Foothills Total Eclipse Stout

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

The aroma is decently roasty, but style wise probably not as noticeably as the porter. Some faint tobacco. Coffee and dry bittersweet cocoa. The body is full black and holds a creamy, but smallish, mocha head. The first sip is very satisfyingly roast/burnt/dark chocolate bitter with just a hint of sweetness. Cooke dark fruit, dry tobacco and a roasty, dry bitter finish.

My favorite of the sampler at the brewpub. Chocolate and coffee notes in the nose. Roasty, toasty, nutty, toffee finish. A little too carbonated, but delicious nontheless.

On tap at the brewery. A dark black color with a thick khaki head. The aroma is dark coffee and sweet milk chocolate. Flavor is relatively sweet. Mostly chocolate and coffee, with a nice touch of roasted flavor. Some caramel comes through as it warms, as well. Has a really nice creamy body to it.

Tried this a few beers into the evening, so who knows... but I loved it. Full flavor, toasty malts and great flavors. Nice medium brown head and a great body. Nice flavors of toasted barley, chocolate, mocha. Liked the fact that it wasn’t super high alcohol. Wish this was available in bottles, but glad it’s local and relatively available on tap.

@ Foothills. Dark brown our with deep tan head. Aroma of roasted malt dominates. A pretty dry stout with common flavor of toasted malt and bitter. Full solid mouthfeel and carbonation. Very good offerint that meets all the guidelines. I will re-rate when my palate is fresher. I felt is was certainly better than the standard brewpub watery same tasting beers. I liked it alot.

Funny that I hadn’t tried this brew before today, at Sexual Chocolate Day. Doesn’t really taste like the base stout for SC, as some have said. Very roasty, ever so slightly attenuated, but still nice and substantial. Modest head and carbonation, almost a somewhat stronger dry stout. Good stuff, even if nothing that leaps out from the pack.

Tap @ Barleys Taproom Asheville, NC. Pours a very dark brown with ruby highlights and a one finger lasting tan head that leaves good lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, caramel, and chocolate. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium full mouthfeel with a moderate amount of bitterness and dry roasty finish. Very good.

On tap at Brixx Pizza, Chappel Hill, NC. Pours black with a thick tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and ground coffee. The flavours coming through are roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate. Also hints of bread soaked in dark rum. Full bodied but not as smooth as I would have liked. Offers up a lingering roasted hops aftertaste.