Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Serve in Snifter

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Pours deep black with little head. Nose is subtle. Taste is both rich and crisp. Chocolate is prominent but not overpowering.

Great beer! The aroma was light but roasted malts was present. Flavor was great, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, and roastiness.

Pour from a bottle 2011 release thanks to Matt at a sunday tasting. Black in color with a small tan head. Smoke on the nose with a touch of sweetness. Very smooth in your mouth. Flavor profile is complex with bitter dark chocolate, bitter hops, sweet cocoa, molasses, roasted malt. Finish is dry and long lasting. Really liked it and would like to try it again.

Chocolate aroma. Taste is robust hints of coffee/chocolate/dark fruit with no one flavor coming through. Excellent stout.

Bottle @ New Years Eve. Thanks to SecretSanta. Pours black with a creamy head and lacings. Dark chocolate, coffee roast, dark fruit and a bit of ashes. Very harmonic, simple, tasty and well made. Smooth and filling. YES!

Samples from the 2009 and 2010 bottles with the Madison crew. Deep opaque black-brown, rusty beige head. World Class. Big cocoa nib taste. Lacy head. 2010 is way more smoky. Amost astringent coffee cocoa nib bitterness. Wow. Great beer. Nice.

Bottle @ Mikkeller Bar, during 3Floyds Night 2011. Black with very dark, tiny head. Roasted malty aroma , with strong bitter chocolate, some dark fruit and a touch of spices. Lingering dark bitter chocolate taste, quite bitter, very dry bitter chocolate finish. Qutie lovely.

On draught at the 2011 GABF. Fairly straightforward RIS--a good quality brew with the expected notes of dark roasted grain, bittersweet cocoa, coffee, dark caramel/toffee, and ripe dark fruits.

Bomber thanks to mikesgroove. February 2010 bottling. Bottle 690/1000. 9.75% abv
Appearance : Deep amber with small brown expresso-like head. Some lacing. Nice look.
Aroma : Great coffee notes with nice hops. Light chocolate, light brown sugar. Light red fruits. Great balance between hops and roasted malt. Nice rich sweetness.
Palate : Very soft carbonation. Nice silky mouthfeel but a bit more carbonation would have been better.
Taste : Lots of coffee with great hops. Quite a lot of chocolate but not that much. A bit less than what I had anticipated. Awesome finish with lots of coffee, hops and light chocolate and fruits.
Overall : Very nice beer. Beautifully balanced, great hops, nice coffee. Nice lingering sweetness on the delightfully persistent finish. Very light vegetal notes here and there that may come from the coffee but it’s not a big deal. No alcohol at all. Very elegant beer. Gets consistently better as I drink my glass. I wonder how this was when fresh. Maybe some time helped balancing everything out like this. I don’t think it shows any bad signs of age. Thanks a lot Mike !

Bottle. Aroma is deep roasted malt, dark chocolate, touch of butter/ white chocolate. Flavour is again deep roast, chocolate, some tart red fruit. Nice, but not living up to the hype.