 molassesfan (196), Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
May 22, 2007
Pours dark reddish brown with an off-white head. A bit light colored for a stout. Aroma of slightly old milk and Hershey’s. Flavor of coffee and chocolate. Spoiled milk flavor in the background detracts from the quality of this one. Palate is smooth with a slightly sharp note. Dry finish. Blackbeard would not be proud of this.
arventresca (145), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Jul 31, 2008 Bottle. Pours brown with tan head. Smells like manure. Actually taste like manure also. This is bad shit. I didn’t get any hints of chocolate. I feel lied too.
chronictonic (349), Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 27, 2008 Wow - just wow. I think this is the worst beer I’ve ever rated, and maybe ever even tried. Normally I’d chalk this up to a bad bottle, but there are enough other reviews here to indicate that the problems with this "beer" run much deeper. Medium brown color, slight greenish tints - not an attractive beer. Vinegar flavors (but only mildly sour) dominate the entire taste. Gross, disgusting, undrinkable. "Teaches Chocolate Stout....meet our sink - adios!"
Riccardi50 (13), Montreat, North Carolina, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle - This was a terrible beer. It tasted sour! Nothing like a stout at all. It is dark in color like a stout but the taste was horrific. I took a swig, and then tried to down a bit more and couldn’t do it. I ended up dumping out the rest.
alexanderj (1218), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Bottle; poured a dark brown with auburn hints; basically no head. KieferUGA and I thought it might be a bad bottle after initially trying it; it was that off. Aroma was astringent with some oats and chocolate. Flavor tasted infected; sourt and tart with only minimal amounts of chocolate and/or stout elements. Palate was watery and thin. I hope that they have bottling issues; and that this wasn’t their intention.
bitbucket (1536), Kirkland, Washington, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Bomber. Thanks to TURDFERGUSON for answering my call for local stouts! Pours clear dark brown with a lacy off-white head. Chocolate nose with the slightest hint of pine. Light watery body and medium-light carbonation. The taste is mostly fruit with a hint of coffee. Nondescript sour finish.
Gotta tell you Azalea, this is the most craptastic stout I’ve ever had - a completely disappointing mess. I can get a hell of a lot more chocolate out of my homebrewed porter, and I don’t need to add Hershy’s Cocoa Powder. In a blind tasting, I would have said this is an infected brown ale that could use more hops, body and carbonation.
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