DuClaw Black Jack Stout

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

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So they aged it for 2 months and I put another 18 on it...was really quite smooth and sweet and a great after dinner sipper, especially when it warmed up. Pours dark with coffee head, thick but not overly so. Smell is dominated by sugar and chocolate and that continues through the palate. Finish is long but not super long, and there’s little to know hops or carbonation at all. Consider me pleasantly surprised.

Draught: Poured a black color with brown head. Aroma was coffee intertwined with chocolate. The taste is hoppy up front that leads to chocolate and light coffee bean finish.

Sweet roasty chocolate coffee, toffee, bitter cocoa dark chococolate finish. Milky and creamy and like a rich chocolate fondue. Mildly chewy body. A little cherry note. Not the best RIS i’ve had, but definitely not the worst. this one lies somewhere in the middles

Pours dark with a light tan head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts and dark fruits. Taste is coffee, caramel, malts and molasses. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Pretty good imperial stout.

In short: A very complex stout that really stands out from this over-crowded genre. Excellent
How: Bottle 22oz, Consumed when probably around 9 months of age. Bottle from a trade on BA. Thanks… someone!
The look: Black body topped by a medium tan head with good retention
In long: Nose is medium roasted, a tiny bit smoky (burning tobacco), chocolate and some dark fruits. Taste is nougat, a shot of espresso, bitter black chocolate, fruity cake, nutty granola bar, tobacco leafs, woody hops. Body feels a bit fluffy and yeasty, like those Belgian stouts that are popping left and right these days. Very nourishing. This is a complex stout that just feels “different” without being weird. Black Jack is the worst game ever since Wh__l Of Fo_tun_.

22 oz. bottle shared by jckp64- thanks again, John! Pours an opaque brown color with a small tan head that leaves spots of lace in the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, plenty of rich chocolate, earth, toast, and a bit of cardboard. Flavor of coffee, roasted malts, dark fruits, tannins, earth, molasses, and caramel. The flavor definitely steps up the complexity of this beer compared to the nose. Medium-full bodied, with a rich, roasty, smooth mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Pretty nice imperial stout.

Coffee and tree bark nose with a chocolate undercurrent. Black with a thick firm brown head with good retention and glass adherence. Horehound and coffee with licorice hints. Full bodied, somewhat thick, mouth filling. Dusty aloe finish, but subdued. Prety neat impy, has character and balance. Hits all its marks with a little oompf.

Thanks to lukin013 for the FFL payout! Nice hefty dark brown pour, with a thick creamy head to it. Nose of smooth chocolate malts with a hint of roasts. Body is a bit on the thin side, and the flavors are also more understated than expected for the style. Hints of molasses and coffee in there, with dominant chocolate. Nothing special but it was enjoyable on its own terms, halfway between a nice sessionable cream stout and a RIS.

22 oz. bottle from Grape & Gourmet. Pours pure black with a creamy beige head. Aroma of licorice and espresso. The flavors are dark chocolate, espresso, licorice, and smoke. There is a slightly bitter taste in the malt roast. The commercial description gets it right when it describes this as "intense flavor" yet "this beer remains smooth and very drinkable". A very good imperial stout overall.

22oz bottle, 2010 edition, from grape & gourmet. pours a dark, cola brown with a thick, creamy, khaki head, solid retention, and light, sticky lacing. aroma is damn nice with bitter, dark chocolate, granola, and heavy, roasted malts with hints of soy, burnt espresso, and topsoil with a touch of nougat. flavor is delicious with heavy char, roasted malts, and toasted nuts backed by smooth, bitter, dark chocolate, fresh espresso, and toffee with a hint of earthy hops adding balance on the back end. palate is on the fuller side of medium bodied with solid carbonation and a dry, roasted, bitter finish. overall, a damn nice imperial stout.