Chocolate Stout
The Fort Collins Brewery

 

 

 

Neat label but otherwise a pretty straightforward, unexceptional stout. It did not bring the chocolate notes forward that I expected given the name. In fact, it seemed to be just a plain, normal, slightly watery-in-the-finish American stout. No harm done, but not as exciting as a lot of stouts. Dark, dark color, decent head, nose not outstanding, just typical stout malt & hops. The same for the flavor, with some of the more complex and bitter notes in some stouts not present here. Drank 26 July 2016.

 

 

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10/22/2014
Aroma: coffee,chocolate, brown sugar, toasted malt.Appearance: dark black, creamy off white head. Taste. Malty. Coffee. Ash. Acid late.Feel. Thin, porter like. Medium carbonation .My kind of beer, but far from the best of that kind.
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12/31/2014
Rating lowered. Aroma is nice, but Taste falls flat.
Very blah for a chocolate stout.
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Dark brown clear body, light tan head that fades to a ring. Looks thin. Nose has mild artificial chocolate and roasty notes, and a root beer-like spice. Flavor is also artificial, mostly chocolate malt and piney mint, thankfully the aftertaste is decently long and has some authentic dark chocolate notes. Sweet. Body is thin with sharp carbonation.
Corner-cutting 'chocolate' 'stout'. Artificial chocolate and weak stout. Good as a no-think dessert beer, but not much else.

 

 

 

Look: Pitch black pour with a brown tan head that leaves quickly.

Smell: Chocolate, coffee, sweetness, but nothing really stands out

Taste: Chocolate, some black olive and very sweet

Feel: Tastes a little watery could be creamier, low carbonation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pitch black, seems opaque. Can hold it right up to a light source in snifter and get none shining through. A little more translucent and brown around the edges as it goes down. Head is fine and creamy and tannish brown. Forms film, but otherwise not the greatest retention. Nice legs, but don't last. Strongest aroma is black olives. There's roasty and sweet stout character here if you care to look for it, but not much for distinct chocolate or cocoa. Olive note is still strong in flavor, but is nicely balanced by very dark chocolate flavor. It's about as sweet as nose would indicate, favoring roast, olive, cocoa, coffee, and smokey tang. Full bodied but on the lighter side of it. Chock full of fine, mellow, tingly carbonation. Astringent, semi-dry.

This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a dark brown color with a nice level white to off white foamy head that dissipated within about less than a minute. Minimal light lacing strings itself around the glass.
The smell had some dark chocolate up front and then a light amount of roasty coffee beans.
The taste was somewhat bitter through the dark chocolate. It seems to allow the roastiness of the coffee beans to be forward in the flavor.
The mouthfeel was about light to medium in body with a light carbonation to it. Therefore, it seems the dark chocolate and roastiness hits a bit more on my tongue in the harshness category, I don't mind that.
Overall, not a bad stout, for a so called "chocolate stout," I'd say closest style on BA is definitely an American Stout, but is lacking a bit in the hops, oh I don't know. Just drink it and be merry, this is good. I'd have again.

 

 

 

 

 

Undated bottle at 42 degrees into snifter
Aroma of bitter chocolate, lasts
Head small (one cm, aggressive pour), light brown, thin and frothy, rapidly diminishing to broken one to two mm ring and no layer
Lacing – none
Body dark brown/black, opaque
Flavor of bitter chocolate, not overwhelming; no malt, no hops, no alcohol, no diacetyl
Palate medium, not watery but not quite creamy, soft carbonation

Appearance 3.75, Aroma 4, Flavor 4.25, Palate 3.75, Overall 4

Served in a globe snifter.

Appearance : Dark chocolate body, 100% opaque. Not quite like motor oil, a shade or two lighter. The beige head forms a finger and then recedes to a bubbly ring. Agitation leads to a more fiery red color and a retention of 1/2 finger, lace is spotty and sparse. More head would have given this beer a higher rating.

Smell : Agitating the snifter yields a high hop profile with cocoa plant, cacao nibs, some dark coffee, almond, and charred malts. All of this is about medium strength. What stands out here is the plant and the hop, and then the coffee note is also pretty dominant.

Taste : Very roasted, very dark, and lots of dark chocolate and coffee. A rush of malt comes towards the end and it finishes out with bitter dark chocolate and malt mix. This is one of those chocolate stouts that uses chocolate as an add-in or a prop-up, not a focus.

Feel : Medium bodied, buzzing carbonation, mild dryness on the finish.

Overall : I enjoyed this one. It's not a stout with fruit or milk or oatmeal. Nor is it an imperial stout. It is a coffee stout with high roast presence and dark chocolate enhancements. For what it is, I'd gladly drink it again.