Shenandoah Chocolate Donut Beer

12oz bottle...think I had a double chocolate stout bottle from them a few years back, assumably the same beer. I find this to be one of Shenandoah’s better offerings. Rich and smooth, medium bodied. Very creamy stuff, with a pleasant non-artificial chocolate flavor. Really gets bonus points from me for being so exceptionally balanced and drinkable.

First off, this has to be just a novelty beer. No where in the nose or the smell does it resemble a chocolate donut. Pours a translucent brown in color. Smell is slight chocolate, but there’s another scent that is interfering with it. Can’t quite figure out what it is. Taste is thin, watery and again, not decadent chocolate. The only thing chocolate donut about this offering is its name.
Close to a drainpour. Hoping that I had a bad bottle, but nothing tasted "infected".

12oz bottle courtesy of yobdoog. Pours a pitch black with a 2 finger tan head. Nose is sweet with chocolate, vanilla notes and a bit of booze. Taste is light butterscotch, milk chocolate and roasted malts with a slight bitter boozy aftertaste. This reminds me a little of a more mild ST Crème Brule. Medium mouth feel. Decent brew – thanks for the opportunity Trevor!

bottle, thanks to cobra. aroma of roasted chocolate and raisins. flavor is a bit chocolatey, but i am not sure about the donut part. sweet intially then turning to a fairly tart finish. thin to medium body. not bad, not amazing.

Bottle, courtesy glkaiser? I can see why they named this one Chocolate Donut Beer rather than Chocolate Donut Stout. It’s the beer equivalent of reaching for a big and intensely tasty chocolate old-fashioned donut, and getting a Hostess mini donut instead. Nothing here that approximates balance.