Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Brooklyn Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Brooklyn, New York USA

So very black, no light can escape this black hole of color, a large brown cap was produced during pour but completely vanished after a few minutes leaving a black glassy mirror behind. Aroma wasn’t as strong as was expecting, very dark smelling malts, dark bitter chocolate, coffee, slight vanilla and alcohol, smell was ok but could have been better. Tons of coffee in the taste don’t notice any of the 10% alc. Its hidden very well, bakers chocolate is the most dominate flavor and I swear I’m getting a berry flavor at the back of my mouth. Mouth fell is full and thick and has a bit of a chalky feel, after taste is bitter and nutty the lingers for a long while. Overall it good very high quality but not great.

Medium darkish brown lasting head. Apparently opaque black body. Strong chocolatey alcoholic aroma with roasty milky notes. Dry-sweetish alcoholic roasty burnt coffee taste, kind of thinnish, with milky notes. Thinnish body. Softish mouthfeel with considerable alcohol heat. Strong dry alcoholic chocolate aftertaste with hoppy notes. Nice, but too alcoholic for me, which clashes with the chocolate. Burnt taste lingers. Leaves sticky sugars on lips. Approved by girlfriend, no doubt on account of the chocolate and general smoothness. (0.355l bottle, Cuckoo’s Nest Café, Odense.)

Bottle, Mondial 2009. Good head retention. Aroma is big chocolate and caramel/brown/syrupy sugar. Taste is bitter dark chocolate, coffee and brown sugar. Palate is very oily. Really good brew !!

Extremely dark color. Thick foam. Sweet smell of hops and chocolate. Heavily roasted flavor but round. Clear tones of coffee and dark chocolate. Also a tonne of the swedish delicacy julmust. The aftertaste is long, much thanks to roasting. A wonderful beer that is very well balanced and extremely affordable.

Bottle but would like to try this on tap. Solid chocolate stout, roasted flavors as well. Need to try aging this brew. The aroma on this beer is great.

Bottle for 08/09 season. Very dark black color, small white head that disappeared after few sips. Tast of black malt and hops, bitter aftertaste that has some coffee in it. For a surprise I did not taste alcohol at all.

I don’t really want to say "just another chocolate stout," because it’s a pretty tasty beer, all-told, but there’s really nothing about it to me that makes it stand out from the pack. Lots of chocolate, coffee flavors, and a smooth finish. Nothing earth-shattering.

[bottle] Roasty aroma with some vanilla and even some bourbon and some hops detectable behind potent mocha. Thick, crude oil with a not too long lasting light brown foam that nicely laces the glass. Heavily roasted malt flavour that is salty from a bucketload of hops and with a bitterness that comes from black malt and hops. The chocolate effect is nice, but subtle and comes in later in the taste. Nutty, brown sugar, burnt almost, lots of vanilla. Thick and chewy feel, with a pleasant, toasty lasting bitter ending and moderate carbonation.