The Bruery Chocolate Rain

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

Pours dark chocolate, no head. Aroma yields sweet chocolate, roast malt, coffee, nutty and caramel hints. Flavor provides sweet chocolate, roast malt, coffee, nutty, slight caramel notes. Texture offers viscous body and lively fizz. A liquid candy bar.

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

Thick black body with a ruby tint around the edge, small filmy head, and a spot of lacing here and there.....but what do you expect from such a high gravity beer. The aroma is absolutely sublime and captured my attention immediately. Sweet and decadent with a whole lot of fruit, roast, vanilla, and cocoa aspects shinning through. Big and bold, overly sweet of course, but manageable for the slow sipper. A very heavy mouth feel that sticks with you. Flavor follows right in line with the aromas and provides for a pleasant tasting experience. Overall it's way over the top, just like the regular.....and that's what makes it a fun bottle to share and sip on for as long as possible.

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

one of the more inflated and hyped beers i've ever had, but I can totally see where that comes from. absolutely delicious and decadent on every level. they took Black Tuesday, an already great beer, and smoothed out the rough edges by adding cocoa nibs and vanilla bean aging. Soooo good. Definitely still on the rich and sweet side of things, but the additions actually manage to temper the sweetness a little. Bourbon, fudge, vavilla, dark roast, alcohol. 39 proof silk. This was the 2012 batch from the Bruery, coming in at a whopping 19.5%. While I love this beer, I wonder about the need to be so strong. I think at 13-15%, this may have been one of the best beers I've ever had...