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Great Lakes Blackout Stout

Percentile
99
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7313.94/5.03.93/5.0Winter9%83.5Snifter
Commercial Description:
A Russian Imperial Stout with a hearty malt body and bold hop flavor.
Named after the infamous "Blackout of 2003" that left the northeastern United States in complete darkness, but resulted in old-fashioned neighborhood porch parties and fun.
Available in February & March.
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 emacgee (1864), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 10, 2007  
Trade with drmatt. Pours a dark black, transparency in the pour. A little thin for what I like in the style. The head is small, a thin light brown. Nice aroma, sweet, fruit, alcohol, cherries, molasses, dark rum, coffee. The flavor features a sweet roast, sweet rum, slight alcohol, coffee. The palate is very smooth and easy to drink. Not an amazing impy, but very very nice with its own unique twist.


 Soonah (915), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 2, 2007    Updated: May 26, 2008
Poured almost black with a nearly two-finger brown head. The aroma is chocolate, thin coffee and alcohol initially. As it opens up more chocolate comes out along with some smoke, roasted coffee beans, slight floral hops. The flavor was a nice blend of chocolate, roasty coffee, campfire, and some floral hoppiness. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with a nice warming from the alcohol.


 Kinz (2187), Glen Allen, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 30, 2007  
Thanks to Secret Santa crizay for this one, opened at 9 PM in honor of MJ. Poured pitch black with a decent head. Aroma was of chocolate and quite a bit of dark fruit, slight alchohol, nice. Flavor matched, with chocolate, a bit of roast, some undefined dark fruits. Quit enjoyable.


 Hudspart (371), Hudsonville, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Sep 29, 2007  
Bottle: Good imp. stout. Dark pour with a good head. Hoppy and malt aroma (you can feel the aroma). Very drinkable.


 yobdoog (1431), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 26, 2007  
Nice beer. Color is pitch black. Some roasted malt and alcohol on aroma. Taste is smooth malts and some hops. Very easy to drink and great flavor.


 lovemyipas (420), sw burbs, Illinois, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/510/104/517/20
Sep 17, 2007  
pours black with a solid one finger brown head. aroma is roasted malt and hops with bitter dark chocolate and coffee. has a medium to full body with good lacing and good carbonation for a stout. flavor is the same as aroma but stronger with a little of the 9% abv. descent on the nose but potent in the flavor and on the palate. has a little bite from the carbonation and the coffee lingers a while on the tongue. a pretty good impy stout.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 17, 2007    Updated: Apr 11, 2008
Big thanks to DrBayern for this gem! Shared with pint_sized - Black pour with a nice medium brown head in a snifter. Smell was a creamy chocolately coffee roast with almost a hint of peanut buttery creaminess...(maybe I’m just crazy) Such a nice, smooth roasty chocolate flavor, with a light but noticeable and pleasant alcohol flavor to it. A great mouthfeel and perfect carbonation level let it go down like smooth chocolate. Really a great beer, with an amazingly smooth light lingering aftertaste of fine bittersweet dark chocolate. A must try!


 ucusty (1881), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 13, 2007    Updated: Jun 26, 2008
Thanks to Dankman for the 12 oz bottle. Wonderful coffee aroma. dark pour beautiful head and lacing. malts & coffee upfont. finish’s with a subtle chocolate flavor. Very Nice well balanced and complex



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