Magic Hat Odd Notion - Chocolate Belgian Stout (Fall 09)

Brewed by Magic Hat Brewing Company
Style: Stout
South Burlington, Vermont USA

Aromas of coffee and chocolate. Flavors of coffee and chocolate and belgiun yeast. Very solid effort overall.

12oz Bottle, purchased at Wegman’s Wilkes-Barre. Dark charred rabbit skin and mole sauce aroma. Chocolate comes clean. Pours a syrupy dark black, with a tall inch of quivering espresso foam. Flavor begins stark, dry and bright, segueing to a sultrier, more sugary snappy finish. Bright roasty edges mingle with fruity belgian yeasts. It’s a successful marriage here, considering the lighter heft of this example. I like the drinkability, the extended complexity and the cleanliness. Ends on a nicely juicy classic Belgian yeast note. A surprisingly good effort by a brewer I’ve largely written off.

Pour is a oil looking black with a small tan head. Aroma is of espresso and chocolate. Flavor is some more chocolate with a heavy dose of alcohol. Even with the alcohol this is pretty easy to drink and it does have enough chocolate aspects to carry this one.

Pitch black, tan creamy head. Soft chocolate roasty notes with an undercurrent of raisin and plum throughout. Dark fruit twang with a well layered dry black chocolate and coffee foundation. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. Not bad at all…

This stout poured a deep black colour with a big creamy brown head. To the nose there are scents of chocolate, roasted nuts, smoke and a little grass. First sip was smooth and smokey with flavours of dark chocolate and coffee most prodominant. Palate is lingering smoke with a little hopps.

bottle poured a black in color with a big brown one finger head. aroma has coffee, bitter chocolate, and roasted malt. nice roast picks up in the flavor, burnt coffee, bitter chocolate, and some caramel. nice seasonal.

Really nice aroma. All sorts of stuff going on: licorice, caramel, a bit of yeast. Nice roast. This is a bit of a let down (dry, thin) in the flavor, but all-around tasty beer.

Black stout pour. Light fruit and malt aroma. Wacky Halloween label. This tasted a bit dry and yeasty, but plenty fresh. I tasted more cafe americano (wi with a twist of lemon (sugar, no milk) than chocolate. It went down leaving a fresh tingle on the palate. This was a nice lighter stout, and one of the better Hats.