Devout Stout
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- From:
- Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.27 | pDev: 16.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 36
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 31, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2006
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
2.96/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.96/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
From BeerAdvocate Magazine #73 (Feb 2013):
Big pssst, when we popped the cap … a lively one here. From the first sniff there was something amiss, overly robust for its size and the yeast character was way too prevalent. Less yeast in the finished product and tone back the roasted character and this would have been a good stout, unfortunately this one is hardly drinkable to say the least.
STYLE: American Stout
ABV: 5.5%
AVAILABILITY: Year-round
LOOK: Massive brown head, ink black color
SMELL: Coffee, carob, broth, yeast, slightly acrid, charcoal, burnt currants
TASTE: Deep smoothness, chewy medium body, semi-astringent char, vague dark fruit, heavy yeast, soot, burnt toast, earthy, mild broth, dry burnt finish
Dec 12, 2014Big pssst, when we popped the cap … a lively one here. From the first sniff there was something amiss, overly robust for its size and the yeast character was way too prevalent. Less yeast in the finished product and tone back the roasted character and this would have been a good stout, unfortunately this one is hardly drinkable to say the least.
STYLE: American Stout
ABV: 5.5%
AVAILABILITY: Year-round
LOOK: Massive brown head, ink black color
SMELL: Coffee, carob, broth, yeast, slightly acrid, charcoal, burnt currants
TASTE: Deep smoothness, chewy medium body, semi-astringent char, vague dark fruit, heavy yeast, soot, burnt toast, earthy, mild broth, dry burnt finish
Reviewed by charlzm from California
2.7/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.7/5 rDev -17.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Consumed at the brewery on June 30th, 2012. Reviewed from notes.
Opaque, deep brown with mahogany highlights. Smallish tan head.
Coffee and chocolate aroma.
Moderate coffee up front that turns ashy and burned by the end of the sip. Low bitterness. No real malt base or hop character.
Medium bodied with hints of carbonation tingle.
Not a great stout; not much going on. At least it's tolerably better than most of their other offerings.
Jan 07, 2013Opaque, deep brown with mahogany highlights. Smallish tan head.
Coffee and chocolate aroma.
Moderate coffee up front that turns ashy and burned by the end of the sip. Low bitterness. No real malt base or hop character.
Medium bodied with hints of carbonation tingle.
Not a great stout; not much going on. At least it's tolerably better than most of their other offerings.
Reviewed by damndirtyape from Ohio
2.85/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.85/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
22oz bomber poured into shaker pint glasses. No date on bottle.
Appearance: Black on the table with some hints of very dark cola brown at the edges when held up to the light. 1/4" tan head poured initially with a vigorous pour, but this died down to a thin ring across the top with no persistent lacing. Some sediment noted in the bottom of the bottle which did not come along.
Smell: Some hints of chocolate and burnt sweet BBQ sauce. No, I'm not kidding on that last one - definitely the smell of a brown sugar based sauce that has been burnt on the grill. A bit odd.
Taste: When first poured and still cold, some chocolate and coffee notes up front, but then this bitter and sharp finish. Sour and tangy finish even - again, like that BBQ sauce. I swear it's like they were grilling when they made this stout. Maybe it's the hops in the end giving it this flavor?
Mouthfeel: A little bit oily and sticky, some carbonation on the tongue. Not great.
Overall: Not a great stout, and not sure about the organic tag here or if it brings anything of value. I don't mind a bitter stout, but this one is too tangy and unbalanced. Even when fully warmed up it's still not much better. More of the classic stout flavors when the beer is quite cold, but the odd taste at the end is still a taste-killer for me. Oh well. Not all beers can be good or great.
Jul 29, 2011Appearance: Black on the table with some hints of very dark cola brown at the edges when held up to the light. 1/4" tan head poured initially with a vigorous pour, but this died down to a thin ring across the top with no persistent lacing. Some sediment noted in the bottom of the bottle which did not come along.
Smell: Some hints of chocolate and burnt sweet BBQ sauce. No, I'm not kidding on that last one - definitely the smell of a brown sugar based sauce that has been burnt on the grill. A bit odd.
Taste: When first poured and still cold, some chocolate and coffee notes up front, but then this bitter and sharp finish. Sour and tangy finish even - again, like that BBQ sauce. I swear it's like they were grilling when they made this stout. Maybe it's the hops in the end giving it this flavor?
Mouthfeel: A little bit oily and sticky, some carbonation on the tongue. Not great.
Overall: Not a great stout, and not sure about the organic tag here or if it brings anything of value. I don't mind a bitter stout, but this one is too tangy and unbalanced. Even when fully warmed up it's still not much better. More of the classic stout flavors when the beer is quite cold, but the odd taste at the end is still a taste-killer for me. Oh well. Not all beers can be good or great.
Reviewed by chumba526 from Oregon
2.44/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2.44/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Appears black with a large light brown head.
It smells of sour chocolate, butterscotch and toffee.
It tastes a bit like milk chocolate. I get a bit of a very mild coffee flavor. There is a very mild toffee flavor. There is an unpleasant tart sour like flavor to the beer though. The sourness seems out of place and kind of ruins the beer for me.
The carbonation is quite high. There is a very crisp light mouthfeel. The carbonation is too high for a stout.
The drinkability is ok but the odd sourness limits how much of it I would want to drink. It is not very smooth.
An odd tasting stout. I like some aspects of this beer but overall the beer is flawed.
Mar 13, 2011It smells of sour chocolate, butterscotch and toffee.
It tastes a bit like milk chocolate. I get a bit of a very mild coffee flavor. There is a very mild toffee flavor. There is an unpleasant tart sour like flavor to the beer though. The sourness seems out of place and kind of ruins the beer for me.
The carbonation is quite high. There is a very crisp light mouthfeel. The carbonation is too high for a stout.
The drinkability is ok but the odd sourness limits how much of it I would want to drink. It is not very smooth.
An odd tasting stout. I like some aspects of this beer but overall the beer is flawed.
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