Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. Black oily colour, with a tan creamy foam. Aroma of dark chocolate, and lots of bitternes in the end. Have a nice sweet/bitter mouth feeling, with a lot of dark chocolate. Nice round bitter finish.

A black beer with a chocolate brwon head unfortunatly it disappears quite fast. The aroma is nice; sweet, smoked, and acidic. The flavor is fantastic; smooth, yet powerful, chocolate, smoke, dryness and woodyness - gives it character.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Vintage 2005 at 8.25% ABV. Pitch black and opaque with a creamy, light brown head leaving a pretty curtain of laces. Sweetish aroma of chocolate and vanilla. Full-bodied, a little low in carbonation. Rich notes of roasted and lightly burned malt with distinct accents of chocolate and vanilla. Subdued bitterness with a discreet underlying acidity. One of the more rounded and mellow Imperial Stouts. 191007

12 fl oz bottle. Pours pitch black with a dense dark brown and creamy head. Thick chocolate and dried fruit aroma, almost a wineous note. Flavour is roasted chocolate malt, slight smooth but mainly quite flat on carbonation and flavour. I’m not impressed, but it isn’t bad. Just not that thrilling.

Bottled 04-05 vintage. Black opaque, brown head. Very thick beer. Weak roasted malty and chocolatish aroma. Strong flavour of alcohol and licorace. Also some caramellish and roasted hints. Too strong alcoholic taste for me. Bitter dark chocolate in finish. I wonder if something was wrong with this bottle, as no-one else has commented the alcohol taste.

Dark black with creamy brownish head. Roasty chocolate aroma, softly malty, full bodied. Lots of salty liquorice and dark chocalte in the palate. Bitter finish. A thoroughly well made and tasty beer.

UPDATED: FEB 27, 2006 Black colour with a nice creamy head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla and coffee. Powerfull flavour with lots of malt, dark chocolate and roasted notes (coffee), nice bitterness.

Bottle. Malty, salty, fruitym sherry-like aroma. Black colour, brown head. Fresh chocolate flavour with acidity and liquorice. Very full-flavoured and tasty. Aftertaste like bitter chocolate.

UPDATED: MAR 17, 2012
Date: January 07, 1997
Mode: Bottle
Source: total beverage, DC
Appearance: black, scant tan head
Aroma: sweet estery aroma with some roasted malt
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor with a bit of roastedness folllowed by possibly roasted residual bitterness

Date: November 16, 2002
Score: ii
Words: blind
Appearance: black
Aroma: sweet winey malt aroma with a touch of cherry tartness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, bitter finish

Date: October 15, 2004
Mode: draft
Source: summits
Score: iiii
Appearance: black, thin tan head
Aroma: light toasted aroma
Flavor: lots of burbon flavor, chocolatey, alcoholic without being fumey, light roasted finish, good sweetness, a hint of alcohol begins to show up as the burbon continues to assert itself, wow, after all these years of drinking bottles I find the magic in the keg and here I’ve been sitting on two untapped kegs for the last six months

Date: November 09, 2005
Vintage: 2002
sweet roasted vinous aroma with a mixture of plum and licorish, alcohol profile, rich sweet and roasted, still lots of bitterness,

Date: March 01, 2012
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Vintage: 2002
Aroma: sweet chocolate and sherry aroma
Body: velvet body with low carbonation
Flavor: fair amount of oxidation apparent in the flavor but quickly fades, rich chocolate, dark chocolate bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Date: August 01, 2005
Mode: home draft
Vintage: 2003
rich sweet chocolate aroma and flavor, touch of liqurish and butterscotch sweetness, good bitterness in the finish to bring it back into balance,

Date: November 13, 2005
Vintage: 2005
sweet chocolate aroma and flavor, nice bitternesss, a bit of sweet licorish, just a hint of alcohol

Date: November 16, 2006
Vintage: 2006
roasted and chocolate aroma with a touch of sweet licorish, lots of bitter roasted character that eventually turns sweet and chocolatey,

Date: February 09, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: brusisn ales
Vintage: 2007
Aroma: sweet chocolate and licorice aroma with light alcohol
Body: big creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, nice sweetness brings out the chocolate and leaves some licorice in its wake, milky sweetness mixed with alcohol

Date: October 22, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: taco mac metro
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: black, frothy tan head, cobwebs of lace
Aroma: dark chocolate aroma, touch of dark caramel sweetness
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, vanilla sweetness, touch of hot peppery alcohol, light sourness, roasted bitterness on the backend

Date: December 18, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Vintage: 2009
Aroma: dark chocolate aroma, touch of sweetness, plenty of hops
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, nice roasted character, bitter black chocolate, hint of woody funk

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

UPDATED: APR 6, 2011 2011-03-15, draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Black color; thick creamy head, beige. Dark malts aroma, some bread dough too. Good body structure; strong flavor of roasted malts and dark chocolate, with a fair share of black coffee too, and light sourness that adds some vibe. Strong bitterness. Old School Chocolate Stout, very good.

2003-12-02, bottle, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Black, with a thin brown head. Aroma of liquorice, tar, roasted malt. Thick, malty, roasted malt, coffee, liquorice, dark chocolate. Strong roasted bitterness. Good but nothing more.
A big thank to Jens (Ungstrup), Jacob (Lövenlund) and Rasmus (Nørrebro Bryghus) for all the effort!