Exceptional jet black-hued milk stout with frothy russet head, unassuming ash aroma, and nose-tingling fizz pours like mud. Blood-thickened maple sap sweetness, chocolate malt creaminess, and sherry-soaked Merlot Noir periphery provide sugary resolve. Heavily lactic burnt caramel sprawl and sour buttermilk skulk fill out dry powdery mocha finish, fading a tad too quick for highly exalted ‘triple’ status. Drink slowly to appreciate its splendor. Now brewed in Cincinnati and sold at bargain basement price.
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BROOKLYN BLACK CHOCOLATE STOUT
Boozy 10% alcohol Russian Imperial pours like mud. Tarry pine char and sticky anise nearly overwhelm bittersweet hop-roasted black chocolate expectancy and smoky black-malted coffee roast. Penetrating vanilla creaminess, pervasive tar-like molasses sinew and cocoa-chalked burnt caramel richness given coarsely nutty imminence. Strong port-dried bourbon-burgundy-sherry finish increases its compact complexity.
YOUNG’S DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STOUT
Bottled versions’ surfeit milk chocolate creaminess and heavy lactose resonation invite bittersweet cappuccino elegance to counter molasses-thick vanilla-butterscotch richness. Wavered black pepper spicing simmers below. In tin can, skanky mocha waft, frothy Guinness-like head, and soft watered texture beat down black chocolate essence of firm English draught-styled stout.
FORT COLLINS CHOCOLATE STOUT
Terra-cotta-like earthen grains disappointingly coarsen and overwhelm black chocolate smear, burnt coffee sneer, and cocoa powdered drear of dry maroon-hued astringency. Roasted hops bring tertiary charred wood, resinous ash, and tar illusions, but gaseous carbolic aridity vacates up-front mocha tonguing.
FORT COLLINS DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STOUT
KATAHDIN STOUT
LOST COAST 8-BALL STOUT
(MAD RIVER) STEELHEAD EXTRA STOUT
OMMEGANG CHOCOLATE INDULGENCE ALE
Impressive Belgian-styled 10th anniversary celebrator slurs collars of tan spume across glass above proud mahogany hue. Lactic malt-smoked cocoa-powdered souring boosts creamy dark chocolate froth and latent cappuccino luster. Hop-roasted burnt coffee skulk advances as cinnamon-teased vanilla spicing, dry fig-date slink, and hazelnut tinge crimp cherry cordial wisp.
(ROGUE) BROWN BEAR STOUT
ROGUE CHOCOLATE STOUT
Perpetual black chocolate nose and tongue, dusky molasses-sapped powdered cocoa concision, bitter vanilla bean respite and oats-flaked hop tarring consume decisive lactose-frothed milk stout. Compact sandalwood-hued head, wispy Brussels lace, and jet black complexion provide visual seduction suiting creamy chocolate malted full body. Chewy toffee midst, bulging anise drift and ripe cherry surge stimulate emerging cookie dough finish. Like coffee with creme de cocoa, retains sweet sumptuousness.