Achocolypse
Prescott Brewing Company

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From:
Prescott Brewing Company
 
Arizona, United States
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 12.28%
Reviews:
19
Ratings:
81
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 02, 2021
Added:
Mar 06, 2011
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  20
A delicate blend of dark and bitter chocolates infused into a classic Porter. This beer has been in development for over 3 years until the brewers hit perfection.

29 IBU
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Ratings by snilsen13:
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Reviewed by snilsen13 from Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -23.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12 oz can and on tap.
This is an interesting beer, for sure. It has a super enormous malted chocolate smell and taste. This is like Shake on steroids. By no means should you skip out on tasting this, you'll love it or hate it. So my 50/50 overall.

If they made it 9% and gave it more body to match, I think this could be epic. However, Young's Double Chocolate beats this by a mile because this currently lacks refinement. It's just super gutsy.
Apr 27, 2016
More User Ratings:
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Rated by SDShearer

4.95/5  rDev +26.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
What can I say, it's chocolicous!
Dec 02, 2021
 
Rated: 3.74 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Feb 28, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by jft944 from Tennessee

Sep 26, 2019
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.73/5  rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Got in a trade with AZBeerDude72. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 9/29/2019. Pours very dark ruby reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of coffee, dark fruit, herbal, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. A bit too fruity/yeasty, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, chocolate, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of coffee, dark fruit, herbal, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery, roasted bitterness; and yeast tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, brown bread/crust, coffee, dark fruit, herbal, wood, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, chocolate, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a nice roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is good. A bit too thin, but not watery. Zero warming alcohol for 5.5%. Overall this is a nice flavored English porter. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, chocolate, and light-moderate fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Well balanced English malts and chocolate flavors; solid earthy hops and fruity yeast presence. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. A nicely enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Just a bit too yeasty overall.
Aug 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.59 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Jun 05, 2019
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Rated by seckela from Oregon

3.92/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
One of the richest "chocolate" stouts I've ever tried. The chocolate isn't subtle in the least bit.
Apr 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.49 by Sayb from Arizona

Mar 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by Irrationalist from California

Jan 15, 2019
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona

3.74/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. can - Sell by 03/14/2019 stamped on the bottom.

Pours black with a creamy tan head. Looks like espresso. Lacing sticks.

The smell is of chocolate/cocoa. Slight earthy touch. Slight roast. Robust.

On the palate, cocoa powder dominates. Cocoa powder lingers.

The chocolate in the taste and feel (it even has a powdery texture) is more like cocoa powder than chocolate. It's decent, but seems one-dimensional cocoa powder after a bit.
Jan 02, 2019
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Reviewed by DefenCorps from Oregon

2.71/5  rDev -30.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Can from the Whole Foods in Sedona.

A very dark brown with a thin beige head that falls off rapidly leaving little lacing, this looks decent. The nose is sweetened chocolate syrup with milk chocolate and sugar along with a mild roast note. The chocolate character is mildly fake. On the palate, this is sweet but thin with fake chocolate along with a mild roast, a little coffee. The mid-palate is fatty and rancid, and the mouthfeel is thin and limpid. Sweet on the finish, this beer is rather terrible.
Dec 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.31 by Chackman151 from Arizona

Oct 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.03 by Sean_02536 from Massachusetts

Oct 21, 2018
 
Rated: 4.24 by ronniebruner from Arizona

Aug 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.16 by sbuck from New Mexico

Aug 01, 2018
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Reviewed by rgk3 from Arizona

4.5/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Smooth, sweet, chocolaty--really good! Perfect dessert beer. I would love to set one of these in front of someone who says, "I don't like beer." There's nothing not to like here--as long as you like chocolate!
Jul 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by robebo44 from Virginia

Jun 14, 2018
 
Rated: 3.3 by TheCrowsEye from California

Apr 28, 2018
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Reviewed by craigbelly from Iowa

4.08/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours dark brown with little to no head. Aromas of chocolat, malt, sugar, and a touch of coffee. Tastes of chocolate right from tge start. Can almost be described in the vain of choc chip cookies. Light hop bitterness with a medium semi sweet finish.
Apr 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.33 by jordanginsberg from Louisiana

Apr 15, 2018
Achocolypse from Prescott Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 81 ratings