Boulder Beer Obovoid Empirical Stout

Poured from the tap at the brewery in Boulder just before the tour. Fun tour...better beer. Not as thick as Iike my stouts but this was certainly a tasty creation. Very good mouthfeel, midnight black color and a offwhite almost brown head. Great beer at a great brewery.

Poured a midnight brown. Had wonderful oaky, chocolaty aromas. Had the mouthfeel of a sturdy porter more than a silky stout. Tasted of dark chocolate, black coffee, and the perfect amount of oak flavor. Very impressive for a medium level of alcohol beer.

THOUGHTS: This could have almost passed as an imperial stout. I guess more like an impy’s little brother. Very smooth and easy to drink. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, dark brown that was black in the glass with red highlights in the light and an average, light tan head that mostly diminished and left good lacing. The aroma was nice but fairly weak in comparison to the flavor. It was light to moderate roasted, burnt and mild coffee malts and lighter caramel malt; moderate hops; and oak, lactose and very light alcohol. The flavor was chocolate, oak, oatmeal, a little coffee and caramel, some hops, cream and burnt and roasted malts. The finish had a long duration. The medium to full body was oily with fizzy carbonation and a light astringent finish.

Pours a deep dark brown/black. Smells of sweet roasted malts, chocolate, oats and coffee. Tastes of oats and coffee grinds. Sweet malt flavor present, with a slightly bitter sweet baking chocolate flavor.

This stout pours a nice dark black color with a nice size tan head. The nose is of roasted coffee, dark roasted malt, and chocolate milk. Flavor is that of South American Coffee,Dark Chocolate with a slight acidity.Nice Stout.

Bottle. Typical stout darkness with fizzy brown head. Typical stout aromas as well as a sour fig action working on. Very sweet and syrupy, comes off the palate more like cough medicine.

22 oz. bottle, pours dark brown and ruby that can be seen at the edges, there are off-white and tan bubbles that form a temporary cover and leave a ring, aromas of chocolate, milk chocolate and dark roasted malt, flavor of dark roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, starts off with some malt and chocolate sweetness but ends dry, pretty dry at the finish with some roast bitterness that trails thereafter, a touch of oak flavor but I did not notice until it warmed to almost room temperature, mouth feel is medium maybe a bit more, there is some creaminess on the tongue, an ok stout not outstanding though.

Pours a dark brown with thin off white sudsy head, good lacing. Aroma is roasted chocolate malt, burnt coffee. Flavor is the same strong chocolate mal, oak, smoke, and a bitter coffee finish. Somewhat thinner body than I expected and overly bitter. Also, I was expecting more of an imperial oatmeal stout. Dissapointed for the price I paid.