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Hot Chocolate Stout
Ellicottville Brewing Co.
- From:
- Ellicottville Brewing Co.
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.41 | pDev: 22.58%
- Reviews:
- 5
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 24, 2018
- Added:
- Jul 27, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
Brewed with chocolate malts and a touch of ghost pepper for a rich and satisfying Stout. Lusciously creamy, perfectly spicy, and pores dark with notes of vanilla, cinnamon and spice. Finishes warm and tingling
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Ratings by stubbzz04:
Reviewed by stubbzz04 from New York
2.43/5 rDev -28.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.43/5 rDev -28.7%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Pours like a straight black cola and honestly almost tastes like one. Head disappears almost instantly. Ghost pepper kick is interesting but not necessarily a turn off.
Not really sure where the profile of hot chocolate comes in. It’s got heat, but really no chocolate for me. So hot Coca Cola milk? Can’t say I’m a fan
Feb 16, 2018Not really sure where the profile of hot chocolate comes in. It’s got heat, but really no chocolate for me. So hot Coca Cola milk? Can’t say I’m a fan
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by HorseheadsHophead from Colorado
3.33/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.33/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Comes in a pitch black color with a small bubby brown head that quickly fizzes away. A thin ring remains at the outer edges, leaving some spotty lacing.
Smells like ghost pepper. Fruity aspects of the pepper as well as spicy. Cherry, dried blackberry, raspberry. Black pepper. Heat. Dark chocolate. Roasted malt. Cola.
Milk chocolate candy and cola upfront. Toast and burnt grains. Slightly ashy. Black pepper. Chipotle. Hints of cherry. Dried pepper aspects, but zero heat. Just a tingling sensation on the tongue.
The feels is really thin and watery. Highly carbonated, so it moves quickly on the palate, but there is like no body. It drinks like soda.
This beer really caught my eye with its use of ghost pepper, but the beer itself is disappointing. Almost completely flavorless. I wouldn't recommend it.
Feb 22, 2018Smells like ghost pepper. Fruity aspects of the pepper as well as spicy. Cherry, dried blackberry, raspberry. Black pepper. Heat. Dark chocolate. Roasted malt. Cola.
Milk chocolate candy and cola upfront. Toast and burnt grains. Slightly ashy. Black pepper. Chipotle. Hints of cherry. Dried pepper aspects, but zero heat. Just a tingling sensation on the tongue.
The feels is really thin and watery. Highly carbonated, so it moves quickly on the palate, but there is like no body. It drinks like soda.
This beer really caught my eye with its use of ghost pepper, but the beer itself is disappointing. Almost completely flavorless. I wouldn't recommend it.
Reviewed by kruggiero from New York
1.77/5 rDev -48.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.77/5 rDev -48.1%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
I generally like EBC but unfortunately I felt this try was a miss. I sent it back after a few sips. Very little chocolate flavor for a "hot chocolate stout" and I found the pepper to be overwhelming. It actually had a burn to it which I did not enjoy.
Feb 18, 2016Rated by rabbi72 from New York
4.65/5 rDev +36.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +36.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Nice burn on the finish, my only complaint is that's it's not currently being bottled.
Jan 24, 2016Reviewed by Morey from Pennsylvania
3.55/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer looks so dark in the glass, with a dark brown head. But then the taste and mouthfeel disappoint. Not nearly as thick as chewy as it looks. Peppers are on the back end, but get to be just a bit much as you get towards the end of your glass. Still good, but has potential to be better in my opinion.
Feb 05, 2015Reviewed by goblue3509 from Pennsylvania
3.84/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +12.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a dark cola brown color with no light at the edges and a thick brown color head which recedes to skim. The aroma is of cocoa. The taste is of milk chocolate with a hint of marshmallows and then a Chile flavor and burn at the end. The mouth feel is creamy and hot at the end. Overall it was an enjoyable beer. A good beer to try if you see it.
Jul 27, 2014
Hot Chocolate Stout from Ellicottville Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
17 ratings
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