter chocolate variety, with the added bonus of an earthy hoppiness too. The taste is more complex than I imagined going into it. Starts rather bland (which made me instantly sad for all it had going for it initially) but them the magic happens! More of the roasted malts and chocolate, followed by more of the earthy hops soaked in bitter coffee. True to its name, a little bit of "hickory stick" involved too. Earthy. Definitely an aftertaste beer. Most of the flavor party occurs towards the end and then after the tasting.

Draught at Union Jack’s. This is another in a series of beers I have had a million times but have yet to rate. The pint pours a black amber with one finger of well-lacing tan head. The aroma is roasty with hints of caramel. The flavor is cold coffee, a little bit of maple syrup, and a fireplace finish. There is ambient hop bitterness throughout. Not very creative, but a good solid stout.

Black, but not opaque. The head is a light khaki that takes a while to fade. The aroma is surprisingly hoppy, some sort of c-hop dominant. Good coffee and dark chocolate. Good mix of fresh hop flavor and roasty malt flavors. Yum.

Draught at the brewpub. dark, dark brown, red around the edges. Almost opaque. Brown head that laced the glass. Attractive flowery hop nose. Light roasty malt flavor dominated by perfumy tasting hops. Good stout.

Draft at Sunspot Restaurant in Knoxville. Very black in the glass with a frothy tan head that mostly lasted and left good lacing. Sweet malt aroma. The flavor was of chocolate, coffee, roasted, and a slight hoppy bitter. Medium to full body that leaves a slight bitter aftertaste.

draught. This is even better than I remember. The pour is fairly black with a tall tan head. Nice strong aroma with dark roasted coffee, smoke, raisins, and hickory. This hickory presence is so strong in the flavor it makes me question whether or not the recipe actually includes it. Mouthfeel is pretty coating. A flat wall of bittersweet dark chocolate lingers with a cutting hop presence. It doesn’t reach the level of a huge imperial stout. It’s more like a huge regular or perhaps a dry stout. Very good anyway.
[August 4, 2008]
On tap at UJ’s .Pours very dark, near black with an everlasting tan head. The aroma is heavily roasted, almost burned smelling. Hints of espresso, bacon, hickory, dark chocolate are present. THe mouthfeel is quite reasonable, sticky and full but not huge. The flavor brings more bittersweet qualities of espresso, soy sauce, dark chocolate, and a meaty, ashy finish. This is delightful. I disagree with the imperial stout classification here. Definitely reminds me of something along the lines of Shakespeare stout or Kalamazoo stout. Quite good.