Brooklyn Black Ops

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

Pours very dark with a thick tan head. Smells like chocolate and bourbon. Has a great chocolate taste that a little boubon taste in there as well. I think this beers needs a little more body to it. Good beer overall though

Bottle. Thanks to Tmoney for bring it to NATIFEST ’09. Pours a very dark, thick ebony with a nice tan head. Aroma is strong with roasted malts and bourbon. I also detected notes of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, oak, and some sweet malts. On the palate, this beer is chewie and creamy. The flavor brings out the bourbon, but it is very balanced. I really enjoyed this beer.

Great opaque black pour with a small very dark head, a head that talks to me about density of the body and intensity of the flavor. A nose of toasted burnt dark malts that will taste of coffee and bitter chocolate, plus a definite bourbon nose as well. Flavor is consistent with the nose, with a slam of bourbon, followed by oak and vanilla, coffee and chocolate, and tons of dark malt. Not sequential, but harmonized, and surprisingly well balanced. I had expected this to be just an over-priced version of their chocolate stout, but it is an entirely different beast. I think it is still much too expensive (my bottle cost me $30 at a special promotion during Philadelphia beer week) and probably has a touch too much alcohol to be sporting ... the trick is to get this much flavor into a beer at 9% or less.

Bottle thanks to BMan1113VR. Black in color with a decent sized tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon. Taste is the same with notes of dark fruit and oak.

Bottle. Pours pitch black with a creamy cappuccino coloured head. Aromas of chocolate, vanilla, roasted malt, bourbon and coffee. Flavours of roasted malt, chocolate, licorice and american oak. Rich and smooth. Nice.

Have had this several times now and like it more each time. The bourbon is well integrated and not the usuall suspect bomb. Its in great harmony with the chocolatey body, the creamy mouthfeel and the balanced roasted finish. Very flavourfull yet balanced with a sexy looking dark brown head on top of a pitch black body.

Bottle, 75cl corked, served by the brewer, at Copenhagen Beerfestival. It pours a jet black body under a dense, tan head. Chocolate, coffee, some alcohol, licorice and a hint of vanilla in the aroma. The flavor goes the same way, with the vanilla maybe a bit more evident. Smooth as hell, dry and warming in the mouth. The finish is quite bitter, in the burnt way. An amazingly smooth beer, and just lovely. (090517)

Bottle 75cl. @ [ Tasting by cgarvieuk ]. [ Bottle #3178 ].
Clear dark black color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, burnt, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, wood, bourbon notes, light alcoholic. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, very rich and complex. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy - creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. Very nice and easy to drink ;o)) [20090412]