3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour from a 12 oz bottle. Inky dark brew with small head that settles down to light froth. Aroma of burnt malts, a little chocolate, a little grass. Taste is nice - a bitter chocolate, burnt grain, coffee, and caramel at the start transitioning to a roasted coffee finish, somewhat dry, with a final dark chocolate taste lingering at the very end. Rather thin palate and lively carbonation takes away from the appeal, though - would prefer richer /softer. Overall a decent stout, with good complexity.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle from unclerudy. Cheers, Mike! Pours a light to medium stout brown with a tan head. Nose is cocoa, milk chocolate, a hint of coffee, & slight dark fruit. Flavor is chocolate, cocoa, slight earthy coffee, and light dark fruit. Light to medium in body and lingering chocolate bar in the finish.
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3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz bottle: Aroma has a nice dark chocolate aroma upfront, very roasted malts, coffee, and ever so slightly nutty. Appearance is black with a minimal tan head that linger. Taste has got a really nice chocolate forward taste. A really nice mix, then the roasted malts come their way through. Ending with a slight carbonated malt texture is quite nice. Overall, I like it. Cheers!
4.3 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
12 oz bottle. Wonderful chocolate smell. Poured with no head which was disappointing. I taste dark chocolate with a semi-sweet finish. Very interesting. A little too brown for a stout though. Overall pretty good!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle thanks to daknole. Poured dark brown with a tan head. Aroma was chocolate, malt, and iron. Flavor was much the same, but getting a blood flavor. Body was a little thin.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Thin, weak and flavorless compared to http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/atwater-decadent/1654 which is a similar MI chocolate stout.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Maybe I just had higher hopes for this because Sanders is such a Detroit staple, but it just didn’t have any complexity beyond a sweet chocolate malt.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12oz Bottle. Thanks Sean! Quiet, soft chocolate aroma. Flavors carry a similar light softness to them. There’s a lightly buttery sensation, some distant roast, and a metallic or mineral edge to this beer. I don’t know a lot about this particular beer, but this is how I might imagine a macro would make a chocolate stout. Not too sweet, not to heavy on the flavor, kind of bland in the middle. Hey, at least it’s not Southern Tier Choklat, which, for some godforsaken reason is trending as one of the week’s top performers. I’d take this over that, any day.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. A very mild stout. Not much of an aroma and I didn’t get tons of chocolate in the taste. Not bad it you are not in the mood for a heavy stout.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Aroma has notes of roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and cereal malts. Very dark brown that sits black in the glass with a small brown head and little lace. Flavor is very sweet and medium bitter. Palate is medium bodied and oily soft. Overall a decent brew but not worth remembering.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
12 oz bottle. Pours deep brown with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, molasses, a bit of smoke. Thin smoky flavor at first, followed up with light molasses, cocoa, roast, at times a bit of red grape. Just generally very thin.
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