Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Brooklyn, New York USA

Serve in Snifter

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Originally reviewed Feb. 26, 2007: what a beer! mmmmbeer gave me this one to try before as well, and damn, i owe him one. this stout is the darkest i’ve seen, as i can’t see any light pass through. poured with a skiff of tanned head. the brim that was left, was the culprit of extremely light lacing. the smell waters my mouth with a chocolatey sweetness, and light espresso. wonderful sweet roasted smell. taste was just as good, with flavours of the scents i described. can’t taste the alcohol content at all. this’ll be stocked in my fridge when i can."

I could list 50 things that I thought I tasted in this beer. Smoke, licorice and wood came through more than the other flavours, nice but maybe being slightly over rated due to its country of origin. Still one of the best beers I’ve ever had and undoubtedly the best strong stout by a mile.

Bottle. Black with creamy, espresso-foam coloured head. Nice balanced mouthfeel. Dark chocolate is definitely the taste here. Rich & bittersweet. There is also quite a strong molasses flavour in the background.

From a 0.33l bottle. Pitch black, orangish head. Aroma is pleasant but rather faint. Taste is full, slightly sweet with a bitter aftertaste.

Pours a black color with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel and roasted malts. Taste is very similar with a creamy mouthfeel. Nicely done.

Molt bona Imperial Stout. Escuma compacte, bon color i embriagador aroma. En boca no es queda curta. Notes torrefactes i a cacau. Molt fina. Un 10 qualitat preu.

Pours black with creamy brown two-finger head. Aroma is malt, coffee, chocolate, alcohol. Taste is a burnt nutty chocolate coffee bean flavour with smooth creamy texture. Long chocolate finish turning to warm burnt coffee with the bite of its high alcohol content. My first stout tasting.. liked the beer and looking forward to tasting others.

12oz bottle. Pours pitch viscous black with very little head - almost like engine oil. Aroma is coffee, dark chocolate, burnt sugar, a hint of dark fruit, and a brief note of the hefty alcohol presence. Taste is certainly big on the chocolate, with all of the bitterness you would expect from an 80% or higher cocoa-content bar. Roasted malt and coffee also play a big part in the flavour, but chocolate prevails. Bit of the dark fruit as an undertone - figs and plums - and a slight alcohol warmth as it goes down (the booze is not as pronounced as I expected). Silky smooth mouthfeel, remarkably easy to drink - a great winter evening sipper.

Too drunk to remember much detail, but yes to some chocolate. Not a massive fan.......

Bottle. Beautiful matt black color with a dark reddish brown head. Aroma is coffee, flower, some tropic wood and chocolate. Flavour is deep chocolate and roasted malt. Some bitterness but sweetness also.