Southern Tier Choklat 4.01 659

Southern Tier Choklat

	Percentile
	99
	overall

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
659	4.02/5.0	4.01/5.0	Special	11%	89.8	Snifter

Commercial Description:
“the ancients called it ‘food for the gods’“ The Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the Maya, unfolds a complex web of mystery around a beverage known as xocoatl (ch-co-atle). At Southern Tier, we’re not surprised that hieroglyphs of the ancient Maya depict chocolate being poured for rulers and gods. Even through the many voyages of Columbus, the mystical bean remained nothing more than a strange currency of the native peoples. Moving through centuries, the circular journey of cacao has been realized in our brewing house, encompassing the complexity of the darkest, bitter-sweet candy together with the original frothy cold beverage of the ancient Maya to bring to you our Blackwater Series Choklat Stout. We have combined the finest ingredients to tempt your senses & renew the power & interrelation of history in every bottle.

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tokyogoat (567), San Diego, California, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Aug 20, 2009

Poured into an 8oz plastic hotel room cup. Pour is opaque black with a tiny tan soda-like head. Nose is more coffee than chocolate, slight dark cocoa. Taste is big on dark chocolate, smooth and silky like milk chocolate, but has a bit too much coffee notes. Was hoping for the chocolate bomb I had always heard about, but this is just a really solid chocolate Impy. Slight chalky mouthfeel that is less than desirable.

fcjack1 (6), Washington, USA
does not count

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	9/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	19/20

Aug 18, 2009

22 oz. from 99 Bottles. I could smell the chocolate as soon as i popped the the top. Very strong chocolate flavor. Alcohol is hidden well. Great beer!

beerbuzzmontreal (2917), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Aug 18, 2009

Aroma of rich chocolate with roasted malt. Pours a black color with brown highlights and a thin light brown head. Very good flavor of rich chocolate and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is very soft and mellow.

jbrus (4893), Delft, Netherlands

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 16, 2009

Bottle@Home. Pure chocolate aroma, nothing else, just Koetjesrepen. Very black, light brown small head, good lace. Liquid chocolate bar at first and liquid bitter chocolate bar in the finish. Medium body. You must adore chocolate because that’s just it.

kuphish (161), Bloomington, Indiana, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	5/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Aug 13, 2009

Bomber. Dark, near pitch pour. Creamy/frothy brown head. Black, opaque body. Big chocolate aroma with mild, underlying caramel. Faint alcohol on the nose. Big time bitter chocolate flavor with some caramel malty sweetness. Almost no alcohol flavor. Fully, viscous body with average carbonation and some chocolate oiliness. Overall a very nice beer, but it seems a bit one-sided and chocolate heavy. Lacks the complexity that I’d really like to see in a beer such as this. Some more roast, coffee, slight ash would be a nice complement to the chocolate.

shp555 (1690), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Aug 8, 2009

Pours a deep black color with a light brown head. Aroma is bitter chocolate, roast, some prune, caramel, and some hops. Flavor is caramel, roast, bitter chocolate, some fruit, and a very bitter spicy finish.

MPA (487), Nørrebro(formerly Aalborg), Denmark

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Aug 7, 2009

Bottle (cellphone rating). Dark with a brown head. aroma of chocolate, cocoa and roasted malt. Flavour is sweet with cocoa, toasted malt, chocolate and a nice, light bitterness.

SudsMcDuff (1703), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	10/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Aug 4, 2009

this is THE chocolate beer! .. . pours a dark brown, nice looking head .. . smooth stuff! .. . nice level of sweetnesss! .. . just plain good stuff! .. . bill engvall really is a bitch! i was going to say sellout, but what could he possibly do to earn such a moniker... .

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