Old Black Boot
Chelsea Brewing Company
- From:
- Chelsea Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.53 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 20, 2004
- Added:
- Feb 20, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by Weissenheimer from New Jersey
4.53/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.53/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Amid the hubbub of Blind Tiger's "Vermont Beer & Cheese Festival" I noticed the Chelsea handle sticking up from one of the cask pumps. Boy, am I glad I did. This blend of three vintage Chelsea stouts ain't from Vermont, but as far am I'm concerned Old Black Boot steals the show.
Served in a tulip glass, this stout arrives with a big, frothy head which is somewhere between the color of hot chocolate and molasses. As the bubbles burst the head appears to slowly sizzle away. The liquid itself is a completely opaque black. Oily, sparsely spotty lacing remains on the glass as I drink. The rather faint scent is of dark chocolate and some hops.
I take a sip and every other stout I've tasted drops a notch in my estimation. It's like drinking dark chocolate without the unpleasant bitterness. Smooth, foamy and wonderful, this beer has a slight undercurrent of butterscotch behind its creamy chocolatiness. It's so good that it breaks my heart to think that this will be one of my last glasses. I hope Chris makes more stuff like this soon. In the meantime, I plan to enjoy as much of this lone cask as I can.
Feb 20, 2004Served in a tulip glass, this stout arrives with a big, frothy head which is somewhere between the color of hot chocolate and molasses. As the bubbles burst the head appears to slowly sizzle away. The liquid itself is a completely opaque black. Oily, sparsely spotty lacing remains on the glass as I drink. The rather faint scent is of dark chocolate and some hops.
I take a sip and every other stout I've tasted drops a notch in my estimation. It's like drinking dark chocolate without the unpleasant bitterness. Smooth, foamy and wonderful, this beer has a slight undercurrent of butterscotch behind its creamy chocolatiness. It's so good that it breaks my heart to think that this will be one of my last glasses. I hope Chris makes more stuff like this soon. In the meantime, I plan to enjoy as much of this lone cask as I can.
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