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North Coast: Old No. 38 Stout

This Hibernian dry stout is/was brewed by North Coast in Fort Bragg, California, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 67.88%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 5.60%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Deep dark ruby, more opaque then a typical stout. Very nice frothy small light brown head that leaves nice lacing. Deep dark raosted malt aroma, chocolate and coffee are prominent. Burnt/roasted malt flavor dominates. Very little hops as expected for the style. Body is medium light, a wee bit light for the style. Overall a decent stout but I expect
This is one tasty dry stout - intense toastiness all around, with roasted malts downright assaulting the tongue, and sticking around on the palate for a ridiculous amount of time - I would go as far as saying that the dark coffee and chocolate flavors in this one are almost up there with the Old Rasputin - this is that beer's less potent, but just
Dark brown,lasting tan head.Dry malt & light coffee nose. Dry malt and toasted flavor with dry, but bitter finish. A bit on the thin side

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In Book 295 on page 25 (visualisation):

Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
19th Apr 2009 at 5:45 pm bottle (sitting by Pat and Phil's pool), Burbank, California, USA 5.60 black Taste: 94.12%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 88.89%
Clarity: 100%
 67.883% chocolate 293

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Other Beers (etc.) by North Coast

Apart from Old No. 38 Stout, Hop Horizons lists 11 others by North Coast. These are:
Acme California IPA
Acme California Pale Ale
Blue Star
Brother Thelonious
Le Merle
Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Old Stock Ale 2011 (aged 5 years)
Pranqster
Puck The Beer
Red Seal Ale
Scrimshaw Pilsner Style Ale

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