Santa Cruz Mountain Organic Devout Stout

Brewed by Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
Style: Stout
Santa Cruz, California USA

On tap. Pours black and almost opaque with a vague orange hue and a creamy light brown head. Hard roasted malt aroma with some dried fruits also. Medium body, hard roasted malt, again dried fruits - like raisins in rum. Some malt bitterness. 090709

From tap at the brewpub. Pours hazy dark brown with a small white head. Dark roasted malt aroma, light chocolate like. Mild liqourice touch. Roasted dark caramel malt flavoured, towards breadish. Ends roasted and malt flavoured, light bitterness and minor acidic touch.

Name: Devout Stout
Date: February 10, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: black, fine tan head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: rich dark chocolate and roasted aroma with a coffee character
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, lots of dark chocolate is brought out by dark caramel sweetness, light tartness, long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Black with large beige head. Sweet aroma with plenty of roasted malt and coffee notes. Flavour is sweet with roasted malt, coffee and chocolate notes.

(22oz bottle, thanks SamGamgee) Small brown head that mostly dissipates atop black body with brown edges. Moderately sweet, roast, bittersweet chocolate, light caramel. Taste is medium sweet, roast, bittersweet chocolate, light smoke. Light-medium body, light stickiness.

From the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 13/10/2007 Fruit and roast aromas. Small tan head. Black and strong in alcohol with a sour fruit flavour. Bitter roast finish.

22oz bottle acquired in trade with Saarlander (thanks!). Bottle stamped 102506 (I’m assuming bottled on date?). Poured a dark black color with a larger sized brown head. Aromas of roast, dark chocolate, coffee, and vanilla. Nice aroma. Tastes of roast, chocolate, coffee, and a little earthy. Starts out medium sweet and ends in a light bitterness. I was somewhat surprised by this especially with the word ’organic’ in the name.

Courtesy of tever: Bottle filled nearly to the top, with about a quarter inch of headspace. Pours a very carbonated opaque with a large, airy, rocky brownish head. Aroma of black cherries, coffee and dark chocolate with some smoke. Body starts effervescent and lightly sweet with some caramel malt sprinkled with charcoal smoothing out toward a drier, roasted dark chocolatey finish. I thought that based off the aroma that this might be infected, but I don’t taste any acidity in the body. Fairly complex and very drinkable, once some of the excess carbonation escapes. A nice stout.