Jason Fields & Kevin Sheppard / Tröegs / Stone Cherry Chocolate Stout

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

Rated in Oct. 2011. 12oz bottle pours deep dark mahogany with nice mocha head. The aroma offers up a mix of thick cherry juice, chocolate brownie, some dark roasted coffee and spicy black licorice. The taste is similar. It flirts with chocolate and chocolate brownie as cherry juice rimmed with a mild level of cherry tartness comes to the surface every now and then. Around the cherry and roasty chocolate notes I get black licorice joining in creating a bit of a spicy fruit cake sensation. It leaves a pleasing chocolate note behind in the after taste with slightly tart cherry juice around the edges of the palate. I’m enjoying this very much but it does seem to be pulling itself in several different directions.

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

A super dark stout with a dizzy head. Aroma is fairly sour, hints of cherries and chocolate as the name implies. Flavor is more cocoa nib than chocolate, sour cherries, earth, and a dry bitterness. Unique beer.

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

12oz bottle. Pours dark opaque black with a medium creamy brown head that retains well and laces the glass some.

The aroma is roasted lactic chocolate malts, sweet vanilla and a touch of fruit.

The flavor is heavily roasted malts with some sweet chocolate and lots of sweet vanilla and some subtle cherry. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth carbonation.

Overall, it has a bit too much sweet vanilla for me. Otherwise it's very nice. I like the roast, chocolate and the subtle cherry.

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

120z bottle, got a bottle in my fridge but might as well rate my sample .. . Pours a deep molasses brown .. light foam .. . aroma of cherry cordial, chocolate, and cherry skin .. . pretty tasty and the abv is well masked .. . . He poked me in the eye!

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

Sampled from bottle as part of an epic trade with slowrunner. This stout pours a thick-looking black with small, creamy head; beautiful lacing. The aroma balances roasty coffee and chocolate against sweet cherry topnotes. Instead of sweetness, the cherries add a distinct tartness to the flavor. The chocolate plays a central role as well in the flavor and body. Full bodied, but not overly heavy, smooth. Successful collaboration.

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

Somewhat let down by this beer as I was expecting much, much more. Good initial pour, but the head soon becomes non-existent along with no lacing. Overdone on the black patent malt thus producing a slight metallic twang. A nice effect from the sweet cherries and milk chocolate. Lightly roasted with a trace of vanilla and burnt toast. Lighter in body than I prefer for a stout. Truth of the matter is that this is a slightly above average stout.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

I am in heaven! What a great beer! Rich black color with big creamy textured, brown head rising robustly above. Good hang time. Settles into a thin ringlet with light sedimentary film aside the glass. The body is full and creamy. The nose is roasty and bitter chocolate. The tasting more of that with sweet cherries popping on the palate. Love this one!

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

12oz bottle -

Interesting beer and I really did enjoy it, but I have to say that I had higher expectations about this beer. It was lacking in both chocolate and cherry, but both present, in a beer from Stone and Troegs collaboration. Aroma had a light blend of cherry ice cream, coffee creamer, coffee and lightly roasted. Flavor had more of a showing of the cherry and chocolate, but all very restrained. Light roasted malts and alcohol is showing along with the chocolate and cherry. I've had beers with more of a cherry character and I've had beers with more chocolate character. A great idea that didn't quite knock it out of the park here.

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

Trade via Slowrunner77. I love the dark brown foam that sits atop this beer. The aroma is almost like a cherry coke. The flavor blends bittersweet chocolate, tart cherries and...and...tobacco? Yes, tobacco. There is a sure presence that reminds me of a blend of pipe tobacco that I used to smoke. The mouthfeel is thick, but ultra-smooth. The aftertaste has a lingering of bittersweet and tart, a reverberating echo of the powerful technicolor flavor profile. I don't want this beer to finish. Good God, this is delicious. Thanks so much S to the R!

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

It pours a very dark brown and mostly black with a thin tan head and some lacing surrounding. An aroma of roasted malts, espresso, chocolate, hops, oranges and citrus blend, black cherry maybe, raisins and dates, molasses, oats, and spiciness. The mouthfeel is smooth, silky, and rich. Flavors of roasted malts, coffee bean, chocolate, cherries, hops, oranges, raisins, molasses, oats, and spices. Mmmm ... Amazing!