 WallyWalrus (205), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Jan 20, 2008 750ml bottle. Pours a dark brownish-black with good carbonation and a nice mocha-colored head. Aroma is malty and sweet, with scents of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and maybe a slight hint of hops. Taste is creamy and fairly full, with an initial flavor of chocolate and roasted malt giving way to a crisp, lingering finish of dark fruit, coffee, alcohol, and a bit of hops. A well-balanced stout ideal for winter weather.
Elizavyeta (110), Minnesota, USA
Jan 20, 2008 A light and frothy head sits atop a marvelously mahogany brew with a toasty and sweet aroma.
A milk-chocolate flavor predominates, without any of the typically bitter or dark notes of a dark chocolate; instead, the chocolate comes through without being as overwhelming as the Young’s Double Chocolate.
Perfect as dessert following a delicious dinner of pork and braised cabbage.
argo0 (6842), Washington DC, USA
Jan 20, 2008 (750ml bottle) Fluffy medium brown head atop brown-black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, cocoa/chocolate, some fruitiness, roast, light nut. Taste is moderately sweet, bittersweet chocolate/cocoa, some roast, light nut, fruitiness, Belgian yeast. Hint of alcohol warming in the aftertaste. Medium body, holds the alcohol well.
RCL (1443), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Jan 20, 2008 Aroma is that of cocoa nibs and nuts. Upon tasting, the nutty component becomes much more apparent, outweighing the cocoa. Good beer.
beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
Jan 20, 2008 Pours black, like dark bakers chocolate with a soft tan head. At first sip this beer was to cold, at that temp the beer was very metallic. As the beer warms the sharp metallic notes fade and the rich chocolate falvors show. Light and thinner palate dont’ allow this one to coat the palate well. The chocolate pairs with a raisin fruitiness, the finish is bitter with a almost burnt chocolate roastiness. This beer was good, but I was expecting a bit more from it with a name like it has.
Viper666 (613), Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Jan 19, 2008 Bouteille 750ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de chocolat noir et léger de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques), de malt rôti, léger de café et de levures fruitées (notes de prunes et de cerises noires) ainsi que des petites notes de pain rôti. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse aux petites notes sirupeuses. Goût de levures légèrement fruitées (léger de prunes, notes de cerises noires et traces de raisins) accompagné d’un moyen goût de crème brûlée (légèrement lactique) et des notes de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût amer de malt rôti (faibles notes brûlées), de chocolat noir, moyen de chocolat au lait et avec des notes de pain grillé ainsi que des traces de caramel puis progressivement vient se rajoute un léger goût de café jusqu’en finale, où l’on retrouve également un léger goût de houblon herbeux et d’alcool très doux ainsi que des traces d’épices (poivre). Post-goût long et un peu sec, moyennement amer de rôti, de chocolat noir, moyen de café, léger de houblon herbeux et avec des notes d’alcool doux.
douglas88 (1555), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Jan 19, 2008 Bottle thanks to beerbill. Pours a dark brown swirling body with a nice beige head. The aroma is moslty chocolate, also some roasted malts. The taste is pretty smooth; creamy rich chocolate, some roasted malts, and perhaps some fruit. Really quite nice, drinkable and a good beer to introduce to those who would not like the heavier Imperials.
Headbanger (1574), Aurora, Illinois, USA
Jan 19, 2008 25.4 oz bottle-A pitch black body with a head that resembles chcolate milk but a little darker. Aroma of coffee and chocolate with a little yeast and smoke. Taste of this full bodied brew comes across with the same but the chocolate coming out more than the aroma but not a sweet chcolate along with some roasted flavor. A little light for a stout but still darn tasty.
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