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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TheGB (41), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	5/5	17/20

Jun 12, 2009

Pours a dark brown, close to black with basically no head. Aroma is reminiscent of baked chocolate. Flavor is dark with a significant taste of chocolate. Very good as long as you like the taste of chocolate with your stout.

Snojerk321 (1937), San Diego, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Jun 12, 2009

22oz bottle via trade. Pours deep brown/ black with a 2 finger thick chocolate head that diminished to a small ring, some spotty lacing. Nose of sweet chocolate with some toasted malts and oats. Flavor was chocolaty with some oatmeal and a light hop bitterness. Finishes with bittersweet chocolate, medium in body. A good brew, a little sweet for me.

bfeldmann (1042), Wilmington, Delaware, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Jun 10, 2009

Poured a dark black with good chocolate head. Aroma was of nice chocolate and coffee. Flavor was much the same sweet milk chocolate. Mouthfeel was lacking carbonation, almost like drinking chocolate milk but more in it then that.

KimJohansen (6806), Copenhagen V, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 8, 2009

Black with a medium beige head. Aroma was sweet with plenty of hard roasted malt, sweet chocolate and cocoa. Flavour had plenty of chocolate, coffee, cocoa and bitterness towards the end.

porterhouse (1152), Alna, Maine, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Jun 6, 2009

(22 oz. bottle from Kappy’s, cellared for 10 mos. after purchase) Pours very dark brown with a thin tan head that recedes mostly to edges. Rich aroma of Hershey’s Special Dark chocolate with hints of grape/cherry. Mouthfeel smooth, almsot silky, a touch sticky at the back end. Light sheets of lacing and a syrupy film that melts away quickly. Flavor of rich dark chocolate and roast complemented by light cherry. ABV well-hidden. Is tasty enough lightly chilled but reaches its peak at almost room temp. Excellent.

Joakgust (324), Stockholm, Sweden

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Jun 5, 2009

Bottle, 65cl - Dark brown beer with no head. Aroma is sweet malty dominated by chocolate notes. Flavor is very sweet also here dominated by notes of chocolate sauce, cacao and vanilla. Heavy bodied and pretty good dessert beer, but I wouldn’t dream of getting a whole bottle for myself. Slightly overrated.

MIBRomeo (1965), Wisconsin, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 4, 2009

Dark black pour w/ a small thick oatmeal looking head with nice lacing. Lots and lots of chocolate in the aroma.. it takes a while to get beneath that. When you get past the chocolate there’s a hint of bitter cherry even the coccoa is a little bit tart. Very well coated palate, but not that thick surprisingly for an 11% but leaves chocolate all over your tongue. The alcohol doesn’t show up. The chocolate dominates, it’s bitter and milky and sweet all at the same time. After that there’s a hint of a dark fruit sweetness I’d say raisins for sure. I loved the sweet belgian style chocolate after taste.

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