Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Imperial Stout
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Bomber, #352/500, with thanks to both shp555 and ucusty for a bottle! Pours a dark brown/black with a thick and creamy dark tan head, great lacing. Aroma is full of espresso, semi-sweet chocolate, cocoa, molasses, and slight vanilla and dark fruit. Flavor brings in more espresso, chocolate/cocoa, dark fruits and a nice hoppy bitterness. Well crafted, but seems to struggle to really stand out if compared to other top notch Imperial Stouts.

Poured black with red hues around the edges. Head was a dark beige color, but didn’t last too long. Chocolate-y aroma, some ash and strong roast, perhaps some lactose, and some alcohol came out as it warmed. Taste started out with the strong dark roast, similar to The Abyss, but where the Abyss powers on with ash, this transforms elegantly into dark chocolate and sweet lactose flavors. Smooth is a good word to describe it. Carbonation was on the lower side and body was medium bodied. If I can be picky, I’d give the taste a little above an 8, but not quite a 9, so I’ll add in an extra point to the overall. Big thanks to Cole and his roommate for the sample!

Wow, fantastic beer...
Pours a rich dark black color, letting no light through the snifter, and holds a nice sized brown head. Good lacing. Smell at first is of dark rich fruit, and then shifts in a dark chocolately, roasty and dry coccoa smell that is really nice. Taste is rich, creamy, smooth mild bittersweet chocolately sweetness. Nice and dark and dry in the finish for a great balance. Never got too chocolately, artificial, or cloying in the least. The drinkability is phenomenal. Medium to light carbonation and a great mouthfeel. The alcohol is flawlessly hidden as well. Easily one of my favorite beers, and exactly what I want in a Chocolate beer. Worlds better than ST Choklat and the Chocolate Donut Beer. Shared with pint size for Valentine’s but easily could’ve had the entire bomber to myself with no complaints...

Growler at a tasting thanks to Cole. Poured black (surprised?) with a nice sized tan head. Strong chocolate aroma up front with some coffee and some dark fruits. Flavor is similar, just more of it. The chocolate was not overdone, and just adds to the complexity of everything. Finishes creamy with little carbonation. Hid the alcohol very well. This was surprisingly good and I really am glad I got to sit down and enjoy a few glasses of this.

sampled at Darklord day 07 from growler. Black as night with aromas of delicious chocolate. Flavor is of dark bitter chocolate. Not cloyingly sweet like may imperial stouts. Nice big mouthfeel. Very wonderful stuff.

2-14-08 bottle
Black chocolate pour with a huge thick creamy tan-brown head. It has an immediate coating of lacing when you move the glass. Smells of rich malt and bitter sweet dark chocolate. Not at all similar to that chocolate donut beer generic smell at all. Flavor is rich and is full of that great dark bitter chocolate. I can actually taste and savor the chocolate and it isn’t generic or chemical tasting at all. Flavor is full of real cocoa. Best presence of chocolate in a beer yet, and it isn’t overdone at all. Nice thick palate and ideal weight and smoothness. Mouthfeel gets thicker as you drink it. Very creamy and drinkable. This is the least alcohol I’ve tasted in an Imperial Stout in a long time. The alcohol is so well balanced and masked. Overall, I can’t wait to have another! Best Valentine’s Day beer ever!

On Tap @ Foothills. Smooth and luscious on the tongue- erotic as the name implies. This is damn delicious and a true treat for stout/chocolate lovers. Foothills Brewery uped their game in a big way with this one. Keep ’em coming.

22oz bottle from emacgee. #419/500. Heavily roasted, not charred, malt, liquorice, bitter chocolate with a good dose of alcohol on the nose. Some dark fruit and molasses as well. Pours a thick, dark brown, nearly black with a very creamy khaki head. Tons of bitter, roasted malt initially on the tongue. Dark, bitter chocolate. Liquorice. Espresso. Really has everything you look for flavor wise that an imperial stout should have but nothing really overly spectacular. A bit too hot with a tad too much liquorice. Definitely full bodied. Thick and creamy but far from chewy on the tongue.