Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout

Brewed by Black Oak Brewing
Style: Sweet Stout
Etobicoke, Canada

Draught: Pours jet black, nice browner-than-average foamy head on top. Aroma is quite roasty, dark chocolate and just a hint of those promised cherries. Great sweet malty chocolate flavour, mild cherries, perhaps a little cinnamon? Very well done, I’d been looking forward to this for a while and loved the opportunity to finally try it.

Bottle sample thanks to Milos- A deep brown pour with a frothy mocha cap. Nose of fresh cherries and dark chocolate, coffee, some roasted malts. Tastes sweet, of dark chocolate with some anise and pit fruits. FInishes with bitter coffee/chocolate and a pleasing cherry aftertaste. Very good.

Best beer I sampled on my brewery tours at my Stag night. Pours a dark black. Great chocolatey roasted malts, light yet creamy body. Just a hint of cherris, which is just perfect.

a very solid stout. The chocolate roasted maltiness is the predominant flavour with a hint of cherry in the flavour. I can’t say that I detected cherry on the nose. mouthfeel is decent, although if II were being picky I would have liked it a bit smoother, perhaps less carbonation. Overall nice brew

On Tap At C’est What? A deep black pour, nice aroma of roasted malt, and dark chocolate, with a very subtle, but still there, sweet cherry. Flavor is more of a stout, but a well made one. The cherry is there in the aroma, but i can’t really detect it much more anywhere else. All in all though, a nice drinking stout.

A deep dark stout with a thick creamy moka head. A very pleasant aroma of coffee, chocolate and cherry blossom. In mouth, a nice light roasted coffee with bitter chocolate, light to medium bodied, well balanced. On tap at C’est What, March 21, 2009.

341 ml bottle. Pours black in colour, generous cappuccino coloured head. Roasted malt aroma, with nice roasty malty aroma. Is soft and smooth on the palate. Chocolate and cherry is very mild. Very enjoyable, drinkable stout.

Draught at C’est What, Toronto. This really looks wonderful: dark brown/black with purple, red on the edges in the light. The aroma is inviting also with strong dark roasted coffee beans, fairly rich chocolate and plenty of cherry. Sadly the mouthfeel is a bit watery; it’s lightly carbonated. There is water in the flavour too; also: dark roasted coffee in the malt with some more distant dark chocolate and a hint of cherry. I expected the cherry flavour to be more dominant.