Southern Tier Choklat

Sampled side by side with java and the mokah. Darkest near black pour with ruby highlights and small light brown head. Nose of cocoa. Flavor is ultra sweet bitter chocolate. Alcohol only starts to show as it warms. Good imp stout, but not creme brulee.

Draught. Loads of chocolate in the aroma and flavor. Flavor is also sweet, some baking chocolate and real cocoa flavor. Very rich, and the alcohol is there in the flavor and felt on the planet. A thick, heavy beer.

Bottle. Heavy aromas of dark chocolate from the Belgian chocolate added, toasted and caramel from the malt, moderate candied orange from the hop, light yeast note of dough, with cherry, cola and vanilla in the background. Head is small, fizzy, light brown with no lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is very dark but clear brown. Flavor starts heavily sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Palate is full, syrupy with a lively carbonation and a lightly dry and alcoholic finish. No mistaking the chocolate in this. A nice marraige between beer and confectionery, but maybe a little out of balance from the sweetness.

650ml Bottle Thanx to Dchmelas’ super six pack shipper! You are a Beer God Dude! This beer rocks! It’s been In my fridge for over 3 mounths! Great blackness pouring into my glass with a Carmel reddish head. Wow! Smooth roast taste with Chocholate and coffee notes. Notes? No way man! These flavors smack you in the face. Go and enjoy

Bottle from Sean. I had been wanting to try this beer for over a year and Sean found one somewhere months ago. Very black color with a tan head, with the smell being 100% chocolate. There isnt much else to pick up; just the usual stuff from stouts. The chocolate aroma drowns out the alcohol smell, which is a good thing. Taste is very good, thick and rich, perhaps almost too much for one person to take on. This one really surprised me because it was really good. I knew I would like it, but not as much as I did. Something I could drink every day and in turn weigh so much that I would need to be weighed at a weigh station.

Poured pitch black with small, quickly disappearing tan head. Awesome heavy aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, and more chocolate. Very potent dark chocolate flavor which completely hides the 11% alcohol. Nice thick body and very sweet finish. The only bad thing I have to say about this beer is the lacking head, but it is still one of my favorite Imperial Stouts and an excellent dessert beer.

I was not expecting to like this beer. I was fully prepared to be overwhelmed by heaps of sugar and artificial type, unbalanced flavors. Oh boy was I wrong. The initial aroma wafts around the area of the glass like straight up hersheys syrup, but get closer and it smells of heavy chocolate liquer, blackberry brandy and overripe plums. Taste is burnt toast and deep dark bittersweet cocao with a vanilla rum cake finish. Silky mouthfeel that is light in body but really comforting. I am a chocolate freak, and this is chocolate. Love it, want some more of it, will seek it out. Thanks Southern Tier. 2009 22oz.

Potent chocolate aroma you can smell from across the table. this beer is all chocolate all the time, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Alcohol nicely tucked away which is always a great thing!