North Coast Old Plowshare Stout

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

Small frothy head. Dark dark chocolate brown body. No light passes through when held up to my computer monitor. Aroma of cocoa powder dominates the nose. Roasted malts predominate flavor. Starts out soft, moving towards bitterness in the aftertaste. Almost slightly smoky-ness too. Could perhaps use a slightly more body, but overall a very nice dry stout.

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

Dark amber color, not totally opaque, with thin tan head. Aroma is very roasty, chocolate malt and sweet molasses. Classic stout flavor. Pretty much all the aroma notes plus I taste a bit of black patent. Pretty good stout but not more.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Almost as good as Guinness, and being a huge Guinness fan, that is saying a lot. This pours a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, and a hint of anise. The flavour is similar with the flavours all coming through distinctly.

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

This beer poured a black color with a beige head. The aroma is chocolate and coffee. The flavor is chocolate, coffee, and some cocoa powder. A nice espresso taste is present as well. What a nice stout this is!

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

A dark, red beer, transparent. The head is fluffy and pretty great looking. There is a lot going on in the nose for a beer with an abv of 5.7%, but it’s only good relative to the quality stronger stouts. The beer tastes pretty good but doesn’t live up to the nose. Not all of the coffee and chocolate notes come through on the tongue. Partly, it’s due to this funny metallic taste that’s coming through for me. The feel and drinkability suffer for this metallic taste, as well. It’s not a bad stout. It’s just not a great one.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Well....its organic which is a good thing. It's a little overpriced, which is a bad thing. Appearance is nice....super dark brown (almost black) with mocha frothy head. Mouthfeel could be better, but I usually find organic products slightly rougher and bland. Flavor is very malty (chocolate, coffee, and caramel), mildly hopped. Again, I'm not the biggest fan of organic coffee and there seems to be a lot of coffee in this so maybe that is where the balance/taste is off. I like a lot of stouts better than this, but enjoy supporting the organic community. Don't think I would buy this again, but it's a decent overall beer.

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

A stout in appearance. Dark, but as sterling in that blackness. A moderate frothy tan head. Not much hang time. Settles all to quickly leaving a small ringlet of lacing. Bitter chocolate-Bitter coffee in the nose. Moderate body with a nice smoothness. The taste is about coffee and chocolate. More bitter than any sweetness that might be there. A good Stout. Not a Great Stout. Not a Stout I’d shout, “WOW”

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

The rich smoky aroma has strong tones of roast coffee and molasses and just a whisper of unsweetened chocolate, demanding a taste. It pours a nearly opaque chocolate brown with a thick, light tan head that hangs around for quite a bit. Flavor is smoky with a strong overtone of fine coffee and touches of caramel, hops and molasses. Texture is this beer's weakest point - though it is smooth and fizzy, it seems just a little watery. This beer is a winner nonetheless.

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

slightly boring (and not as smooth in the finish) as old 38, but a solid effort anyway. worth trying a couple times, but i'm not sure why this one was necessary with two stouts already in the line.

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

Pour was typical for the style, dark black bod, chocolate type colored head. Lacing was only ok. The aroma was milky chocolate, light dry roast. The flavor followed, lots of milky sweet chocolate, too much lactic for a dry stout, but an ok average stout otherwise. Mouthfeel was thin to milky, a touch of stickiness.