Fort Collins Chocolate Stout

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

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small dark brown head that faded quickly. The aroma was somewhat faint but sweet and roasty with a hint of chocolate. The flavor was bitter, roasty and dry. The mouthfeel was rather thin.

for some reason this struck me as very smokey initially in both aroma and flavor which faded substantially with time. A dark brew with a slight tan head. flavor is thin, but roasty with a very mild chocolate component. finish is slightly bitter and roasted. an average chocolate stout.

Bottle: Pours black with a small cream head. Aroma of chocolate(duh), dark berries and licorice. Medium bodied. Dark malted chocolate flavor with some nutty notes. Decent, not great.

Bottle. Rich chocolate malt aroma. Coffee notes, bitter roasted almost burnt character. Soy sauce and carbonic tang. Dark brown-black clear with thin cocoa colored head. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Starts dry with roasted grain, bitter coffee, and carbonic gassy acidity. Mild sweetness doesn’t last long. Finish is a dry chalky bitter.

12oz bottle poured in a tulip. This stout has an almost licorice tone to it. There’s also a touch of sour in the nose. It pours very dark and when held up to the light you can barely see ruby coloring. The head is nearly non-existent. The body is thick and chewy. It has a nice balance of hops and is quite dry. The chocolate is barely noticeable. All in all this is a surprisingly good beer. It exceeds my expectations. If it had a bit more complexity you could jack up the alcohol and have a 4+ rating. The roastiness is this beer’s strongest point.

Very nice. Just under Bell’s Java Stout in quality. Nice chocolate tones. Very rich. I may have poured it too cold....but coming off today’s Gator victory, I was feeling good and the stout looked like a nice way to be happy.

Pours black with a brown mocha head. Aroma is full of chocolate, roastiness, and some bitterness. Taste of roasted coffee bean and chocolate. This is pretty good.

Tasted 10/15/07. 12oz bottle. Pitch opaque with a brown hue. Quickly dissipating beige head. Chocolate malty nose. Medium bodied with sticky finish. Good malt note. Cocoa and chocolate with mild bitterness. Touch of a roasted coffee acidity. Slight hop finish. Solid stout. Notes of chocolate and slight nuances of dark fruit. Nice smooth sweet lingering flavor. Smoother as it warms. Cola and dried prune note. Solid flavor but just a touch thin in the body.