Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

12oz bottle thanks to RamyG4
Pours thick black with a medium sized dark tan head and good lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, rich chocolate and roast coffee. Flavors of roasted malts, roast coffee, chocolate, some alcohols with a bitter finish
Very nice, tasty.

Aroma: 2 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

OK, the long awaited Brooklyn Choco Stout. I am not expecting much, cause I’ve been very disappointed with many stouts highly rated on this site. Now that I see it’s imperial, I’m even more pessimistic. Actually I’ve been avoiding this one since it was available in October. Nice classy label. Oh no, upon opening, smells like the notorious bitter stouts I’ve had in the past, no chocolate. Pours like used end of summer shovelhead Harley oil in my steeler stein. Initial flavor is not quite as bitter as Lion Stout or Bells Expedition. Creamy and strong black coffee like flavor. Palate is almost flat. Finish has a lasting lingering bitterness but is not quite as offensive as other highly rated stouts. The chocolate must refer to its color, not it’s taste. Curiosity is satisfied, will not buy again. When will I learn?

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

Bottle at Tilt. Pours black with a light brown head. Massive dark chocolate aroma. After the chocolate there is also coffee, roasted malt, herbs, pine and dried fruit. Nice hoppy bitterness to balance the sweetness. The alcohol is detectable, but well integrated. Delicious stout!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

03-04 bottling. Small dark brown head, short lived. Black as coal, opaque. Slightly vinous nose, chocolatey and roasty also. Full bodied, oily, creamy, slick mouthfeel. Chocolatey, coffee, roastiness, slight alcohol notes. Malted milk chocolate? Finish is dry,long and BIG.

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

2007 vintage. Rated and consumed 01/12/07. Pours deep dark darkness with brown mocha head with tan-ish color swirls. The aroma has alcohol phenols running underneath a bold roasted, burnt, and chocolate maltiness along with dark roasted coffee grounds and a hint of molasses. The creamy velvety mouth feel coats everything with roasted malts and rich dark chocolate. Yum. Then I get burnt malts mixed with coffee, mild sweet molasses and vanilla. This is darn good but the alcohol is just above noticeable but not at all distracting. It could use some time but really makes for a nice treat right now. I wish I had the patients to age some of these but they just taste too good. On draft - Stogies and Stouts at Dunedin Brewery 02/08/07. 2006 vintage. Black pour with creamy thin light brown head. The aroma is light with hints of its hidden ABV, light fruitiness and maybe some sweet malts. Yum, this beer has a sweet date, cherry, plum and even raisin Barleywine edge to it. Goes very well with the chocolate malts, caramel and light burnt notes that kick in about midway and usher you to the finish. Again, YUMM!

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

The pour is solid black, some nice viscosity, and a dark brown creamy head which lasts a long time and leaves some nice lacing. The aroma is roasted malt, some hints of dark chocolate and black licorice, and some coffee. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy. The taste is dark bitter chocolate with some vanilla sweetness thrown in. The finish is very very bitter.

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

Aroma
- roasted malt
- chocolate
- locorice
Appearance
- dark brown
- brown head
Mouthfeel
- good body
- creamy mouthfeel
Flavour
- rich
- chocolate
- coffee
Overall
- a masterpiece

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

330 ml capped bottle. Poured in a snifter an unfiltered and opaque dark, dark-brown, close to black, coloured I S with a small one finger creamy and tan foamy head that had a short retention and tons of micro bubbles. Low carbonation. Some lacing. The aroma is dark chocolate, a pronounced alcoholic feeling, dark riped fruits, plums, raisins, roasted coffee beans, roasted malts. The flavour is dark chocolate, burnt coffee beans, roasted and burnt malts, fruity, plums, raisins, redcurrant and spicy with vanilla and licorice. The mouthfeel is creamy, light sparkling, fulled, light ashy and smooth. The texture is oily. This full bodied B I S has a lingering roasted malts, riped fruits and ashy finish. A high flavoured and tasty B I S. The lovely tasting leads to an imperial moreish need.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Boy howdy this sure had a great aroma and poured black.with a brown creamy head. The mouth feel was pretty thick. The taste is very balanced of chocolate and dark roasted malt.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Sampled on tap at Rustico. Pours black with a thin ring of head skirting the glass. Smoke and chocolate dominate the aroma, alcohol also notable. Rich, but a little a little strong. Still loved it overall. Fine ale in a tough category.