Highland Black Mocha Stout

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: Stout
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Bottle at the porter bar. Roasted malt aroma with a little cocoa. Has a really nice bittersweet chocolate flavor and cocoa again with a nice slightly sweet finish. Smooth, creamy and well balanced. Very drinkable and complex enough to keep you interested for a while.

From a 12oz Bottle. Somewhat transparent, rusty black body with a thin layer of off-white head. Roasty aroma that’s highlighted by a whiff of fresh mint and light licorice. Prunes and medium roast coffee. Medium bodied, softly carbonated mouthfeel with a relatively dry finish. Flavors of cocoa and roast up front, along with some mild prune fruits. Moderately dry, with a bit of an ashy flavor lingering in the finish. Solid, but not exceptional.

12 oz. pours black with a large fluffy tan head.aroma is mild of roasted malt. flavor is much bolder than the aroma. roasted malt bitter cocoa and a hint of coffee. finish was quick and unimpressive.

absolutely loved this beer, pours to a pitch black body, smells of chocolate, nice roasted, chocolate malty taste ot it, definite can taste the mocha in it too. While the malts are smooth, the taste lingers a bit in your throat, nothing overpowering though

12oz Bottle - Trade - Daknole
Aroma – Deep rich dark malts with hints if of mocha and coffee.
Appearance – Black in color, thin head and clear.
Flavor – Huge malt flavor with lots of mocha and coffee flavors.
Palate – Good Mouthfeel, Great Stout like texture with a dry finish.
Overall – Very good beer huge flavors this beer was a stout drinkers dream. Lots of flavors chocolate, mocha and coffee. Great for a mild night watching the Olympics.

This one has been sitting in my cellar for the better part of six months, and after drinking it, I have to ask myself why I waited so damn long to try it. This was part of merc4’s first package to me. Very malty with an awesome mix of coffee and roasted barley. Some chocolate notes as well. There is also a nice hop profile, which was odd for a coffee stout, but very welcomed. The coffee wasn’t as strong as in a Bells, but played a nice role overall. Low on the alcohol, which makes it very drinkable.

rating this the day after from a stout tasting: 12oz bottle. near black pour with a spare light brown head. light molasses, caramel and chocolate aroma. taste followed suit. palate adjectives - oily, mineral, lively, metallic... but in a good way as I remember it.

Poured a dark black with a one finger brown head. The head disappeared quickly, but laced very well. Aroma is of roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is heavy roasted malt. The coffee flavor is drowned out by just a little too much malt. Good beer that could have been great.