Chocolate River
Trinity Brewing Company

 

Has an aroma of milk chocolate, alcohol, coffee,chocolate liqueur
Taste is similar, milk chocolate is very noticeable. Almost reminds me of yoo-hoo and the thin feel adds to that .

 

 

Trinity Brewing 'Chocolate River' @ 11.0% , served from a 330 ml bottle
A-pour is black from the bottle to glass with a small tan head with no lacing
S-sweet chocolate , coffee
T-chocolate
MF-decent carbonation , full bodied , warming
Ov-if you like chocolate , indulge
prost LampertLand

Black body; thin, light tan head; sheets of foam down the glass. Roasted grain and baker's chocolate aroma. The taste leads along the lines of the smell; cocoa; some dark grain char; sweet overall but with a nice counterbalance of bitterness. Heavy body; chewy and velvety; mild grain husk astringency.

A delightful, flavorful and full-bodied imperial stout. It highlights the soft sweetness of the grains and has no perceptible alcohol heat or taste. Nicely done...

 

 

 

I'm puzzled by the disparity in reviews that I've seen here and elsewhere - primarily because the bottle that I've had is not at all good.

The beer pours with a very thick brown head. It appears to be quite heavily carbonated. I'm a little surprised. I wasn't expecting this from a chocolate and vanilla beer. I'd expected and hoped for something creamy and low carb. Bummer. The nose is strangely bitter. Milk chocolate, this is not. The taste confirms - this tastes like powdered baker's chocolate. Per the description - this beer should taste of milk chocolate and vanilla. I'm getting neither of those.

Per appearance and mouth feel - the beer is heavily over-carbed. Is this bottle infected? It did not gush when opened, and it is not sour. I'm confused. Regardless - this is a highly disappointing beer.

 

 

 

A - Pitch black pour and thin toffee colored lacing ring.

S - Chocolate and cream.

T - Chocolate cream, smoke, light char, bitter chocolate finish.

M - Medium body, silky, and a dry finish.

O - A nice beer.

 

Pours thick and syrupy and sits opaque in the glass with nair but a hint of light at the extreme edges. Gets you excited for what's to come. Smell is chocolate forward but more on the milk chocolate side as opposed to the dark chocolate side with a slight hint of vanilla. Taste is very chocolate and cocoa forward with vanilla bringing up the back end. The maltiness of the base stout comes through in the middle as well. Overall though this is a bit of a chocolate bomb though not in an overpowering way, still pleasant. The mouthfeel on this beer is where it really falls short. Feels thin and too carbonated for the style, not thick and coating as the look suggested. Overall this is a very good chocolate adjunct beer that needs more body to make it truly world class.

This beer should be way higher in rating in my humble opinion. It's possibly the most chocolate forward beer I have ever come across and I've tried a few in my time. The beer is a thick oily jet black, with no light passing through what so ever. The smell is crazy, straight milk chocolate and cocoa, mixed with some slight vanilla notes. I personally don't get any alcohol in the smell or taste. The taste is as follows bursting with straight cocoa, milk chocolate flavor dominating the palate. followed by some vanilla and roasted malt character. I really love this beer and I hope I can find it again. This is truly not something to pass up on if you like a sweet adjunct stout with the main adjunct being a dominating chocolate flavor. Keep in mind this is not like most chocolate beers that capture a bitter, dark chocolate kind of vibe. This is a very sweet, bright chocolate flavor. Almost akin to chocolate syrup. FIND THIS BEER!

 

Damn that was pricie for an old beer.