KB Double Chocolate Ale First Edition
Kamloops Brewery Ltd

KB Double Chocolate Ale  First EditionKB Double Chocolate Ale  First Edition
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From:
Kamloops Brewery Ltd
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
English Dark Mild Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
3.15 | pDev: 3.81%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 2
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 07, 2007
Added:
Nov 24, 2006
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
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Reviewed by canucklehead from Canada (BC)

3.03/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Ok, if you are going to go to the trouble of all the great packaging and the co-op with Purdy's Chocolates then you need to make a beer big enough to match. This is an ok chocolatey porter/stout? that would be fine in a $11 six pack , not however the $7 premium packaging. Sorry KB you need to do better than this gain market share in the craft segment.
Jan 07, 2007
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Reviewed by BDTyre from Canada (BC)

3.28/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Hmmm...not that Kamloops is the best brewery around, but I really expected better with Purdy's involved (although my wife, a pro in the chocolate business, considers Purdy's second rate).

Not really a dark mild, but more like a weak English stout. Dark, almost black appearance with a thin, creamy head. Smell is mainly roasted malts and dark, bitter chocolate. But mainly roasted malts.

Dry, almost bitter taste. For a "double" chocolate ale, there isn't too much in the way of chocolate in the flavour. There is a certain dry bitterness reminsicent of baker's chocolate or 75+% cocoa; but not really chocolatey.

Whether you call this a dark mild or a stout, the body does not live up to the style. Thin, watery; maybe a good session ale, but this beer does not deliver 100%.
Dec 08, 2006