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Southern Tier Choklat

Southern Tier Choklat

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An Imperial Stout brewed by
Southern Tier Brewing Company

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
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3854.02/5.04.01/5.0Special11%84.2 Snifter P  Stats

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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 Tessic (366), Brantford, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20

Jun 3, 2008  
This stout poured a velvety black colour with a nice creamy brown head. To the nose there are scents of cocoa, oatmeal, cherries and cream. First taste was very creamy with roasted flavours of chocolate with a slightly bitter finish. Palate is bitter with slight cherry flavour. Very rich.

 Dough77 (720), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/514/20
Aug 20, 2008  
This was a weird one, especially to rate. I love me some good chocolate and chocolate this thing was indeed! But on the same note, that was it. Just lots and lots of tasty milk chocolaty goodness. It got boring quick. Good nonetheless, just kinda one thing through and through.


 Hophead22 (132), Redlands, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 18, 2008  
22oz. bottle. Pours a deep dark brown, with just a little red on the outside fringes. Wow, smells just like chocolate milk, awsome aroma, just full of chocolatly goodness. Big chocolae flavor as well, just a little dark malts as well and a nice little hoppy finish. Excellent beer.


 mgermani (581), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/58/103/516/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Pours a pitch black with the thinnest and most short-lived tan head ever. Aroma is rich and chocolaty, very sweet. Tases like a liquid brownie - yum yum yum! Plenty of sweet chocolate with just a hint of the high gravity but otherwise well-hidden. Touch of spice (cloves?). Undercarbonated body, but thick and milkshake-like. What a real treat this was - pity about the lack of a head and the thinness of the body. Many thanks to Ughsmash for sending this my way - I have waited long to try it, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it again!


 NomDeBeer (127), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Smells of syrupy chocolate, molasses, and chinook hops. Pours a near black color with a small tan head that subsides to little more than a ring around the perimeter of my mug. Looks a bit thin at first, and for an impy stout at 11% ABV, it is a tad thin on the palate. Tastes very sweet and sugary - chocolate, caramel, and a bit of pancake syrup perhaps? Nice hoppy bitterness at the end (gotta love Chinook hops). Short finish. The alcohol is remarkably well-hidden in this beer. I never would have guessed 11%. I would love to see a bit more hops and body on this one, but I’m probably splitting hairs. Great beer, dangerously drinkable.


 bb (2069), Martinez, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 13, 2008  
Bottle. Black beer with reddish highlights and a tan head. Rich dark chocolate aroma. Rich dark chocolate flavor with some malt. Medium bodied. Lingering dark chocolate. It really does taste just like dark chocolate, but it’s a bit too much of a 1 trick pony for me.




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