 thegreenrooster (1811), St.louis, Missouri, USA
Jan 9, 2009 Pour is a dark black with a large tan head. Aroma is roasted malt with a bit of chocolate and alcohol. Flavor is dark chocolate with some coffee and roasted nuts. Alcohol is not as big as in the aroma but you can detect it. A decent beer but its missing something.
jaid6 (26), Ohio, USA
Jan 8, 2009 Updated: Jan 13, 2009It was okay after the aroma the taste and palate where a let down. It just didn’t have the richness you would expect from a chocolate stout. atfter the fist one they get a bit sickly
tmoreau (525), Lombard, Illinois, USA
Jan 7, 2009 12oz. bottle to snifter. Pours a thick, black, a little mahogany hue as the glass tilts, with a dark tan head that diminished fairly quickly, and leaves a small ring, and some light lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt, sweetness and alcohol. Coffee and distinct hop bitterness hit you in the flavor, with the alcohol and dark chocolate following. Full bodied with a viscous texture. Finishes pleasantly dry with that touch of sweetness.
lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Jan 7, 2009 Winter 08-09 bottle. Pitch black pour that doesn’t appear as syrupy as many imperial stouts. A finger of pretty lasting creamy milk chocolate head sits in the snifter and leaves good spotty lacing when swirled. Aroma is big chocolate, burnt and roasted malt. Black malts and light alcohol. Taste is big roastiness, minimal chocolate, oily but not heavy, some sour notes and soy sauce comes through, with a big bitter finish.
smith4498 (816), Miami, Florida, USA
Jan 5, 2009 Pours black with brown head. Big roasty, chocolate aroma. Flavor is sweet burnt malts, chocolate and alcohol. The alcohol is noticeable, but not overpowering, and adds a nice warming element. Full body with a thick, oily mouthfeel and minimal carbonation.
pjweaver (133), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jan 4, 2009 Blind Tasting.
Boozy coffee, aroma, hints of dark chocolate, smoke, toasty malt. Black/brown dark head. Coffee and dark chocolate flavor, minimal red fruit, mostly toasty and boozy. Warm oily palate. No real aftertaste, doesn’t seem to cling at all.
n49921 (108), USA
Jan 3, 2009 Bottle. Pours very dark. Nice tan head. Aroma was malty with a nice hit of chocolate. Taste is chocolate and a touch of coffee, can taste the high ABV too. Nice.
Hophead22 (1056), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
Jan 2, 2009 12oz bottle, courtesy of Mr. Wolf. Dark black, it’s as black as something really black, had a nice chocolate head. Big chocolate aroma. Somewhat bitter chocolate flavor, some coffee flavor as well. Not bad.
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