 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 750ml capped. Pours a dark mahogany, a BIG foamy head, decent retention, small amount of lacing. Aromas (when it warms) of chocolate, caramel, vanilla, some toasted malts. Flavors of bitter chocolate, malts, caramel, and some fruitiness. Palate is thin and watery.
bb (2920), Martinez, California, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 Draft. Black beer with a nice whitish head. light chocolate, malt aroma. Dark chocolate, vanilla, and malt flavor. Medium-light bodied - a little too light. Dark chocolate lingers with bigger vanilla notes.
Pawola22 (726), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 29, 2008 Bottle. Pours a very dark chocolate brown, almost black body. A little runny looking. Creamy, light brown, finger-width head that dissipates quickly and remains pretty heavily laced and swirly. Aroma is malty and sweet. Lots of smooth cherry aroma, some milk chocolate, honey, and vanilla bean. No real roast, bitterness, or hop backing. Taste is very similar. Medium sweetness and cherry maltiness initially, light chocolate middle, and a very small amount of finishing roast. There is a good amount of smooth chocolate in the finish though, which is nice. Some caramel and nuttiness too. The palate is very creamy and velvety. Its a little weird though...its very full and thick initially, but finishes very light. Very delicate and soft. Overall, I really like the feel of the beer and the velvety chocolate especially as this beer warms up. I was initially disappointed, but its really growing on me. That being said, its still WAY over priced.
thenick (744), North Bellmore, New York, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 15/20 |
Dec 28, 2008 Bottle, shared. Pours a deep brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma is cocoa nibs and vanilla with barely-detectable malt and coffee as well. Taste is heavy chocolate up front dissolving into a nice coffee characteristic in the middle and a wonderful vanilla-chocolate flavor at the end. The beer remains very smooth throughout. I would call this a wonderful sipping beer and one of my favorite chocolate beers.
hershiser2 (914), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Dec 27, 2008 Big bottle, paid $13.99 at Kroger in Charlottesville. Pretty bottle. Pours deep, dark brown with an inch and a half of brown creamy head. Smells of chocolate and wet dog (though not strong). Tastes of chocolate, coffee, and malt... kinda watery and definitely not worth the pricetag, even if I do plan on saving the bottle for display.
jcwattsrugger (5333), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Dec 27, 2008 750ml bottle @Joe’s NYC Gathering–pours a tan head and brown color. Aroma is chocolate, some bitter. Taste is chocolate/caramel medium malt. Medium body. Mild carbonation.
fizzban (27), whitehouse, New Jersey, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 27, 2008 This was an awsome chocolate bock. The complexity wasint that high but its the most chocolate I have ever tasted in a beer. A little pricey but not many produced. If you ever see one.
HarmonKill-a-Brew (318), Wilmar, Arkansas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 26, 2008 Let me say first off that this beer is good. Now that being said I didnt get much on the complex flavors some of the other raters spoke of. Ever so slight hint of chocolate and some yeastiness but thats it. Otherwise to me it tastes very simular to Becks Dark and Becks Dark is a heckuva lot cheaper. Quality beer but $15? Im sorry the economy being what it is I want a little better return on my money. As I said it was good but did not live up to my expectations or the $15 price tag.
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