Arcadia Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

I almost forgot about this nice little niche of stoutdom: foreign stouts. I really got my nose down in this one and got a whole lot more that just by passing my nose over it. A good swirl around the glass brought out some sweet cream aroma, a woody-sugar sweetness that reminds me of Weyerbacher Prophecy, and then there is the normal caramel, malty chocolate smell. The flavor is a little lacking, tastes a slight bit sour, but still a little malty.

Bottle at chris_o’s teabagging contest. Alround rating: Coffee, cola, sweet roasted malts, yet thin and not really doing much.

Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours out in an almost black colour with a low pale brown head. Sweetish and rather milky aroma of coffee, roasted nuts and cocoa. Medium-bodied with a creamy flavour of milky chocolate and cocoa-powder. Quite one-dimensional and sticky. Quite sugary finish of chocolate sauce and roasted almonds. Lacking finesse and real drinkability.

Ok, I had this one other time and it was infected. So I am now getting around to rating from a more fresh bomber. the aroma is the obvious cocoa with some light roast walnut notes. The taste is cheap milk chocolate with some cheap coffee. There is a strong iced tea finish with some pecans. This doe snot taste as good as I described. A thin mouthfeel and light roast help to make this boring.

Bottle. Strong coffee, roasted malt aroma. Black in colour with a chocolate milkshake colour head., a little thin. Smooth texture with a delicate finish. A little to thin for my liking in the finish, would like it a bit stronger. Overall a good chocolate stout but many better ones out there.