Morning Chores Chocolate Coffee Stout
Bent Hill Brewery

 

 

Ended up being poured into a snifter due to ABV telling me most likely this is an imperial stout.
The appearance was a beautiful looking dark brown close to black color topped with a tan foamy finger's worth of head. Light concave lace wisping around the glass.
The aroma seemed to mesh entirely between milk and dark chocolate tones to sweet, dark and roasty coffee bean tones. Slight grainy sweetness with some toast, ash/char and some bitter chocolate nibs closer to the back end.
The flavor leaned towards a bitter to roasty then sweet and toasty meshing of dark and milk chocolates rolling into sweet and toasty malts, some coffee but quaint fluffy chocolate coated marshmallow. Aftertaste was quick with some dark and milk chocolate layers, sweet, roasty, toasty, powdery yet fluffy.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt appropriate. Finish was roasty with a substantial toasty to sweet and bitter mentality pulling slightly fluffy marshmallow-like character, slight stickiness.
Overall, nice imperial coffee stout with other things going on. I'd bang again.

16 oz. can.
Moderate pour yields a 3/4 inch tan head over a near black body with some nice lacing. Nose of faint chocolate and faint coffee, but as it warms the aromas come forward and smell rating goes up .50. I get milk chocolate on the nose with a fine coffee aroma as well. Taste mirrors nose now exhibiting flavors of bitter chocolate and a very nice coffee from Carrier Roasting from Northfield, Vermont. Nice bitter chocolate, coffee, and hops on the finish. Nice feel and overall, a very smooth and pleasant experience in a 7.0% stout. Cheers!