Great Lakes Blackout Stout

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

12oz bottle from SS 2011
Appearance: Black with small tan head and light spotty lacing
Aroma: Rousted malts and bitter chocolate
Taste: Roasted malts, sharp sour/bitter chocolate, licorice, medicinal and roasted coffee
Ok, but the sour/bitterness wasn’t pleasant for me.

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

Huge thanks to Degarth for giving me this 12oz bottle sent south by crizay. Pours dark brown with a quarter inch mocha head. It has a Porter like aroma with burnt to roasted maltiness along with hints of alcohol and sweet caramelized malts. The taste has a big burnt maltiness up front that hits hard along with dark chocolate. The flavor becomes increasingly sweet toward midway with hints of caramel, toffee and sweet malts. Toward the finish the burnt malts return and carry the experience into the after taste. Solid tasting Imperial Stout.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 2 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 4

Big 20 oz glass of this stuff for $5 at Mad Mex. Pour is very nice, like used shovelhead oil. Very little head but the heads color is dark tan. A slight roasty vinegar aroma greets the nose. Very bitter and coarse. The alky content rears its head right off the bat. Flat with little or any detectable carbonation. Taste is your typical imp stout and I’m still not sure why this style is so desirable on this sight. So medicinal and infringing on the taste buds. Fusel and whiskeylike at times. Feel quite like Lion stout. Does anybody have a stick that I can scrape the tar off the back of my throat? Finish is lingering medicinal bitterness that keeps going and going, like the energizer bunny. My uvula is crying for a chaser of icewater.

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

Bottle thanks to Guyute_Pig: Poured a deep thick oil black with a frothy beige head. Strong malts with some roastiness. Taste is nice smooth silky milk chocolate with edgy dark roasted malts. Has a nitro feel but in a bottle. Very tasty!

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Bottle or draught the small tan head never retains or laces. Coffee and roasted malt aroma. Flavour starts quite sweet followed by roasted malt dark chocolate, coffee and dark fruits. It has a bit of a dry hoppy aftertaste. Medium/oily mouthfeel.

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

I'm not much of a stout drinker but this one isn't half bad. It pours a nice dark black, with tan head that stays around for some time. The aroma has lots of roasted malty grain with a taste of sweet malt flavor up front with lots of roasted grain, roasted coffee notes and roasted malt. watch high ABV if you drink more then one.

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

A great stout. Dark black in colour with a huge creamy dark brown head. The roasted malt character wisps through the air in the form of roast, smoke, coffee, chocolate, and molasses. The flavour is very complex with hints of chocolate, coffee, vanilla, and dark fruits. Very smooth and very delicious.

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

Much more brown than black. Smells of chocolate and roasted malts. A big-whopping mouthfeel with a strong alcohol presence. The flavor is more roasted malts with hints of coffee and almost a burnt flavor. Hops take a backseat to the malt but are certainly present in the aftertaste.

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

Pours black with some red highlights when held up to the light. Light tan head which disappears quickly. Roasted malt, cocoa/dark chocolate and coffee aromas dominate the nose. Taste has the cocoa/chocolate flavors leading with way with the roasted malt and coffee bring up the rear. A pleasant dry finish, but a bit more carbonated than I expected for an Imperial Stout, especially as this is one that I have cellared for the last year or so. Mouthfeel is full and slightly creamy. Still a tasty Imperial Stout that is recommended. Now all I have to do is get my hands on a Great Lakes Barrel Aged Blackout Stout. Yum.

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

Review no. 700. One from my home-away-from-home state and another one marked off of the wish list: Pours heavy black with a medium tan head that remains leaving much lacing. Sweet malts, caramel, dark chocolate, a bit of strong black coffee, molasses and ripe fruits in the big aromas. Taste is rich with roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, ripe fruits, molasses and brown sugar and a touch of hops. This is one fine stout. Been sitting on it for a few months and needed a big one for my 700th. It did not disappoint - need more.