Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

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

Winter 07-08. This is definitely black but not so sure of the chocolate. Opaque black in color with an intense milk chocolate brown head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is of roasted malts with a touch of bittersweet chocolate around the edges. Deep earthy flavour with a slight alcohol burn, which increases as it warms but gets more warming rather than harsh. Can’t really find any chocolate in there but great stout none the less. Cheers!

Winter ’05-’06 bottle (8,25% ABV). An absolutely pitch black and opque beer, with a small and disappearing but nice brown head. the nose is mild for the style, though enough satisfacting. Some rosated malt, surely black chocolate and some licorice. The flavour is not overly sweet, with heavy black chcolate notes. Thick, but also creamy and smooth mouthfeel. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, long finish with medium to high bitterness. Lightly alcoholic in both nose and mouth. Surely well done.

Bottle. Re-rate. This is a beautiful dark, almost-black in the glass with a frothy, milkshake-like brown head, one inch thick. The slightly lactic aroma is full of smooth dark chocolate, coffee grounds, cherry, cocoa powder, leafy green hops. Mouthfeel is full, creamy and wonderful. In the flavour, there is plenty of hop bitterness, coffee beans, subtle cherry and dark chocolate (high in cocoa, at least 80%). Finish is long, dry and bitter with plenty of green hops.

Pours very thick and black with a brown head that settles to a thin layer, which produces some spotty lacing. As advertised, there’s lots of dark chocolate flavors which are mixed with molasses and some toffee. Rich, full-bodied, creamy, and smooth. Very light bitterness and dry in the finish. Aftertaste is all chocolate. The alcohol barely shows at all with maybe just a slight trace but all that does is remind me that this is something to be enjoyed slowly. The drinkability on this thing is ridiculous. One of my favorite stouts to date.

Very dark brown, huge beige-brown head. Dark coffee, bitter chocolate, sugar in the aroma. Taste more bitter chocolate than the aroma suggests. I might be high, but this is good!

A late night purchase at the Ship & Mitre in Liverpool, this is very tasty and frankly better than any of the cask beers they had available. It’s a velvety very dark brown with a sweet and boozy aroma, and it tastes powerfully of chocolate (what a surprise) with a bitterness that lingers for ages.

bottle 335ml at Pikkulintu Helsinki 140808 bottled winter 2004-2005 ABV ? vintage murky black very dry strong aroma of roasted malts tickling hops delicious chocolate bit milky. Oh hello old friend this I would like try again!

Bottle courtesy of Santa. :D Pours a rich black with a nice burnt brown head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted barley, chocolate malt, dark fruits and a little alcohol are present. Flavor is bittersweet cocoa, coffee, licorice, nuts, dark fruits and a little hop bitterness. Roasted coffee and chocolate bitterness linger in the finish. Very nice Imperial Stout.