Alameda Black Bear XX Stout

Alameda Black Bear XX Stout

Smooth, rich and creamy. Rye malt blends with roast and chocolate malts to create a new and delicious stout profile, balanced with soft and velvety hops. This northwest original is poured using the traditional nitrogen dispensing method, so it may take an extra minute to arrive, but the wait is worth it. The Black Bear won the Gold Medal at the 2003 GABF in the foreign-style stout category. Have a pint of Stout with the Seven-Barrel Burger or the Beer Battered Onion Rings.
3.6
345 reviews
Portland, United States

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3.6 Bottled. Pours black with a large tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, bread, caramel and licorice notes. Sweet flavor that ends up being more dry and bitter. Medium bodied, oily texture and soft carbonation. A nice Stout. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
3.8 Very good stout. 650ml bottle. Pours dark chestnut to black with small dark tan head. Smooth with significant body, hints of espresso, cream and chocolate. Well balanced slightly bitter finish.
2.3 Bottle at home. Very light aroma of raisin. Flat and sour taste, simple and sour stout, really not my cup of tea.
3.9 Uit de fles geschonken. Mooie stout, smaakvol, geurig: geroosterde mout, chocola, en een hoppige nasmaak. Prima!
3.6 650ml bottle, jet black with a fine crema, burnt caramel and ash plus a touch of sour wine on the nose. Initially sweet, turning faintly tart and acrid, more burnt sugar plus a touch of liquorice.
4.0 650ml NL import. - Earthy Wiener Kaffee made palatable by cautious flourishes of liquorice, mineral roast, red fruit peel and savoury herbalistics. - Deep shoesole brown with mocha head. Just enough measured caramalt sweetness in the deep mocha to balance the layers of hop and malt bitters and cold filter coffee dry mouthfeel.
3.6 From 16oz bottle pours a black potion with a small tan head. The aroma is sweet chocolate with some caramel notes. Nice creamy mouthfeel with taste of sweet bitter chocolate, roast coffee, and malt. Finish is long and lingering with some slight hops, chocolate, and burnt sugar.
3.6 Appearance: Deep brown black. Opaque. Thick head of tan foam. Nose: Deeply roasty. Black coffee bitters. Touch of dark chocolate. Dry. Taste: Deeply roasted malt. Black coffee, dark chocolate. Bittersweet. Dry. Touch of toffee Body: Medium to full. Soft carbonation. Parting thoughts: Very big stout. Classic nose and taste notes. well done.
3.4 22 oz bottle purchased and consumed in Oregon. 7% ABV. Pours dark brown, ending up essentially black. Fruit and dark roasted grains in the aroma. Dark roasted grains with some char longer in the mildly bitter aftertaste. Unfortunate sourness. Sweet up front with hints of dark chocolate followed by espresso.
3.9 0,66l bottle at a friends place. black colour, medium big and quite stable dark coffee colored head. smells tobacco, roast, spices, earthy, light chocolate. decent smell. medium to full body, soft carbonation. tastes earthy, light vanilla, roast, coffee, bitter chocolate, spices. finishes lightly toasty, with earthy, vanilla and notes of bitter chocolate. lovely beer, did not care so much about the smell, but taste is just lovely
3.7 Bottled (thanks MT). Black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some rye, chocolate and mild roasted notes with some toffee to it as well. Flavour is quite similar, and also has got some slight bitter grassiness to it. Tasty, and quite easy going.
4.1 4oz taster @ VCBW 2016-Day 1. Creamy lvl-4 sweetness, full bodied mouthfeel. Luscious milk chocolate flavour, roasty off-dry mids. A touch sour in the background, bittersweet finish. Excellent beer and one the my Top 5s at the Vancouver craft beer fest.
3.7 Pitch black with a nice light brown creamy head. Coffee grind at first, espresso with a bit of cream, but after a while brown candi sugar balances it off. The noise promises more than we get though. More carbonation than the typical stout. Dry finish, mineral, coffee, cream and sugar again
4.0 Black beer with a nice beige head. Roasted malt aroma, caramel, soot, licorice, some coffee. Roasted malt and coffee flavor, licorice, viola notes. Nice stout.
3.4 A good stout overall, if a hit basic. Pours a beautiful deep black with a tan head. Smells of vanilla and caramel, some cream. Taste is basic stout, with cream and vanilla, with a slightly dry finish. Had in the bottle.
4.0 On tap at The Brighton on E Hastings in Vancouver. A black beer with moderate tan head and a bit of coffee on the nose. Big roasted flavors of coffee and a hint of chocolate. Moderate bitterness. Nice. 4
3.6 Bottle at Bolime tasting 3/2016. Clear dark brown colour, short lasting head. Strong toffeeish caramel, milk chocolate. Thin bodied, sweetish. Rather seems like a sweet stout. There is too little roast imo.
4.0 Bottle. Bolime tasting. Black colour, beige head. Aroma roasted, malty, chocolate, nougat, rye, bread, wort, caramel. Taste roasted, chocolate, nuts, earthy hops, rye. Roasted, bitter aftertaste. Very good.
4.0 Bottle from Beerlovers. Very dark brown color with medium beige head. Nougat, nuts, chocolate, rye in aroma. Taste, coffee, roasted malt, nougat, nuts. Tasty.
3.9 Bottle at Bolime tasting 3/2016. Pours dark brown color, nearly no beige head. Aroma of coffee, caramel, roasted malt, nuts. Taste is sweet, medium bitter, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, nuts, wood, raisins.
4.4 Average brownish foamy head with good retention. Colour is very dark mahogany, opaque. Aroma is roasted malt, dark cocoa. coffee, biscuits and prune. Taste is strong roasted malt, coffee, vanilla and roasted dark fruits with some diacetyl. Medium watery palate, medium creamy.
3.8 0,66l fles gedeeld met Mark en jeroen. Zwart met een bruine kraag. Geur is zwarte bessen en donkere chocolade. Smaak Is as rook, cranberry en koffie. Bittertje in de afdronk.
3.8 Black colored beer with almoost no beige head. Taste like dark malts, smokey, coffee, caramel. Nice.
3.5 Zwart bier met beige schuim. Geur: gebrande mout, wat koffie en chocolade tonen. Bitter – zoete smaak, wat rozijntjes. Ok, niet slecht.
4.1 Pours black with beautiful beige head. Aroma is roasted, chocolate, nuts, coffee and vanilla. Flavor is roasted, coffee and chocolate.
3.8 Piwo czarne geste i nieprzezroczyste. Piana malenka ale bardzo ciemna brazowa. Zapach smoly rumu i czekolady goracej do picia. W smaku zbyt slodkie sporo nut palonych i czekolady ale mlecznej. Piwo przy 7% alc bardzo ciezkie, degustacyjne. Koncowka niczym tiramisu posypane spora dawka cukru
3.7 Bottle Aroma-caramel, chocolate, coffee, Appearance-black, hazy, brown foam, Taste-medium sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, Palate-medium body, creamy, average carbonation, long finish, Overall-very good
3.8 Donker bruin bier met een goede beige schuim kraag. Ruikt erg mout, kruidig, rogge. Smaakt kruidig, mout, rogge, geroosterd, koffie. Te veel rogge.
4.1 Sterke rogge geur. Grappig. Ziet er goed zwart uit. Maar 6.8%, weinig voor een stout. Smaakt ook naar die rogge. Best lekker, mag ook wel voor 14e per fles.
3.6 Botella 66 cl tomada en el kraken en septiembre 2015. Color negro con espuma oscura. Lote 00552 hasta 10..2016. (r300). Aromas y sabores maltosos tostados con cacaos y bastantes especias. Cuerpo medio de 6.8 vol que se bebe bien. No estaría mal algo más de densidad. Buena.