Whoa. Most chocolate stouts have a hint of chocolaty scent when you open the bottle. This one has more than a hint. I couldn't smell beer. I could only smell chocolate. I gave it a moment to kind of air out a bit and smelled it again... still, just chocolate.
This one has one of the strangest mouthfeels I've ever gotten from a beer before. It feels like it coats your mouth in a thin layer of cocoa as it's going down. It's quite strange. The taste itself isn't very strong, nor is there a strong aftertaste. It's got the typical darkness and flavor of a stout, and the overwhelming scent of chocolate, with a washing of chocolate as you swallow.
Once I got a small part of the bottle down, I could start to actually smell beer over the chocolate. I wouldn't list this as my favorite chocolate and/or imperial stout, but it's certainly worth experiencing. And good enough that I may buy it again. I'm really starting to like this company, I have yet to find a beer by them that I didn't consider to be at least good, if not very good. Although I did just buy one that I may try another night that just strikes me as downright strange. They made a variant of their 'Loose Cannon' IPA that is a bit of an oxymoron.
This one has one of the strangest mouthfeels I've ever gotten from a beer before. It feels like it coats your mouth in a thin layer of cocoa as it's going down. It's quite strange. The taste itself isn't very strong, nor is there a strong aftertaste. It's got the typical darkness and flavor of a stout, and the overwhelming scent of chocolate, with a washing of chocolate as you swallow.
Once I got a small part of the bottle down, I could start to actually smell beer over the chocolate. I wouldn't list this as my favorite chocolate and/or imperial stout, but it's certainly worth experiencing. And good enough that I may buy it again. I'm really starting to like this company, I have yet to find a beer by them that I didn't consider to be at least good, if not very good. Although I did just buy one that I may try another night that just strikes me as downright strange. They made a variant of their 'Loose Cannon' IPA that is a bit of an oxymoron.
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