Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

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

fat and with some beautiful dark malt flavours for once not drowned out by stupid amounts of hops. goes sweet bitter sweet, with a chocolate custard finish

Been seeking this one for a while. Thanks a lot Captain Cougar! Black as expected with a lighter orange head. Aroma is deep bourbon with some chocolate covered raisins keeping it interesting. Also some vanilla and oaky goodness as you keep getting into the complex and well layered aroma. The taste hits you up front with strong coffee. Also some hints of raspberries and very high percentage cocoa dark chocolate. As it warms and you get toward the end, you get a smooth cocoa character. This is very nice and deserving of the praise.

Sweet chocolate aroma with roasty and smokey notes and some hints of orangey, resinous hops. Opaque brown-black with thin but lasting brown-tan head. Flavour has notes of roasted malts and balsamic-like flavours to play along with the huge cocoa and leafy hop flavours. Fair bitterness in the finish. Medium-full body is soft in the mouth though perhaps a bit still. Bottle enjoyed with MartinT and Rastacouere.

Opaque black with large creamy light brown head. Excellent lacing. Full-bodied. Heavy malty aroma, bittersweet chocolate and expresso nose, hints of smoke and spruce. Chocolate undertones to a bitter taste, finishes clean however. Very creamy and lively mouthfeel. Moderate alcohol level also detected on the palate. Rivals Youngs Double Chocolate stout for best of the genre, outstanding beer, highly recommended.

Deep black, rich roast aroma, rich rich deep smooth chocolate flavour with a bitter and juicy linger. A beer with great depth to the flavour.

Tk2... Deep black ... big off white head ... light roast malt ... warming roast ... some alcohol ... lots of chocolate... oh i do like this... its not as hoppy as some recent US stouts ive had ... For my this is just a bit more balanced... and very well rounded...4.3 -4.4

Bottlet at home Winter 06-07 (consumed 21.11.09) ... Deep black ... thin lacing ... soft chocolate roast finding its way through my cold ... big chocolate ... little creamy ... more hop than i remember ... nice roast ... soft and smooth 4.1

Bottle. Picked this up in my local supermarket and didn't realise it's been gathering so many high ratings. Gee, I must be so out of step with the rest of you guys because I didn't quite get the reasons for such acclaim. It's a dryish stout with evident alcohol. Very dark with a coffee coloured head that soon settles into a dirty ring with a slight foam in the centre. Alcohol dominated aroma through which plastic and coffee notes waft upwards. The alcohol fumes tip this in the direction of an Imperial Stout but without the complexity or attractiveness. A rather simplistic alcohol fired stout aroma. Not great. A creamy mouthfeel with some barely noticeable fizz. The creaminess fades away wetly. Dry stout flavours and alcohol. Too much alcohol for too little reward. Not impressed.

Bottle.Brown small but lasting head. Pitch black body, wow, no light coming through there. Impressive. A bit sharp chocolate aroma. Amazing that these undoubtedly nice fellows have managed to combine sweet chocolate malt with hops and such a high alcohol percentage.

Sampled during MN Gathering II and shared by MilkmanDan. From a 12-oz bottle (2003-04 vintage) pours an opaque dark brown brew with a creamy tan head that has some nice retention and spotty lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, floral hops, some toasted dark malt and some tobacco. Taste is medium bodied, very little carbonation with flavors of dark chocolate, some dark pitted fruits, tobacco, and some alcohol presence. Finish remains a light tobacco and dark chocolate aftertaste that slowly disappears. The alcohol warmth has a nice finish.