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CocO Chocolate Stout
West O Beer
- From:
- West O Beer
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #378 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #13,606 - Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 9.39%
- Reviews:
- 35
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 28, 2023
- Added:
- Nov 15, 2014
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 23
Real cocoa nibs, bourbon vanilla beans, imported sugar and caramel malt all combine for a complex, yet balanced milk stout. Alongside the mild chocolate flavor you'll find hints of vanilla, oats, and subtle coffee.
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Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4.03/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz can canned 7/12/23 into a tulip glass.
L: Pours black with a 1/4" khaki puffy head that goes to a thick skin then recedes to edge foam, low carbonation, medium skeletal lacing.
S: Light chocolate, dark roasted caramel malts, vanilla. With warming prunes & more dark fruit aromas emerge.
T: Taste follows aroma with notes of dark fruits, brown bread crust, a touch of coffee, light char, dark berries, a note of citrus, zest, background grains. It is moderately sweet and has a lightly floral finish with a gently bitter linger.
F: Fairly smooth medium heavy body leaning more towards medium with a medium length lightly dry finish.
O: Very tasty and quite easy drinking. There are no challenging tastes and cocoa is light. Very well balanced and finishes nicely. It is simple and is very good in its style.
Oct 28, 2023L: Pours black with a 1/4" khaki puffy head that goes to a thick skin then recedes to edge foam, low carbonation, medium skeletal lacing.
S: Light chocolate, dark roasted caramel malts, vanilla. With warming prunes & more dark fruit aromas emerge.
T: Taste follows aroma with notes of dark fruits, brown bread crust, a touch of coffee, light char, dark berries, a note of citrus, zest, background grains. It is moderately sweet and has a lightly floral finish with a gently bitter linger.
F: Fairly smooth medium heavy body leaning more towards medium with a medium length lightly dry finish.
O: Very tasty and quite easy drinking. There are no challenging tastes and cocoa is light. Very well balanced and finishes nicely. It is simple and is very good in its style.
Reviewed by Jeff-Iowa1 from Iowa
4.04/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is a great go to beer and can get it at several locations in central Iowa on tap. When on Nitro it adds a .25 point to it as a 6% Stout it pulls alot of flavor. A great session beer.
Jan 28, 2021Rated by Gipsy_Danger from Colorado
3.04/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.04/5 rDev -22.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
More toast than cocoa. Thin mouth feel.
Apr 29, 2020Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.25/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/11/2019. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of bourbon, coffee, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malts, oats, cocoa, bourbon vanilla, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of huge milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread crust; with lighter notes of bourbon, coffee, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Mild herbal, grassy, peppery hops; and roast, char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, coffee, light smoke/char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, oats, cocoa, bourbon vanilla, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; with a solid hop/roast bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying/acrid flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/velvety/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is a fantastic English milk stout! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malts, oats, cocoa, bourbon vanilla, lactose, and light fruity yeast/earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish; amazingly soft/silky feel. Amazingly rich malt complexity; with balanced lactose, cocoa, and bourbon vanilla bean flavors; and just enough earthy hops to balance sweetness. A highly enjoyable offering, and amazing style example. Definitely one of the best mid/lower ABV milk stouts I have had.
Apr 28, 2019
CocO Chocolate Stout from West O Beer
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
127 ratings
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