Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. @ the Horse school WSF-08 afterparty in Opstal.
Dark black color with a average to large, frothy, good lancing, mostly diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark fruits, chilli notes. Very complex. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very very nice ;o)) This is very good stuff. (240508)

A former top-50 beer entered to celebrate my rating number 10200. A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of chocolate, tar, and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of roasted malt as well as notes of alcohol and oranges, leading to a dry bitter chocolate finish. Thanks Jeppe for sharing.

(Hand bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Bierkönig. Pours a completely opaque, pitch black with a dense, thick and creamy cappuchinoish head - impressive hand bottling done by cquiroga here. Very chocolatey nose. Initially this is rich and full-bodied yet with an odd lightness to it. Comes fairly complex with very burned malts, chocolate and coffee notes combined with a degree of acidity probably deriving from the malt. There’s an underlying sweetness balanced by some malt astringency. Indeed a well brewed and balanced Imperial Stout. 150607

RB#2700: Handbottled, thanks to Papsoe for pulling this out. Pours dark brown with a lacing mild chocolate brown head. Thick chocolate malty aroma with a mild note of dried fruit. Dark chocolate flavoured, solid bitterness. Finish lingers with a solid dark chocolate and a really heavy bitterness. Chocolate and bitterness overload - brilliant.

Bottled, thanks GT2! Black, small head. Aroma of dark chocolate and licorice. Sweet and soft, full bodied. Sugar and tobacco, lots of cocoa, growing bitter finish. A very solid chocolaty sweet stout.

Handbottled from tap, thanks to Papsoe for sharing. Black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma dominated by dark chocolate with notes of liquorice, dried fruits and alcohol. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate, liquorice, dried fruits and hops. Dry roasted finish of dark chocolate and hops.

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2012
Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: March 14, 2007
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2007
Appearance: black, headless
Aroma: rich sweet dark chocolate aroma
Body: big silky body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate malt flavor, touch of roasted balances the chocolate, touch of licorish

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: March 30, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: barley’s nc
Vintage: 2007
Score: 4.0 to 4.3
Appearance: black, wispy tan head
Flavor: rich dry dark chocolate flavor, the dark chocolate bounces back and forth with milk chocolate that has a touch of sweetness
Overall: such rich chocolate combined with the velvet body *is* a sexual experience

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: September 22, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: asheville brewfest
Vintage: 2007
Aroma: picking up a really nice sweet licorice character in the aroma
Flavor: initially picked up a bit of chalky bitterness in the flavor but it quickly settled back down to its wonderful self

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 01, 2008
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate aroma with a big fruity character
Body: creamy velvet body
Flavor: rich sweet chocolate flavor, touch of dark chocolate bitterness, light smoky roasted character, dark fruit character with a bit of cherry tartness

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: November 14, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2008
Aroma: fruityness is fading from the aroma leaving all the great rich chocolate and a touch of roasted
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, nice roasted, touch of tartness starting to show up

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 06, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: black, layers of lace
Aroma: sweet milk chocolate aroma
Flavor: hops are fading from the flavor allowing the rich chocolate to begin to emmerge, roasted still stays strong and bitter along with a bitter dark chocolate, as it warms the chocolate continues to get incredabily rich and smooth, hint of sherry
Overall: ages so well

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 10/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.4/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: **** /4

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 06, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
Vintage: 2009
hoppyness is much more apparent on the freh batch bringing out the dark roasted character,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 10/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: **** /4

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 07, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2009
Appearance: black, fine tan head, layers of drippy lace
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma with lots of roasted malt, bitter dark chocolate follows the roast
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, lots of hops combine with the bitter roasted malts to leave a long bitter finish, just a hint of dark caramel sweetness to pull out the chocolate malt

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: September 15, 2011
Mode: pint house asheville
Vintage: 2009
holding up pretty well, lots of roasted blended with the rich chocolate,

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 21, 2012
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2009
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma, touch of roasted
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, touch of oxidation setting in, picking up a bit of sherry and fruityness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 26, 2010
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: opaque dark brown, wispy tan head, streaks of lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, touch of roasted
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, light roasted, touch of sweetness, well balanced bitterness

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: February 28, 2010
Mode: draft
Vintage: 2010
Score: 3.8 to 4.1
Words: the lodge hilton head
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine beige head, layers of drippy lace
Body: very creamy body
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, the creamyness really adds to the richness of the chocolate

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: September 15, 2011
Mode: pint house asheville
Vintage: 2010
drying out, the dark roast is coming through a lot stronger,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **** /4

Name: Sexual Chocolate
Date: September 15, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: The Pint House, Asheville
Vintage: 2011
Appearance: black, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich sweet chocolate aroma, sweet and dark chocolates
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, lots of rich malt, bitter black chocolate balances the sweetness, second glass shows more of a smokey roasted character, I wonder if they got the vintages mixed up

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **** /4

Bottle @ WSF 2008. Hazy dark with tiny brown head. Sweet nose with roastead malt, chocolate and caramel. Sweet flavor with hard roasted malt, chocolate, hops and caramel notes. Lovely complexity!

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!

Dark brown colour. Chocolate syrup nose with hints of graham cracker. Chocolatey character with hints of spice, alcohol. Very smooth.