Arcadia Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Foreign Stout
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

Date: May 23, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet dark chocolate aroma with light roasted
Body: creamy body
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, nice sweetness
Overall: all chocolate and very tasty

Date: August 21, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: road trip
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, light sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, hint of dark chocolate bitterness, just enough sweetness the bring out the richness in the chocolate

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Thanks to patrick767 for the share. Black with a dark brown halo and diminishing tan head. Aroma of baking cocoa and light roasted malt. Had a sour coffee and chocolate taste that seemed just a bit off.

Poured a deep brown almost opaque color with a creamy tan head. Coffee filled aroma with some mild chocolate notes. The flavor was roasty with mild dark bitter chocolate notes. Hoppy finish and a good warmth. Medium to full bodied.

Dark chocolate nose, huge malt also, Darkest brown, pours a small, short lived toffee head. Flavour is a tasty chocolate/mocha, malts are very good too. Light bodied, balanced, sweet/bitter. Quite good. Great name.

Pours to a really dark brown body with a thin medium brown head. The aroma is milk chocolate, cocoa powder everywhere, and some light spruce hops. The flavor is chocolate with some strong pine/spruce hops. The palate is dry and cocoa-powder-like. A decent brew.

A triple chocolate stout. Got my attention. Sadly, it didn’t hold it. Black as an abyss with a foamy tan head. The chocolate nose was a sweet milk chocolate joined with roasted malt, coconut, weak coffee, and toffee. Medium body with a smooth feel. The flavor held definite chocolate notes but not a quality chocolate and too sweet. With the name chosen, it should have had rich, dark chocolate and Dutch cocoa flavors. It did not.

jet black pour, thick tan head, good lacing. Pungent coccoa & alcohol aroma some basic grains. Palate is pretty avg. Flavor is heavily roasted some lactose and lots of cocohs w/ a touch of alcohol. Ok.

Good time to open this beer as the infection it was carrying just started to take over. Poor head retention, thin on the appearance. A slightly creamy texture with notes of cocoa noted. Some decent malt complexity, but quite average. Notes of molasses and toasted oatmeal on a finish that was a bit too acidic and dry from the ensuing bacteria present.