Great Lakes Blackout Stout

Heaven on Earth . Dark Black and smooth . Might be the best i`ve tried so far . you know the Drill . chocolate and coffe !

i’m sitting at my uncles watching the chiefs raiders and flipping back to the history channel to watch the barbarians. i set this on the cabinet for about 10 minutes to get to the right temp, hell the label says serve at 45, i’ll see what i can do. both shows are at commercial and i head to the kitchen to try my new brew. holy religious figure batman. i tend to find things when i least expect them, i have found a great beer. pitch black pour with a great brown lasting head. i could spend days on the aroma, plum, cocoa, coffee:espresso, mocha, cafe aulet, you name it iti is there. a great strong powerful roast aroma. but the sweetness is there too, wow, chocolate, buiscuity raisin, and grape. the best aroma i have encountered. alcoholic milk chocolate flavor with a strong roast flavor. i love a strong roast in an impy stout.rich coffe flavor with a great mocha quality. just heard on the tv, they came, they sacked, they plundered, yep that is this beer. a creme brulee taste is in this. it is so damn rich. but it is balanced with a great bitterness that works in with the sweet alcohol and chocolate and a bit of bubblegum. a great beer.

A dark black appearance with a tan head. A roasted coffee and chocolate aroma. A nice alcohol, dark chocolate, coffee, plum, licorice, and tobacco flavor. The aftertaste is bitter and warming. This isn’t as "big" as some imperials but this may be one the top stouts I’ve ever tried. It is certainly the most balanced stout I’ve yet to sample. IMO it’s up there with Alesmith Speedway Stout. This is a mighty fine underrated stout. Emily you know how to provide some awesome beer!

poured a dark brown to black with a good size tan head with a descent lacing. aroma this is another one of my wows sweet malts, hops and dark fruits and raisin and coffee. flavor bitter sweet choc. plums, a nice sweetness with a bit of bitterness. as I kept the beer in my mouth because of the smoothness a taste of honey came out and more fruits flavors. I just wish this beer was warm when I bought it so I can let it age for a while to see if it can get better. all I can say is a very good beer I think it is my 2nd favorite beer

186 beers drinken and rated. Some good, some bad. Some hard to obtain brews, some swill. A range of 4.9 to .5. Lots of beer, lots of flavors, but never a 5.0. Until last night, when on beer search to finish off my trade with Footbalm, I came across a ’new arrival’ beer at Binny’s Glen Ellyn, a Imperial Stout from Great Lakes. A company I have never tried a beer from, even though my 3 local suppliers have more than plenty of it laying around. Got home, popped one in the fridge in case I got thirsty later on in the evening. Sure enough I did get thirsty and poured this big black brew into my glass, very dark, nice light off white head. Aroma full of a bunch of goodies, alcohol somewhat present at first, chocolate, small hints of coffee, some small notes of dark fruit. Consumption of this beer is best described as a wonderfully made chocolate cake with a few cherries baked into it, with a nice hot cup of coffee to wash it down. Once in awhile a small hop flavor pops its head into play, but for the most part its a thick chocolaty cake through and through. I will have another of these tonite to confirm my 5.0 rating or give me reason to lower it, but I have to have another to double check. But at least for today this is my favorite beer consumed to date. rerate: 4/22-Still a personal favorite, but the 5.0 has to go. After going through nearly a 6pk of this great brew, I found some inconsitencies, not that a 5.0 has to be PERFECT everytime you drink it, but I had a few 4.0 bottles in the 6 pack.