Half Acre Baumé

Big, but not huge, this American Chocolate Rye Stout fires off a lot of coffee and chocolate notes. Balances well, but rides high on hop character at 60 IBU’s while the Rye finishes it dry.

A specialty brew. Grab it when you see it. 7% ABV.

3.7

181 reviews

Chicago, United States

Community reviews

3.5 Bomber. Pours hazy dark blackish with 2-finger frothy tan head. Nose is roasty dark malt, cacao, big resiny hops. Tastes dark malty, with notes of cacao, pine, hops, and brown sugar. Medium palate heft. Solid.

3.3 Bottle from craft ale house. Pours black with a half inch of khaki foam. Has a bit of citrus on the nose. Leaves a lot of lacing in the glass. Leans slightly to hoppiness on the tongue. Finishes clean. Solid effort.

4.0 The beer is black with an inch of beige cap. The aroma brings big dark roast, chocolate, light spice, a touch of hops. The flavor offers a big roasted malt and chocolate bill with hints of coffee and smoke. Rye character emerges mid to late palate and really adds a nice touch. Medium to full bodied and smooth. A delicious beer. I’d have this again.

3.8 On tap at mikkeller. Black with tan head. Aroma roasted, vinous with strong coffee notes. Taste has coffee, mild tanginess, roasted notes with high bitterness

3.7 Tap @ Mikkeller. Black with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium bitter, liquorice, hop, medium sweet and grapefruit.

3.6 Tap @ Mikkeller, Viktoriagade. Black with a small light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and moderate hoppy - citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 010514

3.1 Draught. Low fluffy and quickly disappearing white head. Hazy dark orange body. Relavively sour and bitter malt grass aroma and flavor with low carbonation and long finish. Hints of banana in the aroma.

3.5 On tap at Mikkeller Bar (Viktoriagade), shared with Skinnyviking. Patchy surface to a coal black body. Lacing rings down the glassware. Roasted smell of dark malts together with dark fruits. Cocoa-fruity taste, ashy dry. Roasted malt bitter ending. Well bodied. Like it (Copenhagen 30.04.2014).

3.6 Tap @ Mikkeller Viktoriagade. Pours black with a creamy head and lacings. Roast, chocolate and ashes. Smooth roasted flavor. Medium bodied. Good.

3.6 Tap at Mikkeller Bar. Black with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of licorice, chocolate and a bit of yeast. Dry, roasted flavour with licorice, coffee and chocolate.

4.0 Draught @ Mikkeller Bar Victoriagade. Opaqie pitch black color, small off-white to beige head. Smell malts, hops, some roast. Taste malts, roasty, quite hoppy, full bitterness. Medium to full body and carbonation. Nice one!

3.6 Draft @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours a pitch black beer with a very small tanned head on top. Aroma is quite hoppy, grapefruit and licorice. Flavor is bittersweet, much like a black IPA. Big on the licorice and hops in the background. Light lingering, bitter finish. Nice balance, nice brew

3.8 Draught @ Mikkeller Bar Aroma has hay, deep-ish roasted tones, cocoa and semi-dark chocolate. Flavour has roastiness, cocoa, semi-dark chocolate and coffee tones, Nice, I like the roastiness level of this stuff. The hops take a bit over a the end of the glass.

4.1 Bottle. Appearance: Opaque black body with a short light tan head that forms a soft coating with a messy big bubbled ring. Aroma: The aroma smells of milk chocolate and rye, slightly spicy and slightly sweet with a slight chalkiness to it and a whiff of roasted malts. This smells pretty lovely actually. Taste: The flavor is nicely balance with a piney bitterness, rye and semi-sweet chocolate. Nothing really stands out more than the next, this just drinks nicely with the flavors harmoniously working together. The finish has a slightly chalky chocolate flavor that’s enjoyable. I actually really enjoy this. Palate: Slightly chewy, near full-bodied, with mild to moderate carbonation. Overall: I was not expecting to like this very much. I generally don’t like hoppy stouts and I’m not really a fan of rye, but this marries the characteristics of each in the best way possible.

3.0 Bottle the size of fat pigeon .. . Pours a dark brown .. Table leg foam .. . Mild roast and deep grain . . Solid on all points just not interesting .. . . These eggs have yellow eyes

3.8 22oz bottle pours deep rich chestnut brown with medium head. Nose is roasty cocoa and earthy bitter milky chocolate. Taste is creamy bitter cocoa and some dusty coffee, slightly thin mouthfeel. Finish is bitter malty chocolate with some hop notes, cream, with malt sweetness. Solid.

3.6 bottle. medium bodied black pour. Lots of roasted maltiness upfront, undderlying coffee & chocolate. rye seems to tke aback seat to stout aspects here. Nice stout

3.4 Tap @Mikkeller Bar, CPH Dark opaque black color, steady beige head. Hayish and toasted aroma. Medium-bodied. Some citrus, taosted notes, feels more like black IPA than stout.

3.9 Sampled from a 0.65l bottle @ Top Hops (BA) Bottle Share. This is a deep dark brown one - near black in the glass and it has a small bubbly beige top that’s only leaving minimal lacings down the sides. The nose is minty, some chocolate, still coffee, espresso and chocolate cake frosting. Nice! It has a soft carbonation level and a thin oily mouthfeel. Really nice flavors. Some herbal coffee, chocolate and cocoa nibs. Lingering in the aftertaste. Quite a nice one! Actually, I haven’t had a bad or boring beer in way to long now. 15.06.2013

3.7 Tap at 2013 GTMW, pours black with a nice light brown head and some lacing in the glass, the aroma was pretty sweet with a good amount of chocolate and coffee coming through, the rye wasn’t very noticeable to me on the nose but was really present in the flavor, sweet chocolate front end with spice and rye in the finish with some hops in there as well, pretty different but enjoyable.

3.6 22 ounce bottle. Pours a dark brown with a khaki head. Aroma is hoppy and rye forward. A bit spicy and earthy.

4.1 Really impressive stout from Half Acre. Pours very thick and oily (8.3 degrees baume, natch) with a thin but bubbly brown head. Rye finish adds some slight spice, generously hopped as the label promises. Delicious!

3.7 Draught @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours brownish black with a creamy and frothy moch head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of trace and lacing on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, charred wood, vanilla fudge, toffee and moist soil. Taste is slightly sweet, slightly bitter and malty with roasted malts, burnt caramel, toffee, dark roast coffee, charred wood, bitter chocolate, pine needles, salty liquorice candy and hints of vanilla fudge. Mouthfeel is slightly dry, tiny astringent, tiny round and light to medium bodied. Finish is bitter with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, ash, bitter chocolate, charred wood and burnt cookies.

3.6 Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish with hoppy hints.

3.5 Draught @ Mikkeler Bar, Copenhagen. Dark black coloured beer with a light smaller brown head. Strong spicy hinted aroma, touches of roasted malts with a bitter hinted note. Full palate. Finish is hoppy bitter going into a malty roasted bitter slightly alcoholic note with a longer bitter hoppy spicy ending. Very nice.

3.7 Brown head black pour. Chocolate flavored. Probably pretty good but I can't see straight

3.6 Bomber from my second favorite brother...club w dek bar....bitter..im drunk..last rating tonight

3.8 Draught. Pours near black with a lasting light tan head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, licorice, rye and pine. Taste is medium sweet and bitter. Body is medium, texture is smooth and carbonation is soft. Finishes dry with roasted malt and slightly mineraly.

3.8 Tap. Dark brown close to black with a small good lasting tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chalk, herbal hops, light charcoal. Taste is medium sweet and bitter. Medium body, oily/creamy texture, soft carbonation. Roasted bitter finish.

3.5 22oz bottle. Poured a dark brown with a tan head. Aromas of chocolate, rye bread, roast, and floral. Tastes of chocolate, rye, roast, and light coffee.