Arcadia Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

Tap at Blind Tiger. Dark black beer with a thick creamy tan head. Aroma is loaded with sweet milk chocolate character. A bit of soft plummy fruitiness underneath. A soft roasty aroma as well. Soft bitter chocolate up front with a full earthy/herbal bitterness through the middle. Soft and plummy fruitiness with a bit of charry character on the back. Quite herbal and chewy with loads of dried fruit through the middle. Lightly cooling alcoholic finish. It’s quite nice, really.

Bottle at Bailey’s Chocolate Bar, St. Louis. Pours black with a large, creamy, light brown head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (molasses, caramel, chocolate), light hops (grass), average yeast (leather, earth) with notes of date, wood, and tar. Full bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness and bitterness, light acidity.

Very frangrant with cocoa. Nice roasted tones, malt, but pretty much dominated by the cocoa. The cocoa makes for a little sour at the finish. Still excellent though. Arcadia definetely tried to think outside the box.

Courtesy of Beerlando. Somewhat boozy aroma with perfumey alcohol, chocolate liqueur and roast malt. The body is black and holds a thin tan head. The first sip gives bittersweet dark chocolate, dark roasted malt, coffee and a slightly tangy note that is off putting. A touch thin and sour in the finish.

22oz bottle. The aroma, as advertised, was distinct cocoa. Poured an opaque black color with a fluffy light brown head that reduced to a tenacious film after about a minute. Medium to full bodied and sweet with chocolate, cream, and roasty malt flavors. I noticed the slightest hint of acidity near the finish accompanied by some green vegetable/dark fruit notes. There was also a subtle adhesive tape flavor. Eh, not so sure about this one.