Fort Collins Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Fort Collins Brewery
Style: Stout
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Bottle. Pours a deep dark black with a thin tan head that falls off rather quickly. Aroma is toasty and malty. Creamy texture with very fine carbonation. Finish is lightly bitter.

Sampled at the 12th Annual Knoxville Brewer’s Jam. Black with ruby glints, thin light tan head. Dark chocolate and coffee aromas, even roasty flavors followed by hints of chocolate and a bitter finish. Re-rate: Pours a dark brown with red glints and a soft tan head. Aroma is roast and chocolate. Taste is smooth chocolate, a bit watery, roasted malt and some coffee. Original rating 7:4:7:4:16

(Bottle). Milk chocolate aroma. Near black body, light brown head. Pleasant not-too-sweet chocolate flavor, with a touch of bitterness and hops. Solid.

Aroma is muted, but good. Mostly of roasted malt. Appearance is good. Dark, brown head although very minimal. Flavor is superb. Chocolate is present on the perfect balance, not overdone as is usually the case for this style. Palate is fine, but more like a porter than a stout. Overall, great chocolate stout.

Bottle. Pours a brown black body with a tan head. Coffee bitterness, a bit roasty, leading to a lightly sweet chocolate flavor then back to coffee accented bitterness.

Bottle in frosted English Pint glass. Pours to a dark brown with a thin, lasting tan head. I’ve got a bit of a cold so I can’t say what the scent is (I’ll rate it a 7 as that seems to be about average.) Taste is not as heavy as I would have expected for something this dark in color. Coffee and roasted malt are the most present in flavor, with light, sweet chocolate hiding in the back. As it finishes you are left with a perfect amount of bitterness, begging you to take another sip. I wasn’t expecting something this complex. A little thin on the palate, but overall I’d say this is a good (almost great) chocolate stout.

Bottle. Deep mahogany with a nice long lasting head. Aroma is sweet and chocolaty, but bitter and acetic on the tongue. The roasted sweetness carries through for a bit, but finishes very dry and somewhat tart.

bottle poured into a snifter has a brown color and minimal off white head. aroma has lightly roasted chocolate malt, coffee, sweet, and a little lactic. mouth feel is light for a stout with little carbonation. flavor has heavy chocolate malt, light roasted coffee, little bitterness, and fading sweetness. finish is somewhat dry with hop bitterness picking up. not the most hearty stout but the flavors are alright.