Southern Tier Choklat

	Percentile
	99
	overall

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
655	4.02/5.0	4.01/5.0	Special	11%	89.9	Snifter

Commercial Description:
“the ancients called it ‘food for the gods’“ The Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the Maya, unfolds a complex web of mystery around a beverage known as xocoatl (ch-co-atle). At Southern Tier, we’re not surprised that hieroglyphs of the ancient Maya depict chocolate being poured for rulers and gods. Even through the many voyages of Columbus, the mystical bean remained nothing more than a strange currency of the native peoples. Moving through centuries, the circular journey of cacao has been realized in our brewing house, encompassing the complexity of the darkest, bitter-sweet candy together with the original frothy cold beverage of the ancient Maya to bring to you our Blackwater Series Choklat Stout. We have combined the finest ingredients to tempt your senses & renew the power & interrelation of history in every bottle.

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stoutbiiliards (17), Ohio, USA

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	7/10	3/5	4/10	3/5	11/20

Oct 21, 2009

Dark like any other imp stout, very little head. aroma is nice chocolate milk. The taste is the same with a ton of sweetness, way to much for me... if it wasn’t so sweet it would be much better.

DYCSoccer17 (2189), Davis, California, USA

4.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.6	10/10	4/5	9/10	5/5	18/20

Oct 10, 2009

16 ounce sample on tap at Cole’s in Buffalo. Sweet, chocolatey, sugary chocolate milk-like aroma. Impressive how they managed to get so much of the sweet chocolate in the aroma. One-dimension, but quaffable as all hell! Mildly transparent dark mahogany body with a decent light brown head that leaves some nice lacing. Wow--very sweet chocolate flavors dominate the start. Very chocolate milk-like. There are some vinous, lightly roasted malts in the middle. Ethanol is well-hidden. I could see how someone wouldn’t like this because it is one-dimensional, but I think this is terrific stuff!!

zapprentice (310), East Setauket, New York, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	5/5	8/10	5/5	14/20

Oct 7, 2009

Pours is beautiful dark chocolate in color. Nose is how it looks. Taste is between a dark and milk chocolate with roasted malt. Very nice brew.

Barrios (852), Nashville, Tennessee, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	9/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Oct 5, 2009

Pours a lasting ring of tan head with a dark brown body. Roasted, milk chocolate, 3 Muskateers aroma. Chocolate and roasted malt flavors. Sticky, creamy, even a little dry.

harrisoni (6770), Ashford, Kent, England

4.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.6	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	20/20

Oct 4, 2009 Updated: Oct 14, 2009

Bottle at RBESG 09 Sheffield. Like fresh chocolate sponge cake. Along with the Mikkeller Stella, my beer of the day and worth doing all the other rubbish for. Light and agile and great and I would easily drink a whole bottle of this.

Butters (1637), Virginia, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Oct 2, 2009

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.

JK (2949), Richfield, Minnesota, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Sep 27, 2009

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.

glennmastrange (836), hobe sound, Florida, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Sep 26, 2009

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.

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