Hooligan Stout
Old Schoolhouse Brewery

Hooligan StoutHooligan Stout
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From:
Old Schoolhouse Brewery
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American Stout
Ranked #275
ABV:
7%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,930
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 10.58%
Reviews:
21
Ratings:
40
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 29, 2022
Added:
Oct 12, 2009
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  5
A creamy, dark, full-bodied American Style Stout with a robust roasted malt flavor and a smooth, oaty finish. This beer was named after our friend Jay’s Great Horned Owl, Hooligan.

50 IBU
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Ratings by ncherf:
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Rated by ncherf from Washington

4.55/5  rDev +20.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

May 29, 2016
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Reviewed by hreb from Washington

3.94/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle served in a pint glass. I'd purchased this earlier in the year, but it outlasted the winter season in my fridge, and today it's just cool and wet enough to really demand a heavy stout. Beer is slick black and completely opaque, with a nice brown head. Nutty aroma of well roasted malts. Flavor brings on a big load of grainy bitterness, blackened malt suggests black coffee. At this temperature the mouthfeel is neither creamy nor thin, but is perfectly acceptable, and not overly carbed. What really sets this beer apart is the balance and layers upon layers of malty grain flavors. The little bit of extra age on this bottle didn't hurt a bit.
May 29, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by powdersoldier from Washington

Jul 03, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by jmccraney from Washington

Feb 04, 2016
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Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati

3.58/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Thanks to BellinghamBeerQuokka for helping me fill in this gap. A nice, solid stout with that didn't have too much roast in either the nose or palate. Full yet smooth body. Easy drinkability. Right now the town of Winthrop is in the middle of some terrible wild fires. I hope everyone, including the brewery is safe.
Aug 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by NickThePyro from Washington

Jun 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by wrightst from Maryland

Sep 28, 2014
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

4.03/5  rDev +6.6%
4/4.25/4/3.75/4
Pours a deep black with a creamy mocha head. Smaller than I would expect, but leaves decent lacing as it disappears down my gullet. The aroma hits as soon as you pop the lid: creamy sweet chocolate. Roasty and smoothe. Really inviting.

Starts off with a smoothe incline of roast bordering-on-but-never-quite-reaching char. Hints towards acrid coffee, but with all the harsh acidity stripped, so you there’s no sharp bite to it, just the backing flavour. Moves into layers of sweet chocolate and molasses, but there’s an almost green bitter hint riding around the top edge. Finish is more of a burnt bitter than the one noted above, with a creamy sweet touch underneath.

Really tasty stout. Nothing that hasn’t been done, but done absolutely well. Grabbed it almost on a whim in honour of the pounding that region had taken in recent weeks (fires and floods, etc), and glad I did from a tasty-beer-standpoint as well.
Sep 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by craigreno from Oregon

Jul 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Latarnik from New Jersey

May 24, 2014
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Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida

3.07/5  rDev -18.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
650 mL bottle poured into a snifter.

Appearance - Black, but transparent at the edges. Small khaki head.

Smell - Roasted malts. Coffee. Dark chocolate.

Taste - Deep roasted malts. A hint of sweetness. Bitter coffee malts. Much like its big brother, but nowhere near as intense.

Mouthfeel - Medium body. Mild bitterness.

Overall - Shouldn't have had this after the imperial version. This suffered. Well made but not that exciting.
Mar 04, 2014
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

3.99/5  rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
What a delicious, creamy and toasty dark brew! Dark brown with chestnut edges in the Morte Subite globe. The head builds up nicely and subsides to a lacy cap. Mouthfeel is rich and sudsy with a plentiful but fine carbonation.

Very dark roasted malt is the main flavor. Some woody notes and a lot of grainy darkness. The mellow malty sweetness keeps this from slipping over the bitter and burnt edge, but there is plenty of charred barley. All very well balanced and hard to stop drinking. Bitter aftertaste is just right.

This was a nice surprise. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at Bottleworks in Seattle.
Feb 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Bandi from New York

Sep 02, 2013
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.82/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A: The beer is jet black in color. It poured with a thin tan head that died down, leaving a large collar around the edge of the glass and some lacing down the sides.
S: Light to moderate aromas of dark malts are present in the nose along with some hints of roast.
T: The taste has flavors of dark malts, except that the roasted flavors are a lot stronger and linger through the finish. There are light amounts of bitterness.
M: It feels a bit more than medium-bodied and quite smooth on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer really exhibits a lot properties similar to a Russian Imperial Stout, except that it is lighter in body and has some pleasant smoothness from the oats.
Sep 02, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by JMS1512 from New Jersey

Jul 23, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by MonkeyboyATL from Georgia

Jul 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by DruRho from Maryland

Jun 13, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by dwitt24 from Washington

Apr 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Tucquan from Pennsylvania

Apr 27, 2013
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.35/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: A magnificent pour, with a huge tan head cascading over the pitch black liquid; gobs of lacing are left behind

Smell: Chocolate and coffee with hints of roast and oats

Taste: A bit roasty (almost burnt) up front, but then it dials in the chocolate flavor in a big way; by mid-palate, the coffee flavors arrive to add another dimension; a bit of cookie dough sweetness, after the swallow finishes up the panoply of flavors

Mouthfeel: Fullbodied and very creamy, with moderate carbonation

Overall: A really nice Oatmeal Stout, bringing a range of flavors

Thanks, mdaschaf, for the opportunity
Jan 07, 2013
Hooligan Stout from Old Schoolhouse Brewery
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 40 ratings