Stoney Creek Double Chocolate Ale

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

When playing junior hockey in Saint Catherines in the 50s, the closest large town to the west was called Stoney Creek, and this beer brought me back to those times. There is no question that this is a chocolate flavoured beer as you can't get away from the chocolate in the aroma of flavour. Enjoyable, but not a world beater.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Very black body. Just a barely perceptable ruby edge when held to the light. The aroma is cherries and chocolate. I can’t pull out much else for aroma. The taste is Cheerios and some light cocoa. There is not much else to get in the taste. One dimensional and a poor attempt at a chocolate beer.

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

Pours deep brown with a tan head (about 1.5 fingers). Lacing and retention are okay. Smell is roasted malt, very chocolately, some sweet caramel malts. Not much else in the way of smell. Very sweet smelling. Chocolate, roasted malts, caramel, very slight hop bitterness amounts for the bulk of the taste. Mouthfeel is okay, a little too oily, but not terrible. Overall, an okay beer. Not something that I would pass up if handed to me, but not something I would actively seek out either.