Avery Black Tot

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

12 oz bottle, bottle 1/15/10. Pours a dark black with a smallish creamy brown head that quickly diminishes to a thin collar that leaves some lacing.

The aroma is bitter chocolate malts, grains and some rum. As it warms more dark fruits and sweet chocolate and rum cake come out.

The flavor is sweet milky chocolate with some decent bitterness in the finish to balance. The alcohol is well hidden. I do get the odd rum notes in the aftertaste. As it warms, the sweetness starts to dominate. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with creamy carbonation.

Overall, a solid imperial stout. It's well balanced and the rum is definitely interesting (and not at all overwhelming coming from a non rum lover). I was very relieved to notice no sourness in my bottle. It's been kept in a cold refrigerator since purchase.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

It started out nice, good aromas of cocoa, coffee, some woody notes and rich dark chocolate. Then i tried it and although a few of the aromas trsnfered into the flavor there was a acidic presence that only grew with each subseqent sip, i guess it was the wood but i didnt care for it.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

The electric yellows got me by the brain banana!! .. Pours back, with an awesome coco head .. . Chocolate, light coffee, cocoa, and dense wood aromas .. . beautifully balanced .. . Great stuff to sit and chill with after a gesselich afternoon with M.A and rob+ wife (thanks for the shirt!) .. . Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.