Organic Chocolate Stout
Bison Brewing

Organic Chocolate StoutOrganic Chocolate Stout
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From:
Bison Brewing
 
California, United States
Style:
American Stout
ABV:
5%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.47 | pDev: 15.27%
Reviews:
301
Ratings:
608
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 05, 2021
Added:
Jan 02, 2002
Wants:
  13
Gots:
  55
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Ratings by BeerHownd:
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Rated by BeerHownd from Georgia

3.5/5  rDev +0.9%

Jan 16, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chipwells from Georgia

Feb 05, 2021
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Reviewed by Nass from Florida

3.55/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
It's does taste like an organic stout, it's thin & watery in the mouthfeel with some dark chocolate in the finish. I'm not big on organic beers besides Samuel Smith & this stout is no exception. It's tasty it just need more of a stout body to accompany that taste anyways, cheers! B
Mar 04, 2019
 
Rated: 2.28 by mholdefer from Alabama

Jan 31, 2019
 
Rated: 2.44 by sweetbrew82 from California

Aug 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by Avatar113 from California

Jan 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.37 by ADKbeerguy from New York

Dec 16, 2017
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Rated by DoctorRobert1969 from California

3.5/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pretty good. A bit watery to me.
Nov 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.57 by StevenMilligan from Florida

Sep 02, 2017
 
Rated: 2.47 by TheBrewsky from California

Aug 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.55 by bb-magic from Florida

Mar 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by mpenske from California

Feb 04, 2017
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Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi

3.68/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
First had poured from 12-oz. bottle, gift from brother, into faceted mug. My first beer from Bison, this beer is rather light in color and body for a stout, but nicely balanced between the roast malts and added cocoa.
Jan 30, 2017
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Reviewed by vladdswrath from Washington

2.78/5  rDev -19.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours like black coffee, with almost zero head. What tiny bit of foam that is there though, does sort of lace the glass somehow. Weird. Aroma is nice, dark roast coffee and cocoa, as to be expected. Taste is dark roast malt with some coffee bitterness, not much in the way of chocolate, sweetness or cream. It's other words it is serviceable, but nothing special. Mouthfeel is extremely thin and surprisingly carbonated, considering how little you see when it is poured. All that being said the ABV is quite low for a stout, so the light body would make this a nice session beer for chatting over, in lieu of coffee.
Nov 01, 2016
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Reviewed by Bierliebhaber3 from Massachusetts

3.42/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours a dark brown, almost black, with a foamy tan head. It’s very malty with almost unrecognizable hops even for a stout. Has a bit of a burnt flavor with subtle chocolate in the background and a very dry finish. The mouth feel is kind of thin and watery for a stout despite the robust maltiness. The chocolate doesn’t come through as much as with many of the chocolate stouts that I’ve tried, despite it having a chocolate smell, and it also lacks the characteristic chocolate stout sweetness as well. It’s hard to tell that it’s a chocolate stout really. This is not a great stout. It is somewhat similar to the Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin that I recently had. There’s nothing overtly offensive about it, but it’s just underwhelming and not very flavorful to an even greater degree than the aforementioned stout.
Jun 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.57 by Kylemif from Oregon

May 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hohnbaum from Kansas

Apr 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.06 by impending from California

Apr 22, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.5/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Almost black in the middle moving towards dark brown towards the edge of the beer, 1/3" tan head on the top. Standard amount of chocolate aroma for such a label, works nicely.

Taste was good, but the mouthfeel/texture was thin for a stout. And I can like a thin stout. But ultimately, this one lacked in the malt characters, it was essentially the adjunct chocolate that carried the way without much in the power train to move it. Bitterness, roastiness and body held in check.
Apr 18, 2016
Organic Chocolate Stout from Bison Brewing
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 608 ratings