Highland Black Mocha Stout

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

Date: 01/26/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: Black, thin tan head
Aroma: light chocolate aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of chocolate, strange twang, smooth flaked oatmeal character, no bitterness
-------- /> Name: Oatmeal Stout
Date: 03/21/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Flying Saucer, Charlette

Appearance: black, thin tan head,
Aroma: roasted aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, good mixture of chocolate and roasted malts, touch of oatmeal oilyness,
Overall: another fine offering from the basement

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: **4
-------- /> Date: 02/09/2006
Source: ww tasting

big bitter burnt malt flavor,
-------- /> Date: 11/08/2006
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

Appearance: a few drops of lace
Aroma: roasted chocolate aroma with light spicy hops
Flavor: still the big bitter burnt malt flavor, a bit of citrus hops manages to break through after a while, touch of chocolate in the finish

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.4/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4

Dark brown. Nice nose - chocolate, coffee, lots of happy malts. Roasty with dark fruits on the palate. Sweet finish, just enough appetizing dryness. Nice stout.

(12oz bottle) Large pillowy tan head atop a black body. Aroma is medium sweet, milk chocolate, coffee, some roast. Taste is same as aroma, plus light burnt. Smooth, light-medium body, some creaminess.

From the Jug at the GABF Colorado Convention Center, Denver 11/10/2008 Roast aroma. Small tan head. Black smooth and slightly rich on the palate with a crisp and slightly bitter coffee roast finish.

Deep clear brown, mostly lasting off-white head. Very grainy nose, proposing light roastiness, vegetal beany coffee and not much else. Plain and simplistic, it evolves into a fizzy roasty, grainy and astringent water. Below average malt extraction. Light-medium bodied, moderately high carbonation. Seems almost unfinished, yet with little potential. I certainly didn’t find anything close to the richness my peers seem to have noticed.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with daknole (thanks!). Poured a dark brown color with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of chocolate, roast, coffee, caramel, and malted milk balls. Tastes of coffee, roast, and chocolate.

Bottle... Black ale with a mid-sized, rocky, lightly tanned head. Lots of roasted malts and chocolate notes in the nose. Lightly sweet, mocha flavor. Medium-bodied with a skim milk mouthfeel and faint carbonation. Chocolaty, coffee finish. Appropriately named. Kudos to TURDFERGUSON for floating the bottle my way!

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, lactose, marshmallow, and roastiness. Flavor of roasted malt, coffee, nuts, and chocolate.