Rock Bottom South Denver Devils Back Stout

tap at the s. denver location. i was told this was an oatmeal stout. my notes are as follows: strong burnt aroma, yeah it’s black & with a brown head. flavors are strong roast with the oatmeal noticeable. a bold brew that really scorches my tongue. finish is sweet and chocolatey. high carbonation and vanilla linger with the burnt flavor.

Review: The Rock Bottom set of reviews is a reflection of my hasty attempt to drink a small quantity of many beers and produce accurate and helpful reviews. Clearly I’ve failed, but I hope my incoherent and cryptic critiques can help at least a few folks who wander in and want to know what to order. My first encounter with the distinctly European devil slithering around the ceiling of Rock Bottom was when I was underage and, to be candid, apathetic. Beer tasted all the same to me. How little I knew, and how wonderful it was to finally kick back a shot glass of the stout post-21 on a second visit to the restaurant. The necrotic black liquid keeps a burning coal brown-red wreath of foam around the top, and emanates columns of smoky chocolate. The taste is absolutely seductive, packed with a creamy dynamic set of chocolate and malts flavors. It begins innocently enough, bland and mellow, but rages suddenly into a combustion of almost overwhelming deep, bitter chocolate flavor. Screw the forbidden apples, I’ll take this any day.