Black Angel Stout
DESTIHL Brewery

 

 

 

12 ounce can, canned on 09/12/25, thanks to Brutaltruth for this one! Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown/black with about an inch and a half frothy tan head that stayed around for a while. There's also a lot of lacing. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, citrusy hops (lemon peel) and some piney hops. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma. All the flavors are pretty well balanced, and it's a lot hoppier than I expected which is a good thing in this case. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's creamy and smooth with a good amount of soft carbonation. I enjoyed this one, worth picking up especially if you like hoppier stouts. Label says it's only 45 IBU but it seems a lot hoppier than that to me. Would like to have this one again at some point!

 

 

 

From the 12 oz can in a pint glass. This solid little stout pours a deep obsidian with
a nice head of khaki foam that fades to a thin ring, thin dusty layer, and sports some
nice lacing. Nose of dark bakers chocolate, deep roast, subtle char, herbal hops, and
citrus notes. Flavors follow the nose with dark bakers chocolate up front, heavy citrus
hops in the middle with lemon zest and pine, and herbal hops rounding out the
char and roast notes. Mouth feel is medium full leaning towards full, medium
carbonation, and a bitter malt and hop laden finish.

A stout in the American sense for certain, but good for a straight forward stout.

Cheers

 

The mouthfeel is definitely not stout -- it's more of a mild porter (too thin for me). There's a bitter lurking which unfortunately lingers -- no sweetness. I prefer creamy stouts with a touch of sweetness, and Black Angel does not have either.

 

Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and almost a hint of off diacetyl. The flavor is fruit chocolate, slight earthy and an acidic/mildly sweet Guinness-like finish.

 

 

Large tan head with lots of lacing over a deep brown body. Roasted malt aroma brought along familiar notes of coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Flavor was not as sweet as the nose suggested. Hops were more pronounced while providing good balance. Nicely carbonated, medium-to-full bodied mouthfeel. Easy to enjoy without being overcomplicated.

12oz can. Bottom date stamp is '10/07/24'.
Black colored body, with a thin red mahogany back lit edge. Two fingers of tan head, and this becomes an interrupted cap and ring.
Aroma of barley malt and roasted malts.
Taste is a brilliant exposure of roasted malts, deep caramel, and an introduction of dark roast coffee.
More than medium mouthfeel. Foamy and has a very good final expression (roasted malts, floral hops, smooth aftertaste of toasted malts).
Dark roast coffee, dark chocolate, and caramel.

 

Had on tap at Destihl in Bloomington.

Look - A dark dark brown that is barely see-through with a fluffy tan head.

Smell - Dark chocolate and coffee as you'd expect from a stout with the slightest bit of piney hops.

Taste - Overpowering black coffee and roasted malt flavors with a strong lingering bitterness.

Feel - An unexpectedly thin body coupled with a moderate-high amount of carbonation make this feel like a refreshing drink even through its heavy dark flavors.

Overall - A nice enough stout but a bit unbalanced towards coffee on the "coffee to chocolate" ratio that I compare a lot of stouts to.