Shenandoah Chocolate Donut Stout

Brewed by Shenandoah Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Alexandria, Virginia USA

HUGE thanks to kmweaver for hooking me up with this for my girls B-Day! Yes this beer is a novelty beer, but it managers to also be really really GOOD! Nice and oily, a really sweet chocolate aroma. Taste is lots of roasts and malt and of course, chocolate donuts. I was really impressed with how close they came to making this taste like an actual chocolate donut! Nice and sweet and delicious. Thanks again, I owe you big time!

12oz bottle acquired in trades with kmweaver adn badbeer (thanks!). Poured a dark brown color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of chocolate donuts (is the donut really there or is it in my mind!) with some roast, and light caramel. Tastes of chocolate donuts, some caramel, light brown sugar sweetness, and roast. Reading some of the other ratings, I’m glad mine wasn’t sour! This one was different and I enjoyed it!

I was @ Shenadoah Brewing Company for my birthday party to brew 2 beers and they had this on top. IMPROPERLY POURED. They used straight CO2 instead of "beergas" nitrogen/co2 mix. Thus no head. Definite chocolate aroma, and taste. Almsot a cakey taste as well. Very good beer, but just too much cake flavor for me. I was impressed they could brew it. Novelty beeresque.

Thanks to Ken for the bottle! Poured medium-deeper brown with a short, looser cap of tan head. The aroma (and eventually the flavor) were rather sour, with less-pronounced sweeter chocolate and confectioner’s sugar.. too many lactic notes that probably shouldn’t have been there. The flavor was another step downhill, with tart and sour notes from the beginning through the finish.. sweeter chocolates, glazed chocolate donuts, and a pinch of vanilla gave the base sweetness.. odd sour lactic and cocoa notes on the finish. Medium-bodied with huge, creamy carbonation on the palate.. unfortunately it seemed infected, and it’s a recent bottling.

Dark brown, creamy light tan head. Faint chocolate cake nose with just a touch of caramel. Tangy lactic cocoa flavors round with a light fruity bitterness. Light bodied and thin, medium carbonation, soft chocolate finish. On draft many years ago, this was really nice. Bottle version here is quite the disappointment though. Either way, thanks for sharing kmweaver!

(bottle from kmweaver.)reddish brown body with a thick off white head.as the head sits i get some lacing on the glass.the aroma is a mix of sherry,chocolate,and well....donuts.the flavor is much of the same.i also get cherries,brown sugar,and chocolate cake.slightly oxidized.overall a novel idea.

12oz Bottle I recieved this in a recent trade with HopHeed2113, thanks a lot Rob. A chocolate Donut flavored Stout. If that’s not catchy I don’t know what is. Chocolate Donut Stout empties the bottle the darkest of browns bordering on black. Chestnut highlights adorn the edges of the glass when backlit. A microbubbled beige head grew to two fingers on an aggressive pour but quickly fell to a creamy cap. There’s a patch or two of lacing here and there after each drink. There’s some roastiness throughout the smell but it’s unreal how the brewers captured the smell of a chocolate covered donut. There’s plenty of cake like donut with even more of that sugary sweet chocolate topping. Everytime I bring my nose to the glass I have a flashback of biting into a chocolate donut complete with the small crust that forms on the chocolate. I think it’s pretty impressive jamming that into a beer bottle. The flavor isn’t quite as donuty intense as the aroma would suggest. As a matter of fact I’m glad it’s not because I think it would have been overwhelming. The roastiness is present with an enjoyable cake like breadiness. The chocolate is throughout but stands out on the backend as a sweet milk chocolate. Not a bad stout and interesting to say the least. Smooth creamy mouthfeel that, and I’m just being picky here, could use a touch more body. There’s some stickiness on the swallow that I could do without but overall the mouthfeel fits the beer pretty well. This bottle goes down easy and is quite enjoyable. I’d imagine drinking more than two or three in a sitting would be a little much. An interesting beer I’ve been searching out for a couple months now. I love the whole concept and it’s actually a good stout that I wouldn’t mind getting a few more bottles of even if just for the novelty factor. 2/29/08

Courtesy of kmweaver. Black body with a tiny beige head. The nose is very light with a hint of chocolate, dough and raisins. The flavor is moderately sweet with chocolate, molasses, grainy malt and grape juice. Medium body is thin with high carbonation.