Saguaro Stout - Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.7/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Enjoyed on tap at Scottsdale, Arizona. Served a bit cold. Rock Bottom sets the recipe, and allows for local tweaking by the branch brewmaster. Chocolate colour, with a bit of lace. Carbonation right there. Flavours of roast and of chocolate. Very decent.

Serving type: on-tap

02-07-2010 05:04:46 | More by northyorksammy

arizcards

Arizona

4.3/5  rDev +12%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Had several pints while dining the other night. Poured a wonderfull head that fully maintained almost all the way down my pint. Your nose is hit by hard by the toasted malts. The begining sip is met by a wonderful mixture of coffee and milk chocolate which finishes very smooth. Decent mouthfeel but is a little thin as this stout is targeted for the masses rather than the hard core beer conissours. But I find it extremely drinkable and will definitely have again on my next visit.

Serving type: on-tap

03-20-2004 12:59:41 | More by arizcards

Boilermaker88

California

3.03/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Saguaro Stout poured a murky black color with ruby edging and a thin mocha hued head. The head settled down quickly to a small cap and left light lacing in the glass.
The smell was of burnt malts, some chocolate, and coffee, though not as full in the nose as hoped for. The taste was underpowered, IMO. There was a bittersweet blend of baker’s chocolate, old coffee, and just the lightest notes of dark fruit up front but things bottomed out in the middle and there was only a modest bitterness left in the finish. The feel was light, dry, and clean.
This offering just didn’t do it for me. I felt it was too light-bodied and understrength in taste and aroma to be anything more than an average stout. However, it would make a good introductory stout to get someone started on the style.

Serving type: on-tap

12-01-2003 20:19:41 | More by Boilermaker88

Gusler

Arizona

4.05/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The pour a perfect deep brown to black color, the way I like to see my beer. Light chocolate head that is adequate in size, creamy in it’s texture, the lace a latticework clinging to the glass. The nose is chocolate sweet, coffee and roasted malt aromas also swirl about the nose. Sweet front, the top middling in mouth feel, the finish is plainly hopped, moderately acidic, dry aftertaste. I would call this a “Beginners Stout”, certainly drinkable and worth a sample, but Guinness and Samuel Smith don’t have any fears here.

Serving type: on-tap

11-29-2002 07:10:05 | More by Gusler

hyuga

North Carolina

4.1/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A style that's best served on nitro-tap, in my opinion. Great nitro head and retention. Roasted barley and mild hops in the aroma. It was hard to get a good "noseful" of the aroma in the restaurant environment, but I got it eventually. Coffee-like roasted grain and subtle bittering hops are the mainstay of the flavor. Lighter bodied, like most Rock Bottom beers. Very smooth and creamy, and almost milk-like. I've had this twice now, and it seems that it was better the first time.

Serving type: nitro-tap

11-27-2002 07:05:12 | More by hyuga