Grado Plato Chocarrubica

Brewed by Birrificio Grado Plato
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Chieri (TO), Italy

Nice roast complex on this one that actually had some slight tartness to it. It didn’t fall flat but kept dry on the roast and had notes of coffee beans, bitter white tea, chocolate, and chocolate powder. Mmmm. Tasty, but pricey.

From the Bottle at the Falling Rock Tap House, Denver 26/09/2009 Fruit aroma. Dark coloured sweet and a little rich on the palate with a warming and slightly bitter chocolate malt finish.

Draught served at 48˚ Appearance was total blackness with a large tan head with big bubbles that disappear rapidly and leave decent lacing. Smell is cocoa powder and espresso. Taste is caffe macchiato with milk chocolate, and a slightly bitter burnt espresso finish. Slightly light on body, flavors are very subtle. Italian craft beers are getting better, but still have a ways to go.

Bottle from Liquid Solutions. Pours very dark brown with a very large tan head. Aromas of chocolate and some sort of fruit. Full bodied with rather smooth carbonation. Flavor is dark chocolate, dark roasted malt, and something like plummy. Finish is quite unbitter, except for chocolate. Seems to be a little vinous. Quite interesting and good.

Bottle. Pours a brune body with a tan head. Sweet malty caramel, roasted malt character and some light char. A mild etoh warming licorice and a hint of vanilla. Molto bene.

This was a very tasty, well balanced, and superbly made brew. Was quite black in the glass and could have easily been mistaken for a Stout based on appearance alone. Smell was certainly chocolate oriented with some anise and caramel rounding it out. Coffee taste is strong in the finish...strong and bitter with a peppery spice bite. The smooth, creamy malty body was another highlight. Be warned: there was sediment on the bottom of the bottle so if you’re one of those people who don’t want that stuff in your drink, pour the last bits carefully.

pours a dark brown with a ruby tint when held to the light, a very large foamy light brown head, heavy carbonation, and some lacing. smell is sour, some cocoa, and a little bit of nuts. taste is thin, sour malt, and a little cocoa, ends sour and a little bitter.

A gusher - like pouring coke over ice cubes. Dark beer. Bittersweet chocolate, cocoa lingering in the finish. A little espresso as well. Some over ripe fruit, plums, a little yeast, a hint of alcohol. Would probably be better after spending some time in the cellar.