(Brewgrass08) Clear copper body topped by beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, milk chocolate. Taste is medium sweet, milk chocolate, some molasses, light earthy. Low carbonation, light-medium body.

Name: Chocolate Stout
Date: 09/22/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville

clear dark brown, wispy beige head, streaks of lace, lightly sweet milk chocolate aroma, rich chocolate flavor, nice milk chocolate sweetness, light tartness and astrengent bitterness manages to break through the milk chocolate sweetness, nice roasted finish adds balance with light bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4

Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a thin ring of wispy light tan head. Aroma of lightly sweet dark chocolate and some tart light fruity notes. Body starts somewhat thin for the style with decent dark chocolate flavor, but an unexpected and likely infected tartness before a drier, slightly earthy roasty and tart finish. Would be pretty good without the tartness.

on tap @HopfestNC-pours a dissipating tan head and copper color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel. Taste is medium malt-caramel/chocolate, secondary hops biterr, light/medium body. More like a thin brown ale/small beer.

Surprisingly light colored - like Iced Tea that had steeped too long. Milk Chocolate aroma, som whiffs of burnt toast, too. Flavors of dark chocolate and coffee and dryish finish. Nice stuff. Sampled at 2007 Hickory Hops