Arcadia Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

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

For some reason I was thinking this would be a sweet decedent brew but it ended up having a dark (almost like bitter unsweetened) chocolate. Actually a good well balanced stout.

12oz bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Nose is cocoa. Palate is tingly with an oily feel. Flavor is light chocolate with a light date note. finish is bitter and stingy.

12 ounce bottle in pint glass. Black with flat head. Mild roasted chocolate raisin aroma. Burnt chocolate and prunes, very fruity, with bitter fruity finish. Thin burnt fruity body and bitter carbo bite. What a mess.

Really fantastic drink. More beer like than Choklat and heavier than Young’s DCS. Somewhere in a happy medium between the two in chocolate profile. Very tasty, aroma is tops. Really enjoyed this beer.

(bottle - 22 oz) Dark brown pour with a creamy looking tan head. Aroma is sweet and lightly fruity. Lots of chocolate and cream mixed with roasted malts. Quite inviting. Flavor is very roasty and malty with a copious amount of coffee and cream. The middle is roasted and toasted malts with some dark fruits near the end. Didn’t taste much chocolate but it was still very good. [[1600th Rating]]

22 oz bottle
At $2.99 I was willing to take a chance on this. Despite being on the shelf for a while I figured it would still be decent. After trying it I am glad I did not pay more; if I want a second opinion I will be tracking down a 12 oz bottle to rerate. Flawed and little more than one dimensional this is not one to actively track down.

Aroma / Appearance - The half finger ash brown head was more interesting than the lifeless muddy brown body below. The nose was a faint mixture of dry roasted coffee beans, unprocessed cocoa, and not much more. Mild for a stout it lacks anything to set it apart.

Flavor / Palate - Watery with a weak combination of stout, chocolate, and raspberry it needs more presence than it has. I’m not sure how old the bottle I opened was but it can’t have gone downhill that badly in the time since it was bottled. At best this would be average fresh.

On tap at Mahars. Good stuff. Pours dark brown, good sweet aroma. Flavor is roasty and chocolatety, with a clean finish. Not too sweet.

Bottle. Strong coffee, roasted malt aroma. Black in color with a chocolate milkshake color head. Smooth texture to this body.. A little to thin for my liking in the finish, would like it a bit stronger. Overall a good chocolate stout but many better ones out there.