Buried Hatchet Stout - Southern Star Brewing Company

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666 Ratings

rAvg: 4
pDev: 12.25%
Reviews: 411
Hads: 255

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Brewed by:
Southern Star Brewing Company

Texas, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Stout | 8.25% ABV

Availability: Year-round. can (366), on-tap (22), bottle (22), nitro-tap (1).

Notes:
Jet-black in color, this monster smells of coffee and chocolate. The taste is much of the same, with hints of creamy toffee and roasted malt. Smooth and delicious, this medium bodied ale is all about the malts, but has enough hop bitterness to be balanced.

50 IBU

Malt: Rahr Special Pale, Crisp Brown Malt, Briess Roast Malt , Rahr White Wheat , Rolled Oats
Hops: Saphir
Yeast: California Ale

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Reviews by kbuzz:

kbuzz

Pennsylvania

3.6/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a can into my trusty snifter. I didn't see a canning date.

A: Doesn't look like a stout at all. Looks like a porter or even a brown ale. Pours a one finger head, solid carbonation. Some floaties in the glass. Still a good looking beer, just not for a stout. Leaves a ton of lacing.

S: Confectionary sweetness and roastiness. Some bittersweet chocolate malts evident. Almost a barleywine brown sugar, dark fruit quality. This beer is friggin confusing. One minute it's a brown ale, next it's a barleywine...but it's labeled a stout. I don't get it.

T: Roasty and chocolatey. This is the only part of the beer that screams stout!! There's even a decent bit of hop bitterness that you get in some stouts. I do get some latent dark fruits on the back of the tongue, but I like it. The confectionary sugar pops up again at the end.

M: Medium bodied. Maybe just slightly chewy. A lingering stickiness at the end. Moderate carbonation.

O: This beer is preplexing, but really pretty solid. Looks like a good brown ale, smells like a solid barleywine and tastes and feels like a stout (for the most part). Talk about complex and category-bending. This is a tough one to review because it defies convention, but I thoroughly enjoyed. This would probably age beautifully and end up tasting like a barleywine in the end.

Serving type: can

12-03-2011 03:06:31 | More by kbuzz

More User Reviews:

jakeox

Illinois

3.75/5 rDev -6.3%

05-19-2013 00:10:48 | More by jakeox

chrisp450

Minnesota

4.25/5 rDev +6.3%

05-18-2013 03:49:14 | More by chrisp450

KVNBGRY

Florida

4.5/5 rDev +12.5%

05-17-2013 23:15:36 | More by KVNBGRY

ElizabethEleanor

Texas

5/5 rDev +25%

05-16-2013 20:25:35 | More by ElizabethEleanor

dsaltzb

Louisiana

4.5/5 rDev +12.5%

05-14-2013 22:23:41 | More by dsaltzb

Fr_nk

Texas

4.5/5 rDev +12.5%

05-13-2013 19:33:44 | More by Fr_nk

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

4.25/5 rDev +6.3%

05-13-2013 05:31:27 | More by Bonko_the_sane

Kelp

New Hampshire

4.25/5 rDev +6.3%

05-04-2013 23:28:14 | More by Kelp

zachgroves

Texas

4/5 rDev 0%

05-03-2013 02:49:55 | More by zachgroves

nothunder

Texas

4/5 rDev 0%

04-30-2013 23:45:30 | More by nothunder

Rau71

California

3/5 rDev -25%

04-29-2013 03:22:52 | More by Rau71

1424IpA

California

3/5 rDev -25%

04-29-2013 03:16:47 | More by 1424IpA

Meleah

Texas

4.5/5 rDev +12.5%

04-28-2013 21:50:05 | More by Meleah

strib

Texas

4.5/5 rDev +12.5%

04-28-2013 21:47:49 | More by strib

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

3.51/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Not quite sure what to make of this one. It's a stout? Seems thin for it and much more porter like. Nose is nice, but the body of flavor gets thin way too quickly. I'd actually say this seems more a cross between a brown ale and a porter. Decent enough, I suppose, but not overly interesting or noteworthy.

Serving type: can

04-28-2013 05:02:18 | More by RblWthACoz

rdooley

Texas

4.25/5 rDev +6.3%

04-27-2013 16:48:12 | More by rdooley

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

3.64/5 rDev -9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Second review of this beer.

Pours a mixture of brown and black, thin tan head of it. I'd estimate it to be about 1/3". More black than dark brown.

Aroma was just thick roasted chocolate malt, and that was about it.

Taste was more of the same, thick, roasted malt, a little bit of smoothness given its heft, and a deft ability to hide its alcohol. Almost nothing in the way of sweetness. Chewy mouthfeel. As it warms you start to have a little depth of toffee and caramel, along with brown malt. Starts to come off as a blend between a brown, porter and imperial stout. Well carbonated.

Props for putting it in a can.

Serving type: can

04-26-2013 22:59:26 | More by Beerandraiderfan