Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

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

Let me first say, that I was friggin stoked to try this beer, I have literally been waiting to drink one of these for a year now, and now I finally get to try one. That being said, I was kind of let down, but just a teeny bit. Southern Tier Choklat received a lower rating than this, but I would consider it a better representation of a chocolate stout. Pours a motor oil black with a tan head. The aroma is big licorice, dark berries, maraschino cherry, and bitter chocolate with lighter notes of sweet alcohol. The flavour is flipping delicious, huge black licorice, sweet chocolate, bitter chocolate, resinous hops, more black licorice and dark chocolate with a lingering alcohol warm sweetness in the finish. A little thin on the mouthfeel for an imperial, and the alcohol was a bit prominent, one of the more boozy stouts i’ve had, not really as chocolaty as I would have expected, but still outright delicious, might try and cellar on of these.

Motor oil black with almost no head, just a slight caramel colored ring around the edge. The aroma has notes of dark berry and sweet chocolate. The body is rich and thick with a bitter chocolate and toast flavor. The flavor fades slowly off the palate, revealing the alcoholic nature of this brew as an after thought.

pitch black pour, little head and lacing...nose is roasty chocolate nibs, I was a little let down on the thin feel of this one...I expected a much creamier texture

12oz bottle poured into a tulip glass produced a thick brown head with black body. Aroma and taste of bittersweet chocolate, toasted malts, and molasses. Not as chocolatey as Young’s and not as sweet as I expected but an enjoyable seasonal ale.

(12 ounce bottle) Pours a opaque black beer, with a thick head. Tastes of dark choclate, coffee and maybe even cherries. Rich creamy mouthfeel and full bodied.

12-oz bottle Marcello’s Lafayette, LA - Aroma: anise, chocolate, roasted, malty, (malt), hops, raisin-, plume-like dark fruit, and alcohol; Appearance: obsidian black, opaque, tan to brown head, nice laces; Flavor: sweet, salty, chocolate, dark fruit, roasted, coffee (malt), bitter (hop), alcohol, dry finish; Mouthfeel: dry, medium carbonation, velvet texture, smooth warmth alcohol; Overall: rich, complex, big, dark beer with a nice aroma, mouthfeel, and taste of chocolate, roasted, and alcohol. Would be great with some nice cold and fresh oysters or desert beer (bread pudding with rum sauce, raspberry cheese cake).

Bottle: Pours a deep black opaque black with a massive cola colored meringue cap that stays the duration of the drink, lacing up the glass so you cant see through it. Aroma is complex, cocoa, coffe, dark dried fruits,licorice, dates and a whiff of fusel. Rich creamy mouth feel, big bodied, Front side is dominated by cocoa bundt cake malts with some dried fruit and burnt treacle tones, mid palate the tastes change as they dry out ( tobacco, resinous and medicinal hops), and attains a bitter-chocolate character. Finish goes dry and bitter with charred husk astringence with a licorice under tone. Warming but alcohol is evident. This is an intense world class big stout with a decent complexity and pleasin cocoa character, I’d rate it nearer ’5’ if it were not for the fact it does not hide it’s alcohol well in the finish and the aroma. I will put a few in the cellar for tasting in a year or so to see if this great stout hides the alcohol better..

Poured a jet black with a tan head. Aroma is of chocolate, cinnamon, toffee, caramel and spice. Taste starts off with a caramel sweetness, moves onto a roasted chocolate and toasted grain and finishes off with the impact of the 10% ABV. Palate is dominated by the alcohol but it is not unpleasant. Overall, a very delicious stout.