Redhook Double Black Stout

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Stout
Woodinville, Washington USA

The nose is only so-so, I get a whiff of the espresso but I’m not dying to drink it. Fortunately, the taste is very, very good, with overwhelming coffee notes not quite on the level of Peche Mortel but very tasty nonetheless. For the price, it’s hard to find a much better beer; a surprisingly delicious offering.

22oz bottle (batch 08-0410). Poured a rich clear black color with a huge and long lasting tan head. Smells of caramel with hints of coffee and a bit of roasted malt. The flavor is big and coffee infused with lots of bitterness that is just off set by a touch of chocolate sweetness. Very roasty and toasty. The mouthfeel is full and creamy. Afine coffee stout.

a little thinner than some others. classic coffee stout features. i’d drink it again.

Big aromas of roast and coffee lead to a slightly acrid finish. Little head dissapates into moderate carbonation. The coffee flavor is a bit stronger than most coffee-stouts and is reminiscent of strong drip coffee instead of espresso, much like Lagunitas Cappucino Stout. I would have liked a fuller mouthfeel to simulate the syrupy texture of an espresso.

Poured from a large bottle into a pint glass to drink. The beer had a roasty malt aroma with notes of coffee, chocolate, and some caramel, a bit of earthy hops too. It had a medium -bodied, solid black color with a dark brown hue and a creamy dark tan head that was short-lived but had nice lacing. The beer was a sweet coffee-chocolate blend with some roasty effects and some underlying bitterness that became more pronounced at the finish. The body was an average thickness with moderate carbonation, and fairly wet with a slightly lighter mouthfeel.

22oz bottle dated 10.08.08. Pours a black coffee color with a smaller beige fizzy froth. Aroma of hard roast, some acidity. Flavor is extra strong brewed coffee, some bright sugar and cream. Medium bodied, low carbonation, thicker watery feel. Fairly decent.

Bottled. Black color with a reddish glow. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt. Taste of a very malty schwarzbier, again good coffee notes. Good stuff.

Bottle @ tasting by jbrus. A black colored beer, with a red shine on it. It has a thick beige head’. The aroma has smoked malts with dry hops and notes of chocolate and coffee. The taste is dry, smokie. There are hops and fruits with flavors of chocolate and coffee. The aftertaste is dry with some smoke a little hop bitter and notes of sweet.