Fireside
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

Beer Geek Stats
From:
The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
Foreign / Export Stout
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
+5 ratings needed
Avg:
3.99 | pDev: 10.03%
Ratings:
5 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 15, 2025
Added:
Mar 19, 2022
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
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Reviewed by CBlack85 from South Carolina

3.51/5  rDev -12%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
on tap at the brewery, served in a mug

The beer pours nearly jet black with just the slightest mahogany highlights and about 2 fingers worth of khaki head that recedes slowly, leaving behind very little lacing

The aroma is roasted malts, bitter chocolate, coffee, and a bit of char.

The flavor, like the aroma, is dark bitter chocolate, roasted malts, coffee and a burnt/char flavor. Medium bodied and mildly carbonated, with a dry finish

Overall this is a decent beer, but not something I would seek out. OMB seems to be at their best when they are doing traditional German beers, most of their attempts at non-German styles are passable, but ultimately uninspired.
Dec 15, 2025
 
Rated: 4.48 by Rhettroactive from Virginia

Mar 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.46 by siege06nd from Virginia

Mar 04, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Dec 26, 2022
 
Rated: 3.77 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Mar 19, 2022