Great Lakes Blackout Stout

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Bottle at Magic_dave6’s disco dance tasting. Black, thin beige head. Stock cube and malty, some watery. Mouth is slightly meaty malty, sweet rounded. Full bodied. Sweet and long taste with some hops at the end. Good.

Lots of coffee and roasted barley in the aroma with some subtle molasses and brown sugar. Licorice and hints of toffee followed by some big roast/coffee flavors. Hints of dark chocolate and hops find their way into the finish.

Bottle at Toms Glasgow tasting 2 ... smokey meaty malts ... ohhh its not right for me ... lots ofraost malts and something thats not agreeing.

Thick black pour with a light tan head. Burnt coffee aroma with some hops. Lots of malt, chocolate, and lactic acid. Creamy taste with some malt. Slightly sweet, some alcohol on the finish. Very thin. Good beer that’s easy to drink, just looking for more from an imperial stout.

On tap @ Pizza Plant Walker Center. Pours a deep concentrated blaqck with tan head. Huge roasty & choclolaty aroma. Big roasty flavor with nice hop bitterness that melds well with the heavy malt presence. Big bold mouthfeel. Very nice beer

Pours black with thin tan head. Honestly, it does look a bit thin. However, aroma has everything: dark fruit, chocolate, coffee. Taste is chocolate and sweet roasted malt. The roasted malt overpowers a tad in my opinion. Then the hops and alcohol hit you. The mouthfeel is fulfilling, and the beer is thankfully well-bodied. After suddenly realizing I drank 3/4ths of the glass, I realize why they call this blackout stout.

mmmmm... aroma sets off all those little butterflies in my beer belly... recollects some dark fruits, raisins, chocolate and hints of coffee. Pours a completely opaque obsidian with a nice head. Taste is chocolaty and sweet. Very palatable, finish leaves a clean and satisfying taste in your mouth. One of the better imperial stouts for the money in my opinion.

Pours black, go figure. A small surprisingly light head that reduces to a film around the edge and a very small smidgen of bubbles in the center. Smell is slightly raisiny, dark chocolate, and maybe roasted malts but it is very faint due to the overpowering dark fruit and chocolate. The taste is more malt than I expected from the smell, a good tartness that really hits the back of your tongue nicely. An almost vinous alcohol quality that is fairly noticeable initially but then you get the roasted malts and a little chocolate. Good alcohol warmth going down that is very pleasant sitting in your belly. Leaves a nice warmth and a roasted taste in your mouth to remember it by.