Great Lakes Blackout Stout

12 oz bottle, via trade, BB May 2004 bottle. Pours a black colored body under a small fizzy dark brown head that faded to a patchy film. Aroma is very dry and roasty with alot of chalkiness. A little burnt fruitiness, tons of coffee, dark chocolate, and a hint of caramel. Flavor is very roasty with alot of coffee, alcohol, and burnt fruitiness. Quite dry and chalky up front, but a little sweetness on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied, with a lightly oily slick texture and moderate fairly soft fizzy carbonation. Finish coats the cheeks and lingers quite a while. A pretty nice beer, the age seems to have muted any hop presence that may have been there, but still no oxidation.

[Bottle from Beermouth tasted with the hop-bros at Jess’ cosy inn.] This eve we had a lot of stouts and thisones final place was in the lowest third, but therefore it was not a badone. I’ll definitely try it again.

Aroma of milk chocolate and some hops.Pours dark black with a huge tan head.Get a lot of coffee with some chocolate in the flavors.Mouthfeel is thick with a bitter finish that sticks around.

Awesome nose on this beer, I get tobacco, vanilla, sweet, fruity, a bit smokey, etc, lovely. Taste is awesome as well, I get hit with a sweet malt character, then a spicy hoppiness, then an awesome roasted malt/coffee finish that rounds this tasting of perfectly. I was more than impressed with this beer, thank you santa for hooking me up.

I lived through the said blackout that this beer commemerates. Bottle courtesy of Hyde. This one is pitch and pours a thick froth of mocha foam. Dotty lace. The aroma is mostly coffee, but has the presence of molasses, some dark baker’s chocolate, plums, roasty malts and hops. Flavours are roasted nutty malts, dark cocoa beans, black coffee, molasses and rum. The balance here is mind blowing. If this was a blind taste, I would have guessed 5% ABV. Best balanced Impy I’ve had thus far. Fuck me, where do I sign up? Thanks Derek!

Pours a fairly viscous and opaque black color with a touch of ruby red highlights. Creats a dense, 1/2" thick tan head which settles to a thin wisp. Minimal spotty lacing along the sides of the snifter. Luscious and complex aromas of espresso beans, dark chocolate, charred wood, dark fruit and molasses emerge along with a touch of alcohol. The mouthfeel is almost perfect; smooth, creamy, chewy with just the right amount of CO2. Flavors are a bit more assertive as compared to the nose. Loads of fig, licorice, bittersweet chocolate, espresso bean, burnt malt and charcoal overwhelm the tongue. Long, bittersweet finish with strong notes of charred wood, roasted malts with a touch of hops and ethanol which nicely warms things up. A top notch Imp. Stout.

Bottle from Beermouth. Have tasted better US stouts but i do still like it, no doubt.

Bottle. Nice one. Strong mocha and chocolate aroma. Black colour. Lots of flavour, which almost borders on one dimensional, but it just has so much nice flavour, that you almost forget about that. Lots of roasty mocha and chocolate, with touches of licorice and dark fruit. Long finish.