Southern Tier Choklat

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

(bottle) Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is just an onslaught of cocoa, bittersweet, dark, and milk chocolate, which also yields nutty characters of peanut butter and toasted nuts. With further warming, the aroma morphs into a baked brownie. Another sniff leads to a tootsie roll aroma. The roasted malt is present, but it’s dominated by all of the chocolate. Wow, this is just fantastic. The taste is a strong flavor of milk chocolate, that is very sweet, with more of the dry dark chocolate appearing on the finish. The taste itself is far less complex than the aroma, but is still quite good. The finish is also lightly bitter with the dark chocolate and hops lingering well after drinking. The mouthfeel is medium, and the carbonation is smooth. The high ABV never makes its presence known, and is probably drowned out by the copious amounts of chocolate. This beer definitely nailed both the aroma and flavor of chocolate, and it was rather enjoyable to drink as well.

did they forget they forget the yeast? seriously this is way sweet, but still good and very chocolaty if that is your thing.

On tap at Medici in Normal, IL. Very strong chocolate flavor, the alcohol is well hidden, high carbonation. Hard to believe this is beer until it kicks you in the ass. Very drinkable and hard to sip, even though you should. Excellent brew!

Very dark brown with a chocolate milk colored head. Strong dark chocolate aroma. Flavor also of strong dark chocolate with a bitter finish.

This beer is deceptive in many ways. First, it is nearly black in the glass but doesn’t look particularly great, leaving just a little tan lacing above the oil slick cap. Aromas are intense chocolate. Cocoa, chocolate chips. Then another deception on the palate, where the hops grab your attention right away while the tongue anticipates chocolate milk or cold cocoa. Some nice spicing, too, of cinnamon and nutmeg to round out the flavors. Finally, you would never guess at the 11 percent alcohol. Wow.

22 oz from Archer Liquor. Pours a very dark brown, nearly black with a moderate sized head. Aroma is strong with chocolate and reminds me of previously mentioned Hershey Syrup. Flavor is much the same with a mild astringency in the finish, which is not even close to representing the 11% ABV. This is another delicious and unique offering from Southern Tier. Where the Pumking is probably the best Pumpkin beer I’ve had, this may be the best Chocolate beer around.

extremely chocolate aroma like hersheys syrup is noticeable immediately. very sweet and rich chocolate flavor with a thick creamy mouthfeel...excellent dessert beer!

wow. smells like a chocolate bar. tastes like a chocolate bar bathed in hops and alcohol. most intense chocolate stout i’ve been privy to. need to pick up a couple of these and save them for a few years. AWESOME!