Great Lakes Blackout Stout

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

I finally tried it and I was not let down. It pours black as night, thin head, I smell chocolate but I taste dark coffee and, it finishes just slightly bitter. This beer kicks ass.

Date: 06/18/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog I

black, thin tan head, huge sweet roasted aroma with lots of ripe fruit, huge malt flavor, lots of ripe fruit, roasted and chocolate malts well represented,
-------- /> Date: 06/03/2006
Mode: bottle

lasting thin brown head with a bit of lace, sweet ripe fruit aroma with the roasted taking a back seat, smooth sweet body, flavor is all ripe fruit, light bitterness in the finish, the special B of imperial stouts, this not like an imperial stout at all, too much ripe fruit character rather than the roasted malts, I love it
-------- /> Date: 01/30/2007
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2006

more roasted and hop flavor, swinging back to an imperial stout, need to do more samples at various age points to see where the fruit appears and how it progresses

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 9/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

350 ml bottle mail order from Archerliquor. Blak with fizzy tan head. Aroma of chocolate, alcohol, and a pungent earthy spice that I can’t quite place. Chocolate covered fruit taste with a slight bitterness.

12 oz bottle from MrBendo. Brewed 2007. Nearly all black pour with a bit of reddish tone, with a nice 1/2 inch khaki head that fades pretty quickly. Aroma is roasted coffee and some sharp licorice hoppiness. Taste is initially espresso roast coffee, middle is nutty maltiness, the finish is more coffee and hop bitter finish. The alcohol is almost completely masked in this one. A very nice beer, as it warms, the taste becomes more balanced and very smootg. Thanks Todd.

from sam’s chicago thanks for the sample piere(o) appropriate black shade has minimal tan froth on the top. pronounced fruity nose is quite sweet. kind of grapey with fresh cut plums turning up as well. velvety mouth feel compliments a sweet start with plum and licorice flavors appearing. hints of milk chocolate enter the picture and the finish is crisp and dry

Much thanks to dickinsonbeer for this brew, which I’ve been sitting on for over a year... Appears a pitch black with a small tan head that slowly fades into a mild cap and collar. Scattered streaks of lacing are left around the glass. Smell is of espresso, caramel, cream, dark chocolate, confectioners sugar, cocoa, roasted grains, and mild tobacco. Taste is of the mentioned aromas of goodness with creamy vanilla coming through. Mouthfeel is thick, rich, heavy, sweet, syrupy, roasty, molasses filled, boozy, with a touch of coconut milk. Delicious stuff.

Bottled Oct ’06. Black with minimal head, even after a vigorous pour. Huge chocolate up front, with plenty of grainy-charred malt. Flavor much the same, huge chocolate, some residuel toffee/mollasses like sweetness. Bitter burnt grain and just enough hop presence to help balance the finish. Oily-smooth body and palate. At 9% I get no alcohol whatsoever. Well done.

12oz bottle from Discount liqour in Milwaukee. Opaque black appearance with large dark tan head. Aroma of coffee, dark chocollate, sweet roasted malt, some smoke. Flavor is big sweet malt with coffee second, followed by chocolate, some alc comes through but very subdued, light fruit and bittering hops aswell. Big creamy and full body. An amazing brew, now all I need is a whole bottle of BAed brew, not just a sample.