Redhook Double Black Stout

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Stout
Woodinville, Washington USA

Bottle. Moderate malt notes of grain, milk chocolate and mild coffee, light hop and yeast smells of herbs and earth, with hints of cola and raw green vegetables. Head is creamy, light brown with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is deep dark brown. Flavor starts lightly sweet and acidic, and a touch sour, then finishes moderately bitter. Palate is medium, watery with a bit of creaminess and has a carbonation between soft and lively. It finishes a little metallic. Nice aromas, but a little flat on flavor, still a good Stout.

I guess I am just bored of coffee and beer combos. Everyone seems to do it and This just didnt really impress me that much. Pretty average all around.

Bottle at Greene Leafe New Town on 1-17-09. Labeled Batch 08-0410 and Oct 08 08. Pitch black pour with a small tan head. Sticky lacing. Aroma is strong coffee, dark chocolate and dark, roasted malts. Taste is coffee laden with more dark, roasted malts and more dark chocolate flavors. Rather bittersweet. Body is thick and creamy with light carbonation feel. Ends with more strong coffee notes, dark chocolate and dark roasted malts. Though labeled as an Imperial Stout this really isn’t though it is strong in its own regard.

pitch black with brown head, it has deep nutty aroma blended with notes of caramel and coffee. the flavor is fruity coffee that is smooth and easy drinking.

Near black pour from a 22oz, cold. Meduim bron head that goes away quickly. Aroma of roasted malts and , of course, coffee. Surprisingly robust dark malt and hop balance! Coffee is apparent as well as a =slight chocolate and pine tar. There’s almost a hint of vanilla and peach way up in the back. This is a very drinkable stout and deceptively light in the mouth. Kudos to Red Hook!

Bottle. Pours black with a moderately thick dark brown head. Aroma is a mix of mild roast, coffee, and nuttiness. Taste is nutty chocolate with the coffee notes showing up around the finish and becoming more apparent as it warms.

The coffee flavor takes a second to hit you - it’s not immediate. But when it does hit, it is strong and bitter in its deliciousness. Additional notes of chocolate, molasses, and nutty roasted malts. Very smooth and enjoyable.

bottle poured a black in color with a huge light brown head that took forever to fully fall. aroma has chocolate malt, coffee beans, light hop bitterness, and some minerals. mouth feel is medium for a stout but there is plenty of carbonation. flavor has licorice, sweet roasted malt, light coffee, and decent bitterness. hops pick up surprisingly and this finishes smooth with some coffee bitterness.