gorditoabd (86), San Diego, California, USA
Jul 2, 2009 Bottle. Pours a deep black-brown with a reddish hue. Heavy initial light brown head dissolves quickly with minimal, but appreciable, lacing. Aroma heavy with dark chocolate and brown sugar. Taste is all baking chocolate and cocoa with only a little bit of malty bitter finish. A second taste brings more burnt flavors, like the bottom layer of a pan of brownies. Nice tasting beer. Too bad it doesn’t have more kick; it could be special. Perhaps my disappointment stems from my love of the style and my sense that it should carry, even when not an Imperial, a bigger stick.
 MrBeerFanatic (293), jamestown, New York, USA
Jun 29, 2009 Pours an almost black with a tan semi creamy head. Big aromas of chocolate, with some burnt malts, caramel, whiskey, and wood. Many flavors here of a dark roasted almost burnt chocolate, little caramel, wood, hint of hops, hint of whiskey, and a little vanilla. Leaves a nice burnt roasted malt note on the palate. Has a slight sweetness and almost dry with a little bitterness. A nice chocolate stout.
rugbydude05 (241), Kew Gardens, New York, USA
Jun 27, 2009 Pint on tap at Stout NYC. Pours a opaque dark brown color, nice smooth creamy head. Noticeable lacing on the side of the glass as the drink progressed. Aroma was sweet and malty as expected. Taste was sweet chocolate. Very smooth. Very enjoyable beer, nice sweet change of pace from the dry stouts.
Listigovers (40), Ontario, Canada
Jun 27, 2009 500ml. Wonderful aftertaste. After consumption you will likely breathe chocolate for a while! Which is definitely a defining factor of this brew.
Fred82 (187), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jun 26, 2009 500ml bottle. black with big brown creamy head. Aroma is chocolate big time, a bit syrupy also. Very rich aroma. Finish is quite dry and chocolate bitter. Quite malty. Finish is roasted malt and sweet. Hints of vanilla also. Very nice beer. Very drinkable and tasty.
Davros (103), Australia
Jun 25, 2009 Jet black pour with a large, creamy brown head that shows good persistence and lacing.
Aroma is quite delightful, with roasted malt, milk chocolate, sweet chocolate-flavour syrup and some almonds.
Very similar flavours: a bit of cocoa in amongst the roasted grains, more milk chocolate, and a finish combining the roasted malt bitterness and chocolately sweetness. Quite gentle and easy to drink.
Creamy body and carbonation. Perhaps the carbonation is a bit prickly for the style?
Hopper (31), San Antonio, Texas, USA
Jun 24, 2009 16.9oz. can Pours a nice creamy head. Aroma is of chocolate that you want to keep on sniffing. Taste is of creamy chocolate, and it leaves a super frothy lacework on the glass.
exiledmsh (15), , Alabama, USA
Jun 23, 2009 In the bottle’s good, but in the can’s even better. Drink this with a chocolate cheesecake.
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