Great Lakes Blackout Stout

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Very dark brown pour that lets just a hint of light through with a big, loose tan head. Aroma of cocoa powder, dark fruit, booze and day old cofee. More cocoa in the flavor along with some hints of toffee, raisins, rum, butterscotch, alcohol and stale coffee. The body is oily and too thin for an imperial. It’s overcabonated as well. It’s not offensive or bad but it just falls short on every point I want in a good impy.

Bottle shared by TheCaptain, thanks Mark. Pitch black pour topped by a thin head. The smell and flavor were both filled with rum soaked dark chocolate, plum, licorice, and raisin. Big presence in the mouth, nice and smooth as well. Very nice though maybe a tad too simple. I would gladly drink it again anytime though.

Bomber provided by Joey at AleSmiths tasting bar. Black color has a medium tan head. Aroma of rich dark chocolate and coffee. Flavor starts with coffee followed by dark chocolate and a bakers chocolate bitter finish. Full body is creamy with soft carbonation.

On tap at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee. Perfect black pour with a couple of fingers worth of tan head. Frothy even. Molasses, coffee, brown sugar, and baker’s chocolate flavor with a strong bitter finish. Creamy mouthfeel. Damn tasty.

Opaque brown-black pour, moderate pale beige head, OK retention, only temporary lace. Aroma heavily roasted, a lot of licorice and dark chocolate. Aromas travel well, are long lasting, almost palpable in their bitterness. Flavor emphasizes the tree-fruit angle of roast malt, cherry pits, licorice, horehound candy. The bittersweet roast malts segue nicely with a pronounced bitter-orange hop presence. Dark chocolate backbone beneath it all. Full bodied, smooth and creamy on the palate.

Wow. Got the brew from the GLBC Brewpub in Cleveland, great place! Pours a smooth dark brown that leaves a thin yet sustainable head. The Blackout has a wonderful and creamy taste for being an Imperial. As the beer first touches the tongue the signature roasted malts and hops flash across the palate but then the flavor turns to a sweet almost condensed milk type of taste with a slight bitterness. Absolutely delicious, and even better on draught! One of my favorites!

bottle dated oct 1, 2006 thanks to lumpy and his 18 year old japenese girl fetish. poured black with a thin fading beige head. aroma of caramel, dark roasts, toffee, and vanilla. flavor raped my mouth with the same qualities as the nose with the addition of alcohol. medium slick body with low carbonation.

I got this bottle as an extra from kirok1999 and poured it into a 10oz Sam Smith nonic. Dark black with red tints at the edge of the glass so I guess it isn’t a blackout after all. There is a "sticky" smell to it if that makes any sense and maybe yeasty dough. The flavor has a hoppiness to it and is pretty good, not too thick or syrupy at all. Very easy to drink. This is my first Great Lakes beer and it is pretty good, I’ll have to check out their other offerings. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-26-2008 04:43:00