Mendocino Black Hawk Stout

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

12oz bottle picked up at The Grapevine
Appearance: Dark brown with a small beige head and light lacing
Aroma: Dark malts and instant chocolate
Taste: Roasted malts and chocolate
This was ok, but mild and thin

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

12oz bottle pours dark dark brown with infra red edges and light brown head. The aroma is mildly roasty and burnt along with larger notes of molasses, toffee and buttered bread. Wow, I really like the flavor. I get notes of roasty to burnt to dark chocolate notes that run along with sweet molasses and malts. Midway and to the finish the burnt malts build to overcome the sweeter notes and become nearly burnt toast.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

This is the first mendo I’ve sampled and the first dry stout I’ve sampled. $3 for 12 oz bottle @ 3 Sons in Wexford. Pours nice and dark in my steeler stein, appearing opaque. Very few bubbles and has the typical aroma of stout, perhaps a little alcoholy. Initial hit of flavor is not quite as strong as an imperial stout. Some burned or charred wood in the background. Slightly below average carbonation. Finish has a lasting bitterness but it is not as lasting or as bitter as imperial or foreign stouts. Will not buy again.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

XL, chunky brown head, plenty of lace.Black brew with brown highlights @ the edges.Roasty malt nose.Med/full body, good mouthfeel. Plenty of roasty, coffee notes, mildly sour, somewhat chalky. Finish is dry and roasty.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I had this beer at Table 50 in Roanoke, VA. This was a really nice beer. A dry stout, yet slightly sweeter than perhaps a Guinness or a Murphy's, but it is very palatable and an overall nice roasty stout.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

It looks and pours the way a stout should - deep opaque brown, almost black, with a rich tan head. Aroma is stouty and smoky with hints of roasted coffee. In the flavor, smokiness predominates; there are hints of coffee and chocolate. Hop bitterness is strong but not overwhelming. It feels a bit on the thin side, but it is smooth and satisfying.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

As somebody who spent 40 years of my life in the Chicago Black Hawk organization, it is my solemn duty to try every beer that has Black and Hawk in the name. This was not a bad start. An Irish style stout with great coffee aroma and a good creamy texture. Flavour was well balanced with caramel/chocolate sweetness and coffee bitterness.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bought a 6-pack of this because the price was right. I liked their Eye of the Hawk better. Tried that one first, so was hoping this stout would be equally as good. Not a bad stout, just a bit thin and somewhat lacking of flavor. Probably better than Guiness, but for this style I still prefer my 8-ball stout. Thinking this may be better on tap, but I do not live in Cali and only see it in bottles here.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

A very local brew for me as I drive by brewery several times a week. Unfortunately I can't say anything really great about this beer, It pours nice and dark, but there just does not seem to be the flavor hit that many other stouts provide. Maybe this brew will improve in the future.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 4

This really was average .. . low head, very minor lacing, but spots .. . time out: on video .. . dark black brown .. . very light but pleasing roast, and maybe some slight coffee . . mendo typical quality. .