Fort Collins Double Chocolate Stout

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

Pours a creamy 1 inch head atop some nice black liquid that gets ruby coloured around the edges when held up to the light. Smells of chocolate and roasted coffee. Very enticing. Nice dark roasted malts. Taste is very good, but also a bit of a letdown. The coffee flavor comes through to dominate the taste. The chocolate follows on the backend. In the middle is that roasted malt flavor with a slight (tiny) touch of hops. I expected the chocolate to be more dominant. It is very smooth in the mouth. Not overpoweringly full, but by no means weak or watery. A little on the weak side for my tastes, as I like ’em big and bold. (Then again, there are times that subtlety is nice, also.) I certainly could drink quite a few of these pretty easily, but, if I’m buying, there may be a few other bottles in my way before I get to this one again. (Not alot, but a few, to be certain.)

Tastes like a melted bar of dark chocolate with a hint of coffee. I could go on and on but the most striking thing with this beer is the body. Has a nice feel to it. I would like to have a regular FCB chocolate stout to try with it.

Bottle. Very dark beer. Not as chocolately as I thought it would be. A little more bitter then I thought it would be. Otherwise a very good beer. Did taste the slight coffee flavor, didn’t really get the licorice that is sometimes mentioned. Will drink again. Recommended.

Black pour with chocolate milk colored head. Aroma of bakers chocolate, some coffee. Flavor is bitter chocolate, licorice, some coffee. Smooth mouthfeel. This is like the ultimate girlfriend brew, keeps some on hand if you’ve got a lady friend coming over.

pours dark brown, beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts with hints of coffee. Flavor, lots of roasted malts, thin hints of spices, with a faint chocolate bitterness, and chocolate powder.Overall mouthfeel keeps a nice chocolate presence followed by a small touch of bitterness.

Pours viscous dark brown, black and inky in the glass, with a one-finger tan head, very fine and lasting lacing. Aromas of dark chocolate, espresso, molasses and pine. Full, thick body, zesty and crisp. Rich chocolate and coffee flavors, warming, some strong molasses sweetness, nearly balanced out by earthy pine wood and a hint of citrus.

Pours a dark brown body and a light tan head. Flavor and aroma of toast, malt, little smoke, some coffee and cocoa notes that are very faint.

Rich dark pour with mocha brown head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malt. Taste is the same, although it is a little thin. There is a little coffee in the aftertaste. OK overall. Nice lacing on the glass.