 pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
Nov 6, 2007
Bottle. Rich coffee/expresso aroma that just fills the nose. Creamy bitter sweet chocolate smell and taste. Aroma is just perfection - a great powerful balance. Ink blot black with thick head. An ideal sweet bitterness. Creamy but not overly heavy. Uniquely sweet and equally bitter. Can pick up on the alcohol, but only slightly in the taste. Would love to have again.
yesyouam (347), Fairport, New York, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Sampled at the Flour City Brewers’ Fest 2008. Great Lakes Blackout Stout is a reddish black ale with a leathery, brown sugar colored head. The aroma is of licorice, dark roast coffee, mint and alcohol. It is full bodied and creamy in the mouth. The finish is dry. The flavor has notes of alcohol, licorice, chocolate and black currant. It kind of reminds me of Old Rasputin. I think this was the highlight of the Brewers’ Fest.
BMan1113VR (782), Los Angeles (and Dallas, TX), California, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Bottle marked to enjoy by 08.02.07...oops, more than a year off, but whatever. Pours with a largish, lgith brown head covering a black body. Aroma of alcohol, toasted malts, some more alcohol, liccorrice, and hazelnuts. Taste is sweet with alcohol. Chocolate over coffee, with vanilla in the battle aswell. Cream mouthfeel, light carbonation. Warming, alcohol is not too well hidden.
Ron (737), Rochester, New York, USA
Aug 16, 2008 2008 Flour City Brewfest. Pours dark black with a reddish hue, and a small tan head that fades fast. Excellent aroma, with strong chocolate notes. Great complex taste, an initial burst of dried fruit which gives way to chocolate followed by the warmth of the roasted malts and alcohol. Great stout.
sleestak (63), Williamston, Michigan, USA
Aug 13, 2008 Pours black...really black, with a thick brown head that quickly diminishes to a surface ring. Aroma is amazing - dark roast coffee, baker’s chocolate, and malt. Taste follows, but adds a touch of hops and an extremely boozy finish. Maybe a wee too much alcohol considering how well most of its peers hide their ethanol. Heavy body, but nice velvety mouthfeel. May just have to put one of these away for a bit to see if it calms down with age.
jackzodiac (12), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Aug 11, 2008 Pitch black with a solid tan head that settles quickly and leaves some thick lacing. Caramel-chocolate aroma with some very faint hints of blueberry. Smooth but heavy mouthfeel. Sweet, malty flavor with some nice coffee notes and a slightly bitter finish.
I have two bottles in the cellar that I plan on opening in a few months.
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