Arcadia Cocoa Loco Triple Chocolate Stout

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

Draught. Poured deep brown, little head. Aroma of rich cocoa, brown sugar, and coffee. Flavor was very much the same. Very smooth drinking, if not a little thin. But chocolatey, and enjoyable for sure.

black pour into a snifter with no head. slight sweet smell of coco and coffee. I am very dissapointed......thought it would be waaaaaaay better its not bad.....but just let down a bit. slight chocolate finish at the tail end. but medicinal and kinda bland.

Pours a two finger tan head that leaves a good lace. Totally black color. Molasses nose. Light-medium carbonation and heavy bodied. Flavor is smooth, molasses, some baker’s chocolate at finish. $7.10 for a 22 oz bottle from Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, Me.

Bottle and draught, Spring 2008 at Sunset Grill. Very thick, viscous-looking mahogany-to-black body with a dense tan head. Tar and chocolate rise up from the liquid, with cinnamon??? and other such spices coming in as well. Very rich nose to it, with vanilla as an afterthought. In the mouth it’s somewhat less chewy/thick than expected, with a more dried-out mouthfeel, thanks in part to the spiciness. They don’t really say anything about spice additions, but man is this stuff full of cinnamon. To the point of it being way too much. Chocolate element is well-done and would have been highly pleasant without the dry, fatiguing spiciness. Vanilla and sweet caramel round out the finish, with little in the way of roast or bitterness. Some floral hop notes are appreciated but lend little to the overall character of the beer. Too spicy!

Pours dark brown/black with small tan head, no lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, fruit, molasses, chocolate. Taste is also lightly roasted, with plenty of dark fruit, a little tart, and a little sweet. Lactose isn’t really detectable. Finish is tart. Mouth is medium, a little thin, little carbonation. Overall, an interesting and enjoyable beer.

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark black color with no absolutely no head. Nose is poor and displaying only some molasses, roasted malt and cocoa. Mouthfeel is thin and light. Initial taste of cocoa, dark fruit, light smokiness, and roasted malt. All the flavors seem to blend and mix with one another. Carbonation was there but on the poor side and give this beer more a liquor type feel. Reminds more of the consistency of Newport Storm 07. Palate duration is average and definitely oily too.

Creamy chocolate aromas with hints of vanilla, roasted malts. Pours black with no head. A little tart, chocolatey with vanilla, some cherry like flavors, creamy mouthfeel.

12oz bottle. Pours black with a thin tan head. Very faint aroma of dark-roasted malts. Not much chocolate in this one. Flavor consists mostly of roasted malts with a hint of smoke and dark fruit. Mouthfeel is too thin and watery. Overall, just an average stout.