Brooklyn Black Ops

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

Serve in Snifter

bottle. pours black with fizzy tan head. aroma of coffee and chocolate . fizzy mouth feel from the champagne yeast and not much bourbon

Aroma of sweet caramel, marshmallow, vanilla and oak. Pours black with a medium beige head. Tastes nice and awesome like bourbon flavored roast marmallow. Worth the fee.

Finally gave in and opened my Black Ops that I’ve been agining since 2009. Think creamy brown head. Heavy booze like aroma. Coffee, vanilla, and chocolate notes come out upon consumption. Drank one glass cold, and one glass near room temperature...I prefer warmer.

Bottle: pours dark black with a tan head, strong bourbon aroma, taste is boozy but not overpowering, roasted malts, coffee, really smooth, warming, excellent

750 ml bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled 10/21/2010. Pours pitch black, with a nice 2 finger fairly dense tan head with good retention that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty lacing on the glass; with a good amount of carbonation streaming up. Aromas of big bourbon, caramel, toffee, vanilla, chocolate, roasted malt, light dark fruitiness, and a bit of alcohol. Nice and well balanced aromas. Taste of big caramel, bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, molasses, oak, roasted malt, light coffee, and a bit of spiciness. Lingering notes of chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, caramel, and oak on the finish for a bit. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a fairly creamy and slick mouthfeel. A bit of prickly carbonation from the bottle conditioning. Alcohol is well hidden at 11.3% with only a warming after the finish. Overall this is an excellent, balanced, and smooth barrel aged imperial stout. A bit different due to the champagne yeast bottle conditioning. Probably not worth $22 for another bottle, but it was nice to try once.

A nice barrel aged imperial stout. Not on an elite level for the style, but damn good. Aroma was beautiful. Vanilla, bourbon and oak fill the nose. Pour was perfect. A deep dark black with a cherry 2 finger head. Taste was not as big or full as the aroma, but was still good. The vanilla and bourbon dominate the flavor and don’t let much else through. There are slight roasted malt notes, but this beer is all about the barrel. The oak comes out more as it warms. Would’ve liked some more stout flavors but I can enjoy this for what it is

(Bottle) Pours black with a sexy brown head. The aroma holds boatloads of bourbon – alcohol, spicy wood and cocoanut milk. Smooth yet hard roasted with coffee and tar. Undertones of muscovado sugar and dark dried fruits. After a while some salt liquorice shines through. The flavour is light to medium sweet and light to medium bitter. Notes of blackberries, soy, madeira wine, raisins, burned malt, chocolate, mild tar, alcohol and hops alongside woodsy and cocoanut-like oak. The mouthfeel is soft and smooth with a light to medium carbonation. Soft, burned and vinous on the finish. Medium to full bodied.

(750ml bottle). Pours near black with a generous espresso head. Aroma has chocolate, coffee roast and some nice, light bourbon. Taste is sweet with more vanilla, bourbon chocolate and wood. Medium bodied with a slick texture. Dry finish. Pretty good. A nice BA stout that shows restraint with the barrel. I like it.