Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

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

Perhaps I just got ahold of a very old, light exposed 6 of this & will try it again( A billion chinamen cant be wrong...right?). All the afore mentioned flavors present coffee , licorice, urine and alchol. For me this beer finished so strong in alchol & was an assult on the pallet, I just could not enjoy anything about it. It did however look & smell good...

On tap @ Hop Cat in GR...Nice lasting brown head here with a coffee like aroma. Taste is mainly of chocolate and licorice. Could use some more roasted flavor. Bittering hops balance this out decently. Really enjoyable and smoother than most RIS’s.

Bottle pours pure black with a rich, foamy tan head. Aroma of bittersweet dark chocolate with some additional hints of roasted coffee and bourbon. Flavors include chocolate, dried cherries, and coffee. Very bitter finish with a long lingering chocolate flavor. Smooth mouthfeel and a well hidden 10.6%

Bottle. Pitch black, thin creamy head. Aroma exlusively of chocolate. Taste is almost overwhelming - impressive hit of sweet coffee, cream, more chocolate and alcohol sting. Almost like having an Irish coffee with a chocolate bar on the side, or melted into it. Impressive, albeit single-minded.

The beer pours black as any I’ve ever seen with a head that reminds me of frothy chocolate milk, Coffee, malt, and chocolate dominate the nose and the palate. 10.6% alcohol and I did not even notice, because it is beautifully integrated. Wonderful.

New tasting, 08-09 bottle, February 09: Pours a black color with a nice brown head leaving some lacing. Nice aroma of dark chocolate, toffee, roasted malts, coffee. Flavour of dark chocolate, roasted malt, lightly of coffee and toffee. Pretty big bitterness with light notes of citrusy hops. Overall very dry, with note that much sweetness (which I almost thougt it would be). Mouthfeel is full, carbonation is soft and overall this is a filling beer. Great, flavourful, priceworthy imperial stout but there’s even better imperials out there (but the they are of course more expensive).

Old tasting: 07-08 bottle, March 08: Love this one. Not the best Imperial Stout out there (not far from though), but if I feel a strong attraction for chocolate, this one is perfect. Coffee is also noticable. A powerful beer, but also extremely balanced with a fantastic palate; very creamy, thick and full-bodied. The finish is bitter and very pleasant. (9/5/9/5/18=4,6)

Bottle, courtesy of my favorite beer swilling, firefighting, politicking lawyer wannabe, cdumler. Thank you Chris! Upon opening the bottle I notice a banana estery aroma, which is most unexpected. Pours dark reddish brown with a very small and very brown head that does not last. Nice roasty, coffee and chocolate aroma. A little more of a bite than I expected, but a deep, rich chocolate taste really comes through. This is thick, and kind of coats the tongue. Very nice.

Pours black with brown head. Chocolate and alcohol on the nose. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, and alcohol. Ends with a bittersweet chocolate flavor. Taste lingers for a while. Nice stout.