Foothills Sexual Chocolate Imperial Stout

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

Sampled in a blind 25 imperial stout tasting, Feb 2008
Strange nose: chalky cherry, milky cough syrup and chocolate, with some woody notes, but it doesn’t really smell that good. A mix of minerally chocolate and artificial cherry flavoring. Flavor is decent enough, but it’s a bit too ashy and stale on the tongue. Frothy texture, moderately rich chocolate noticed, but a bit thin, stale, ashy, etc. Not that great overall. I guessed it was Nogne-O Imperial Stout, and was surprised to find it was the Sexual Chocolate. One of the biggest surprises of the night. It was in an overall poor flight of other stouts, so it wasn’t rated low based on others in the flight being well-liked... it was just a poor showing by this beer.
4/4/5/3/9 = 2.5

Draft sample @ Savor DC
Heavily astringent roast and overhopped bitterness make a mess of what would otherwise be a nicely thick, viscous imperial stout. Has a bit of a lactic flavor, but the real detriment is the high astringency.
6/4/5/3/12 = 3.0

On tap at the brewpub. Foothills sure hit the mark here; part gimmick, part quality and part limited release. I thought that it was a very good beer, but not exceptional beer. Poured a black with a very thin brown head. Aroma was of roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor had a good amount of chocolate to it, but it was not a dominating presence. Also roasted malt, molasses/toffee and sweetness. Decent hop finish. Enjoyed it, but fairly certain that if it had a wider release, it would surely not be in the top 50. That being said, Foothills deserves all the recognition they are getting.

Black black black....the head was even black... great chocolate aroma and taste....if I had to substitute chocolate milk for something else I think I would us this.... after standing outside on release day for 4 hours this was a great treat with a great meal... lives up to the hype

Pours black, with a brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt, molasses, dark fruit, coffee, and licorice. Flavor is roasted malt, somewhat bitter dark chocolate, coffee, and molasses. A nice medium to heavy body. Bottle #212/500.

Appearance: color was perfect and head was about 3in after pour and 1/2 when served. Aroma was very good raosted and cocoa bean, and toffee. Creamy to slightly thin. Good presentation to pallette and flavor. After drink hints of chocolate remained. Pleased overall.

Draft at Foothills on Release day. Black with nice braown head. Aroma has lots of sweetness, coffee and some chocolate raostedness. The flavor is rich with a great balance betwwent eh sweet and hop bitterness. Good full bodied feel. Bought 4 bottles and looking forward to sitting down with it for a more detailed session. Lucky me;)

Opaque in color with a finger sized dark brown head that holds it’s shape well. Smells of black molassas and chocolate. The flavor is of rich dark chocolate, roasted malts, molassas and licorice. Thick mouthfeel but silky smooth. This is only the second beer that stained the glass after it was empty. The other being Dark Lord. Way to easy to drink as the abv is not noticable. Had on-tap at the release.

Dark black with a creamy brown head leaving streaky lacing down the glass. Sweet, chocolate, and licorice aroma. Chocolate brownie flavor backed up by a slight roast character and bitter finish. Quite thick and chewy. I wish I could drink this all the time.