 SB (287), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 10, 2008
From Bottle. Bought @ The Foodery in Philadelphia. Pours dark brown with a thick tan head, that laced the glass. Aroma of roasted malt with some hints of chocolate. Flavor of roasted malts, coffee, toffee, peat, and slight hint of chocolate. Medium Bodied, balanced. Dry in the finish.
sheatripper (789), Brooklyn, New York, USA
Jul 25, 2008 Bottle. Dark brown with a beige frothy head. Aroma kind of a slightly soapy Bosco chocolate with bran cereal underneath. Nothing really exciting in terms of flavor...Light roast coffee/chocolate malt, a bit husky and grainy with a body that thins out too quickly. Not terrible for a beer, but not really recommendable as a "good stout."
GarrettB (368), Centennial, Colorado, USA
Jul 17, 2008 Chocolate beers are a dicey proposition, but I decided to try another after my early Young’s fiasco. Fort Collins Brewery has a mixed reputation with me, so I expected it to go either way. A medium dark brown head caps an eclipsed, black body. The aroma holds an expectedly heavy dose of dark chocolate, the smell of a dusty, old basement (cobwebs?), a creamy, sweet, coffee ice cream and chocolate covered coffee beans. In essence, a somewhat well synchronized match between bitter and sweet. The flavor drops the chocolate, and adopts a raw, ligneous and cooked coffee bean profile. Disheartening for my fructose obsessed palate, but still distinctive and tasty. A touch of brown sugar sweetness and molasses steps in to try and make up for the lost chocolate sugar, but mostly fails, instead making the brew a little richer. Not bad, but still does poor justice to chocolate. I’d rather separate two products and enjoy each at its own pinnacle rather than combine the two and attempt a synthetic masterpiece.
dolemite77 (140), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Pours dark brown, with minimal head. Aroma is roasty but minimal. Nothing overwhelming. Palate is a bit thinner than expected, and a little too fizzy on the swallow. Flavors of malt and caramel, with just a bit of chocolate. Not as up front with it as some chocolate stouts. There is also a metallic taste to it, which isn’t common to me with stouts. Overall a good beer, but not a stout to get excited about.
timsilvia32 (116), born in Michigan, North Carolina, USA
Jul 12, 2008 Black/brown pour. Roasted flavors, mild chocolate, could have been more. Maybe too much hops in this one. If you have a choice, get their Double Chocolate Stout instead.
rader58 (23), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Jul 10, 2008 Dark brown pour. Chocolate and licorice nose. Chocolate malt taste with slight bitter finish.
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