 Boliv (203), New York, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 24, 2009 Bottle. Pours deep brown with a reddish tinge, topped by a medium light brown head that fades quickly. Aromas of dark baking cocoa, sour cherries, caramel, roasted malts, toffee, vanilla, and a touch of coffee. Sweet and slightly viscous mouthfeel with chocolate and caramel upfront; very smooth, with nearly no hop presence. Smooth, sweet, very drinkable, and enjoyable. Thanks Avindra!
FunkyBrewster (505), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 19, 2009 Thanks 17thfloor for sharing this. Pours a nice deep black with a long lasting than creamy head. Aroma is whoa cola, lots of it. pretty disappointing. Picking up some chocolate roasted malts. Damn not much going on. Some floral hops hide behind the malts. Flavor starts a lot better than aroma, big chocolate and sweet cocoa malitiness. The chocolate continues to the finish but becomes even sweeter, hershey chocolate type of sweetness with just a bit of coffee. Rich cocoa finish. Medium to full body that is creamy and smooth. Its hard to hate or to love this beer, aroma is bleck, flavor is alright, palate is very nice. It’d be nice if everything came together and made this an all around sensory experience.
17thfloor (1505), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 19, 2009 Very expensive bottle shared with funkybrewster, best by april 2009, or so it says. Pours a gorgeous shinny obsidian with a medium thick creamy tan froth 4.5. Aroma is pure cola, probably aided by oxidation, very grassy, touch of soy. Taste brings my memory distinctly back to Frederick Miller’s Classic Chocolate whatever it was... except not nearly as good and the SA has some soy and grass mixed in, super rich caramel underneath it all. Flavor is mainly chocolate syrup, very rich, slightly sourish. A mix of dark and milk chocolates, malty, somewhat fruity. Medium bodied, full mouthful with a lighter feeling though, confused? me too, milky with soft abundant fluffy sizzling carbonation. Frederick Miller’s Classic Chocolate Lager kicks the crap out of this and was about 1/10th the price.
Braudog (3773), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Aug 16, 2009 Bottle shared with Dayton Dave. Very light licorice aroma and some mellow vanilla afterglow. Smooth cocoa character, like dark chocolate nibs, light coffee additive. Tough to follow the beer I had prior to this, but this is a very good dessert beer, too. (#3641, 8/15/2009)
nramsburg (207), New York, New York, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 14, 2009 Pours to a dark amber with a smallish yellow-white head. Nothing special to begin with. Lots of deep dark chocolate to begin with and a consistent taste through the palate. Unfortunately, I don’t get much else here--it’s mostly mocha flavor.
Nice, drinkable, but not worth $15.00.
drowland (1429), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 13, 2009 Dark and slightly reddish with a tight brown head that lasted alright. Aroma is big malt all the way and the flavor is malt and a complex combination of sweetness and chocolate with a hint of lasting bitterness. Perhaps the best part is the smoothness and velvety mouthfeel. Pretty good, but I wasn’t blown away by any means.
DrBeer (777), Danderyd Stockholm, Sweden
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 11, 2009 Black with red tone.
Aroma of sweet chocolate and wheat bread. Dry and powdery.
A flavour of sweet chocolate, fruits and vanilla. A bit acidic with dry finish.
carl4beer (405), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 8, 2009 Fancy over priced bottle. Pour a dark amber with small head. Aroma is malty with a hint of chocolate and fruit. Mouthful has a big chocolate barage followed by some bitterness that makes for a nice sry finish. Very yummy, but should cost half the price.
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