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Southern Tier Choklat

Southern Tier Choklat - Imperial Stout

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 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 
6504.03/5.04.01/5.0Special11%89.9Snifter
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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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 SHANER4 (370), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 6, 2009  
bottle 22 oz. - Poured chocolate brown color with small tan head. Aroma - soothing rich dark chocolate!!, sweet coco. Flavor - beligan chocolate, toasted malt and touch of molasses taste. Palate - thick oily mouthfeel and has little carbonation. Finish is mildly bitter and does have nice aftertaste. Overall - Enjoyable brew, definite treat. High ABV. is hardly detectable and $7.50 for 22oz. isn’t that bad!


 monkeychugg55 (207), Joliet, Illinois, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/518/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Pours thick and black with a decent sized tan head. The aroma is loaded with tons of semi sweet chocolate chips, dark chocolate, and a touch of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet at first, and fades into every kind of chocolate imaginable. All the way though the long finish, there is chocolate present. Full bodied and lightly carbonated. Excellent hiding of alcohol as usual. This was quite a treat, and was thoroughly enjoyed.


 BrockLanders (747), Panama City, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Aug 23, 2009  
This is a way overdue review. Dark brown pour......big tan head. Huge choco-malt nose...sweetness but not too much. Full bodied....big chocolate flavor but not cloying....enjoyed the nose during the entire glass. My wife liked it a lot more than I did but this brew was done right...good stuff.


 Sonicdescent (372), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/516/20
Aug 23, 2009  
Now this is how to do an imperial stout. Pours black with a generous brown head. Clings to the side of the glass through the entire drink. Smells of chocolate milk. Not complex but damn appetizing. Tastes like a carbonated chocolate milk. The chocolate flavor is very rich and there is not much hop presence. Mouthfeel is just perfect. Lightly carbonated and full. As for drinkability, this is worth the price. It is just too rich flavored to drink more than one at a time, not to mention the alcohol content


 patrickfannon (271), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 22, 2009  
Another in Southern Tier’s great Blackwater series. Bottle. My friend and I enjoyed this tasty chocolate stout on a really hot, dry night this summer. Everything about this beer is done well. The aroma is wonderful. It literally smells like a Godiva store, and the taste is not far behind. Pours dark brown with a slightly foamy head. Great stout; tasty, thick, satisfying, even refreshing. Highly recommended.


 DaSilky1 (1932), San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 21, 2009  
Bottle from the old toad: dark dark brown with just a thin halo and still waters within. Super vivid dark chocolate nose, and I mean vivid! Seriously, this smells like fucking chocolate. I wonder the fuck why? Maybe a bit of cherry beneath, chocolate covered cherries, of course. Damn. Biting carbonation..super chocolatey flavors..really...its chocolate, its not beer. Shit its 11% liquid chocolate. unfortunately or not, there’s nothing else going on here but chocolate and maybe chocolate covered cherry...firm hoppy bitterness though counterbalances the chocolatey sweetness...to a point...fuck is that chocolatey


 tokyogoat (505), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 20, 2009  
Poured into an 8oz plastic hotel room cup. Pour is opaque black with a tiny tan soda-like head. Nose is more coffee than chocolate, slight dark cocoa. Taste is big on dark chocolate, smooth and silky like milk chocolate, but has a bit too much coffee notes. Was hoping for the chocolate bomb I had always heard about, but this is just a really solid chocolate Impy. Slight chalky mouthfeel that is less than desirable.


fcjack1 (6), Washington, USA
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4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/519/20
Aug 18, 2009  
22 oz. from 99 Bottles. I could smell the chocolate as soon as i popped the the top. Very strong chocolate flavor. Alcohol is hidden well. Great beer!



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