Rogue Chocolate Stout

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Sweet Stout
Newport, Oregon USA

Bomber. Pours a motor oil black with 2 finger bubbly tan head and incredible lacing. Nose is coffee, cocoa and baker’s chocolate. Taste is coffee, burnt malt and bitter dark chocolate with some hop bite finish. Way more hops and not as chocolaty as I expected, which isn’t a bad thing. Light to medium mouth feel. Good brew.

Pour was dark with a frothy tan head. Aroma was very sweet chocolate and burnt malt. Flavors was a bit more bitter than sweet with cocoa and notes of caramel and slight hop bitterness towards the finish. Small notes of banana. Good brew. Smooth. Would buy again.

bottle: thanks for Lord B for this one. He hit review on the head! Felt much more like a porter to me with the strong coffee tasting dark flavours. I got into this one a little too early in the day thinking a chocolate stout would be OK but the strong coffee flavours were almost harsh. Flavours rounded out & more mellow as it warmed but do prefer Youngs Double Chocolate Stout for sure. Oregon seems like a beer mecca with Rogue’s quality products - even noticed Williamette malts showing up in Hooky’s Gold.

Black color with a thick creamy tan head. Aromas of rich chocolate, coffee, and roasted malts. Flavor is of chocolate, cocoa, a little coffee, and oats. Dry with a semisweet chocolate finish.

650 ml bottle: I was greatly anticipating this one because I love the Rogue Hazlenut Brown Nectar soooo much. At first sip, I found that there was too much coffee flavour in this beer. In fact, at the beginning I thought this should be more appropriately labelled a porter. However, as this beer warmed I begain to appreciate the complexity and rich flavours. I definately noticed the cocoa and chocolate overatures. A solid stout with bold flavours. However, I would still take a Young’s Double Chocolate Stout ahead of this one.

22oz bottle. Had this any number of times before (one of my first craft beers), yet never got around to rating it. Pours a dark, chocolate-brown color; medium tan head with good retention and fine-bubbled lacing. Lots of cocoa, dark chocolate, and lightly toasted malts in the aroma; very dry, intricate chocolatiness with a touch of oatmeal; basic mineral bitterness. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: dark chocolate, dry cocoa, softly roasted and toasted malts; very pleasant, dry presence in the mouth; some vanilla and oatmeal; light mineral bitterness on the perimeter, keeping things balanced; very drinkable, very tasty stuff overall. Generous without succumbing to heft. Lengthy finish: very dry overall: bitter dark chocolate, cocoa throughout, toasted malts, oats, and light roastiness. Excellent.

Black, creamy, smooth, milk chocolate, alcohol, coffee, nutty, dry, slight bitter finish.

Pours a dark ebony with a fluffy tan head. Nose of chocolate and some toasted malt. Taste was bitter, similar to 90% dark chocolate.