Arbor Mackinac Island Fudge Stout

Brewed by Arbor Brewing Company Pub & Eatery
Style: Sweet Stout
Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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12 oz bottle. Pours black with a small light tan head. On the aroma, it really does smell like chocolate fudge, also with some dark fruit. Flavor is much more led by roasty coffee, with some slightly sweet chocolate. The fudge didn’t quite make it all the way to the flavor, but it still turned out very well, even if not exactly as promised.

mixed expectations for any stout that claims "fudge" status, especially something as acclaimed as mackinac island fudge. it’s hard to incorporate, particularly using actual stout, so it could be a very hit or miss brew. aroma is a nice ordinary stout with roasted barley and dry chalky character, with some cocoa notes but nothing extraordinarily fudgey. much sweeter and smoother flavor and body, as the fudge lends an oily and syrupy element to distinguish it from a "plain" dry stout. medium finish, with plenty of sweet cocoa and bitter roast dueling to the end. enjoyable and decently brewed!

Growler: The aroma consists of chocolate, roasted coffee, and a hint of black licorice. It pours a dark brown with no transparency and a small beige ring. The flavor starts with light chocolate. The finish has light-moderate roasted coffee and some faint burnt notes. Medium bodied with mild carbonation. It comes across as a regular stout...I’m not getting much fudge.

Thin, more like a porter. Dark brown. Not much head. Lots of sweet fudge in the taste.

Pours a dark brown, almost black, with medium tan head, decent lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, moderate chocolate, and sweetness. Flavor matches well, but definitely needed a bit more chocolate in order to carry the Mackinac Island Fudge name.

Black pour with brown edges and a very short lived, minimal head. The aroma is roasty with lots of metallic spiciness and some chocolate fudge notes. The flavor is also mostly roast with a noble hop spice, metallic again and some sweet chocolate fudge on the back end. The body is oily and medium full with some tingly carbonation.

Black with no head. Roasted grain and chocolate aroma and taste without much else going on.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with no head. Oily and thick. Flavors of light chocolate and malted milk. Nose is chocolate with a light hoppy note and some grape skins.

Sampled atvan esbls tasting. The aroma is coffee. With a hint of chocolate. The tastevis vaguely like fudge. Therevis also some ashy coffee. A sour aftertaste. This is not that goid.

The beer pours brown-black with a medium beige head that recedes steadily. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate malt and grain. Medium body with flavors of bittersweet chocolate, roasted malt and slight hops. The finish is roasty with a short chocolate malt aftertaste. Slightly above average overall, I was honestly expecting more out of this one.