Highland Black Mocha Stout

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Dark brown, with a tan head. Aroma is choxolate, coffee, roasted malt, and a bit of dark fruit. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Body is a little thin. A good one. Thanks to JMichael for this bottle.

Dark brown but showing transparency bordering on rust at the edges. Head is minute and fades quickly. Some sediment floats wonderously about. What a nose on this beauty. Liquid dark chocolate with sweet mocha aromas laced with vanilla and caramel. Nutty aromatics and some butterscotch. Black berry and black cherry aromas as well. Damn fine smelling beer and hard to drink as it smells so divine. Very fine low ABV stout. Not as impressive as the nose would suggest, but impressive nonetheless. Main knock I have is the mouthfeel. Which seems to be way to thin and watery and leaves nay a finish. Flavors are much like the nose without the amount of melted caramel. Mocha, vanilla, dark chocolate, blueberry, blackberry, mollasses, black cherry, caramel with a cream brulee wondering. Some roasty notes as well. Could have been higher on drinkability if not for the lackluster mouthfeel.

Jet black color. Thick foamy brown head. Chocolate malt aroma. Slightly bitter taste of roasted peanuts and coffee. Bitter chocolate and coffee after taste.

Purchased at Green’s (Buford Hwy location). Appearance: Has a typical black-brown stout coloring with a thin biege-colored head. Smell: A slightly sweet, candied aroma with a touch of roasted coffee and milk chocolate. Very inviting! Taste: Chocolate-coated malt flavors abound, flanked by the rich coffee essence. Coffee au lait. A slight suggestion of hops provide a bit of balance to this great brew. Mouthfeel: Luxurious on the tongue, with a modest amount of carbonation. Very creamy. This beer is a joy to experience from start to finish. Exactly medium-bodied with out leaning towards being heavy or thin. Perfect. Drinkability: This beer’s well-balanced character, makes it a true session stout. A great choice any time of day, any time of year. Delish! Find some. Treasure it.

Bottle from Turdferguson. Wonderful mocha cappuccino aroma. Black body with a big, fast-dissipating head. Medium palate. Lots of wood flavor, coffee and dry, bitter chocolate in the aftertaste.

Lots of dark chocolate in the aroma. Pours black with a medium tan head. Roasted malt and some big chocolate in the flavor. Full mouthfeel and a big roasted finish.

On tap @ Barley’s. Pours black with a lasting medium off white head. Significant lacing. Aroma is dark chocolate with light roasted notes. This was a very easy drinking beer. Flavor had the same dark chocolate as the aroma but included a sweetness not expected from the nose. There is roasted coffee that appears more during the finish. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this beer.

Chocolate hits you first thing in the nose,quickly overtaken by roasty coffee beans ,distinct, but not overpowering, taste is a great blend of the chocolate and coffee, but not exactly mochaish, coffee and hop bitterness in the finish,light medium body at first lightens up even more as you go. Very nicely balanced, almost a session type of brew