Coconut Blackout
Second Wind Brewing Co.

Pours a dark cola color that sits underneath a bubbly tan head that dissipates like the fog on a warm summer morning.

Quickly.

The nose has a toasted coconut aroma - and coffee. Like lots of coffee. So much coffee that I keep looking at the can and wondering how coffee can’t be one of the listed performers. But it’s not - maybe it’s the dark chocolate combined with the toasted coconut that’s throwing me.

But that doesn’t detract from the really nice nose and the exceptional taste of this beer, which features the roasted coconut and dark chocolate and introduces the vanilla beans. What a delicious treat this is.

But I am STILL looking for the coffee. My first beer from these guys, I’ll be back for more.

 

Aggressive pour yielded a dark motor oil color and a big soft tan colored head. Medium lacing and thin veil
Aroma is roasty as roasted malt and coffee beans. Dark chocolate notes but no coconut to speak of
Taste is like drinking a mocha flavored mounds bar. Coconut and vanilla taste comes out as it warms, chocolate notes are really nice. Not overly sweet.
Mouthfeel is silky smooth, slightly sticky, medium prickly feel and a nice chocolate finish
Overall this is a pretty interesting stout, nicely balanced between sweet and bitter dry. Fairly light drinking and enjoyable.

 

 

 

Blackout imperial milk stout (made with locally sourced 72% dark chocolate) with coconut flakes and whole vanilla beans added

Black motor oil , two finger brown foam cap settles to islands and some lacings, recedes to a ring

Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts , whiff of coffee

Taste of dark chocolate , coconut, vanilla , finishes with coffee and roasted malts

Smooth mouthfeel , low sudsing

Delicious beer