Voodoo Big Black Voodoo Daddy

Brewed by Voodoo Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Meadville, Pennsylvania USA

Thanks to TODD for opening this! Poured black with a tall, dense cap of tan head. The aroma picked up charred black patent and coffee maltage with some airy, nutty character around.. deeper down was a blend of sweet and darker chocolates. The flavor found roasted coffee and cocoa at the core surrounded by a large dose of floral and catty bitterness (along with some coffee char).. a touch buttery on the back.. grainy and bitter on the finish. Medium-plus bodied with low-ish carbonation on the palate.. well-roasted.. good stuff!

Thanks Todd. The beer pours to a pitch black body with a really tall creamy brown head. The aroma is super roasty and full of black patent with lots of hops. The flavor is charred black patent with a heavy yeast and hoppy bitterness. I didn’t really get any bourbon. The palate is medium full bodied but a little too yeasty. Coffee was good.

Sampled from a bottle opened by boltz777 -- thanks, Jason! Pours espresso in color with a trim tan head. Smells predominantly of toasted malt and coffee grounds. Builds on these flavors with added notes of milk cocoa, and vanilla. Really sweet on the palate and quickly dries on the finish. Not bad, but certainly not ambitious.

Sample courtesy of boltz777. Dry coco almost cold coffee on the nose. Black body with tan head. Flavors of coffee, dry coco a mild sweetener and smooth on the palate. Thanks Jason

black tan head aroma coffee chocolate raw cocoa bitter in smell and taste. thanks boltz777

’08 bottle. Black, thin tan head. Nose is heavy roast malt, lightly burnt and with some sweeter chocolate and oatmeal. Flavor is similar, more sugar to lend some sweetness but again strong roast, burnt and edging on hints of plum and manure. Fizzy body only adds to the singular roast notes, drawing them out further and more towards the coffee grinds region of the spectrum. Also, there’s an off-tangerine note way down the finish. Alcohol begins emerging as it warms, lending the beer a medicinal note given its syrupy weight. Not very pleasant, polished, or nuanced, and definitely lacking complexity.

Recently tried a bomber of this stout. Colour... black with absolutely no head. Nose... chocolate, coffee and toffee. Palate... sweet! But also tart with light bodied coffee and dark chocolate as well as a long finish.

Last bottle of a case that I got in 08. Pours tar black.with a a tan head that leaves minor lacing. The nose is mild with roasted malt, molasses,and dark chocolate. First sip is terrifically malty with dark roasted coffee flavor without over powering. Finishes with a nice hoppy transition. This is definately less hot after a year but booze certainly warms you by end of this bomber. I think another year and this would be smooth as silk.