Redhook Double Black Stout

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: Stout
Woodinville, Washington USA

Picked up 22-oz bomber from Heritage Liquors in Maplewood, MN. Pours an opaque dark brown brew with a thin light tan head that quickly dissipates to a thin off-white ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, a touch of chocolate, coffee and some burnt soft wood. Taste is medium bodied, smooth, with flavors of toasted dark malt, some vanilla, dark chocolate and some coffee. Finish has a dry toasted dark malt and coffee aftertaste with some mild bitterness.

22oz from Sam’s Durham. Big chocolate nose, some roasts but not a whole lotta coffee in there. Above average body, and it’s fairly easy drinking for the most part. As the beer warms, the lively hops remain present and give the beer some balance. But at the end of the day (glass?) this beer still comes across mostly as a malt bomb. What’s a shame to, as a lover of coffee stouts, is that there’s very little roasted character here. Not to say that the beer’s washed out, but it’s nonetheless a fairly anonymous stout.

batch 08-0410. deep black pour with a 2 finger thick khaki head. thick coffee notes with chocolate in the background. roasted coffee on the palate with a nice coffee/mocha flavor. finishes with a slight bitter coffee flavor.

22oz bottle. Poured a dark, dark brown color (almost black) with an average to larger sized off white head. Aromas of roast, coffee beans, mocha, vanilla, and earthy. Tastes of roast, coffee, lighter earthiness, and mocha. Bitter finish.

Poured a dark brown / mahogany color with a small, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of espresso, chocolate, roasted malts, nuts, and burnt wood. Taste of dark chocolate, roasted / coffee notes, vanilla bean, toffee, and light smoke.

Pours a thin black color from the bomber with a tan head of foam. You can smell the smokey roast from across the room. Brimming with the flavors of burnt coffee, bakers cocoa, and caramel. Closer to a porter in body and certainly unbalanced for its current rating, unfortunately.

Black color with a thin head. Dry coffee and chocolate aroma. Dry roasted grain and slight coffee flavor. Very little chocolate. Solid.

Surprised to have gotten a hold of this...remember wanting this beer back-in-the-day. Not a bad beer by Redhook but definitely doesn’t live up to the rating. Aroma was undoubtedly this beers best quality...roasted malt, bitter chocolate, caramel and toffee. Extremely thin when compared to some of the better Impy Stouts...and left a strange lactic quality. Not a huge fan.