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Chocolate Avenue Stout
Appalachian Brewing Company
- From:
- Appalachian Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
Ranked #257 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #18,877 - Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 9.69%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 31, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 16, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 25
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Reviewed by Bierman9 from New Hampshire
3.8/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.8/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12oz bottle, gift from a friend from PA... Have had a few Appalachian beers, but not this one, until now... The label says it's currently 5.30% ABV...
Pours jet black, with a thin, fine, dark tan head. The topping ebbs rapidly, receding to the rim, with light lacing. Aroma is inviting, with a healthy amount of lightly sweet chocolate and cocoa wafting about. The body is somewhat less than medium, and it's more prickly than expected.
Taste also goes chocolate, though it's much less sweet than the aroma suggests. It's more like dark choco, with some bitterness, plus a bit of roasty action. Also has a hint of caramel before finishing with a subtle, floral hop finish. Thnx, Todd Craig! Prosit!!
3.8/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
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May 12, 2019Pours jet black, with a thin, fine, dark tan head. The topping ebbs rapidly, receding to the rim, with light lacing. Aroma is inviting, with a healthy amount of lightly sweet chocolate and cocoa wafting about. The body is somewhat less than medium, and it's more prickly than expected.
Taste also goes chocolate, though it's much less sweet than the aroma suggests. It's more like dark choco, with some bitterness, plus a bit of roasty action. Also has a hint of caramel before finishing with a subtle, floral hop finish. Thnx, Todd Craig! Prosit!!
3.8/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
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Reviewed by mvanaskie13 from Pennsylvania
3.94/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured into a pint glass: color is dark brown near black, head is light tan with fine bubbles, head presents 1/2 inch thick then dissipates to a thin top and some lacing.
Smell is pretty neutral at first, as it warms cocoa flavors are brought forward, lighter sweet malt.
Taste is similar with light sweet cocoa, lighter bitterness from the chocolate, some light caramel malt, toast, roasted malts. Good flavor.
Mouthfeel is moderate, with good carbonation and crisp bitterness with light lingering sweetness.
Overall a very good beer with great chocolate flavor and good stout backbone.
Nov 13, 2017Smell is pretty neutral at first, as it warms cocoa flavors are brought forward, lighter sweet malt.
Taste is similar with light sweet cocoa, lighter bitterness from the chocolate, some light caramel malt, toast, roasted malts. Good flavor.
Mouthfeel is moderate, with good carbonation and crisp bitterness with light lingering sweetness.
Overall a very good beer with great chocolate flavor and good stout backbone.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.66/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap pour at Red Robin, Hershey, PA The appearance has a dark brown/black body yields an off-white/tan one finger head, lotsa light sediment floating around, light tan lacing slides down. The smell has deep dark chocolate, light coffee and malts come out once the beer warms a bit. The taste is mainly sweet through the chocolate, coffee becomes practically non-present in the taste. The palate is about a medium, comes across sweet and creamy, and has a sweet sticky aftertaste, dry finish, not as sessionable. Overall, this was perhaps closer to a milk/sweet stout because of the sweet complexities that come out in it, however, this was still a good beer that impressed me as I found as I got to the bottom of this one that was real chunks of chocolate floating around. I’d probably get this one again as a dessert.
Jun 29, 2017Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.04/5 rDev -20.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev -20.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
12oz bottle into a pint glass. no freshness dating.
first off, this one was a bit lively when i poured it, and i lost half of it to overflow.
black and brown body. small tan head. some lacing. a lot of sediment laying on the bottom of the glass.
aroma seemed a bit off. quite heavily roasted malt, no chocolate notes.
again, mostly heavily roasted malt on the taste, no chocolate.
mouth a bit above medium, slightly burnt and bitter on the finish.
overall, possibly a off bottle, but i didnt much care for this. will re-review if i have again and its greatly different.
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Jun 23, 2017first off, this one was a bit lively when i poured it, and i lost half of it to overflow.
black and brown body. small tan head. some lacing. a lot of sediment laying on the bottom of the glass.
aroma seemed a bit off. quite heavily roasted malt, no chocolate notes.
again, mostly heavily roasted malt on the taste, no chocolate.
mouth a bit above medium, slightly burnt and bitter on the finish.
overall, possibly a off bottle, but i didnt much care for this. will re-review if i have again and its greatly different.
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Reviewed by Dodo2step from Pennsylvania
3.51/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A- black with a quarter finger brown head that leaves a wavy lacing on the pint.
S- cocoa powder and chocolate malt
F- dark chocolate with sweet cocoa powder. Malts are bitter.
M- lingering chocolate malts with a coating of cocoa powder.
O- an average chocolate stout. not as sweet as i would like but average nonetheless.
Feb 18, 2017S- cocoa powder and chocolate malt
F- dark chocolate with sweet cocoa powder. Malts are bitter.
M- lingering chocolate malts with a coating of cocoa powder.
O- an average chocolate stout. not as sweet as i would like but average nonetheless.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.9/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a black color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of chocolate, coffee. Taste is the same, coffee, chocolate, neither is overpowering, some smoke, mild bitterness at the finish. Feels creamy in the mouth and overall is a smooth and tasty stout worth trying.
Aug 08, 2016Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
3.73/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.73/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On tap.
A - Pitch black pour with a thin toffee lacing ring and chunks of light colored yeast falling into the glass from the bottom of the bottle.
S - Smokey, charcoal, roasted and burnt chocolate.
T - Dark roasted chocolate and smokey burnt presence. Permeated with dark chocolate roast.
M - Light medium body, lingering chocolate roast sweetness and bitterness.
O - A decent, easy drinking stout.
Jul 19, 2016A - Pitch black pour with a thin toffee lacing ring and chunks of light colored yeast falling into the glass from the bottom of the bottle.
S - Smokey, charcoal, roasted and burnt chocolate.
T - Dark roasted chocolate and smokey burnt presence. Permeated with dark chocolate roast.
M - Light medium body, lingering chocolate roast sweetness and bitterness.
O - A decent, easy drinking stout.
Chocolate Avenue Stout from Appalachian Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
86 ratings
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