Arcadia Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Foreign Stout
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Black color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate chocolate, cacao, licorice, sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / syrupy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a tan head. The aroma is sweet malty and very roasted, combined with notes of chocolate, and a light acidity from the hard roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with tons of chocolate - a very dark and bitter chocolate, but also strong notes of roasted malt, and lighter notes of hops. The finish is very dry, roasted, and bitter.

(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of markgugs. Black and opaque with a creamy, beige head. Roasted malts with a light acidity in the aroma. Medium-bodied, roasted malt with a vague ashy edge. Some fruit and vanilla. No bitterness. 070907

Blind tasting at sk8vikings porter / stout tasting, beer no 22. Pours black/brown with lacing head. Simple aroma of roasted malt, slight mouldy. Simple flavour, slight malty and mouldy. Simple and somewhat boring.

Bottled. Very dark brown colour with small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some leather and slight hints of alcohol. Flavour is roasted malts, some raisins and warming alcohol. Slight chocolateish notes coming in mildly in the background too.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Near black, minimal head. Cardboardy nose with some cranberries. Sweetish with mushy molasses covering a hard, edgy core of metallic malt. Chocoalte is vague, unpleasant lactic acidity is strong, and so is blood and sharp metal. Really unbalanced and aggressive. I couldn’t even finish half of it.

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Acidic and roasted aroma of chocolate. Acidic and roasted flavour of chocolate and liquorice. Tart finish.

Bottle, 7%. Chocolate aroma, bitter cocoa powder. Very dark brown colour. Small dark brown head. The flavour has a lot of chocolate, sweetish with a rough bitterness in the finish. Alcohol bitterness. Why so much alcohol? Would have been better at 5%, I am sure.

UPDATED: AUG 22, 2009
Date: May 23, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate aroma with light roasted
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, nice sweetness
Overall: all chocolate and very tasty

Date: August 21, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: road trip
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, light sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, hint of dark chocolate bitterness, just enough sweetness the bring out the richness in the chocolate

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Dark brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malt and chocolate notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, chocolate and coffee notes. Ends sweet with loads of chocolate.