Sexual Chocolate - Foothills Brewing Company

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700 Ratings

rAvg: 4.13
pDev: 12.59%
Reviews: 401
Hads: 299

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Foothills Brewing Company

North Carolina, United States

Style | ABV
Russian Imperial Stout | 9.75% ABV

Availability: Winter. bottle (282), on-tap (89), growler (27), cask (3).

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Reviews by Drazzamatazz:

Drazzamatazz

Maine

4/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

2010 bottle shared last night at a stout tasting.

A: Pours really dark with a nice mocha cap even in my tasting glass. Tons of body on this one, just coats the glass as I swirl away.

S: First and foremost if the chocolate, nice bitter dark chocolate gets pushed to the front by the deeply roasted grains while dark fruit notes float in and out of the mix.

T: I'm getting a lot of chocolate still, as expected, but the cocoa nibs really gave this some nice sweet dark fruit flavors that get brought into balance with the bitter cut. An almost herbal/mineral flavor can be found in the finish. Flavors definitely hang with this one.

M: Medium bodied with carbonation to match, I think a year did this one some good. Body seems spot on with some nice warmth but no real "heat" to speak of.

D: I may now have to seek out the barrel aged version. After getting my bottle last year I was thinking it might actually fall into the over-hyped camp, but considering what I gave up for it I'm very pleased. It really stood out against all the other stouts.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2011 18:01:43 | More by Drazzamatazz

More User Reviews:

Treebs

Illinois

3.9/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22 oz bottle served in a Deschute snifter. Thanks to rnorgart for the bottle. Bottled February 2013.

A: Pours a dark black color with a dark tan head forming on the pour. It recedes to a thin cap that leaves some stick lace down the glass.

S: Smokey with a slight char. Heavily roasted malts with some unsweetened chocolate.

T: Heavily roasted malts with some bitter bakers chocolate. Dark chocolate with some smokiness as well.

M: Medium to heavy bodied with a medium carbonation level. Roasty finish.

O: This was a nice RIS with a light dash of smoke underneath. Would enjoy again, but not in the upper echelon of RIS's.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 14:34:54 | More by Treebs

kbuzz

Pennsylvania

4.25/5 rDev +2.9%

05-19-2013 01:22:40 | More by kbuzz

HoppyKilaMonster

Pennsylvania

4/5 rDev -3.1%

05-18-2013 07:31:45 | More by HoppyKilaMonster

hsaye

North Carolina

4.5/5 rDev +9%

05-17-2013 18:29:13 | More by hsaye

michaeljstraub

Georgia

4/5 rDev -3.1%

05-16-2013 20:03:52 | More by michaeljstraub

leftstagebrew

North Carolina

4.5/5 rDev +9%

05-16-2013 14:57:29 | More by leftstagebrew

cp45

New Jersey

4.75/5 rDev +15%

05-14-2013 02:24:40 | More by cp45

midlifec

Michigan

4/5 rDev -3.1%

05-12-2013 23:25:08 | More by midlifec

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

4/5 rDev -3.1%

05-12-2013 18:55:27 | More by Bonko_the_sane

Daktah

North Carolina

4.25/5 rDev +2.9%

05-09-2013 12:47:07 | More by Daktah

STEG

New York

4.25/5 rDev +2.9%

05-08-2013 01:44:43 | More by STEG

gueuzegossage

California

3.75/5 rDev -9.2%

05-04-2013 16:41:45 | More by gueuzegossage

uncccegr

North Carolina

4.75/5 rDev +15%

05-02-2013 00:38:08 | More by uncccegr

Axnjxn

North Carolina

4.15/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Had on tap at Sam's Quik Shop in Durham.

Pours a pitch black color with absolutely no head. Smell is chocolate (of course!) though not overwhelmingly so. moderate malty scents. Taste is more of the same, though much more apparent. Its got the typical RIS style taste - dark roasted malts with chocolate and heavy alcohol taste. Holds true to the style here. It's THICK, as you'd expect from the style. It's very full bodied though goes down smooth and easy.

Overall not a world class RIS though definitely above average. Gets a bit too much hype that wouldn't be there if this weren't so rare.

Serving type: on-tap

04-29-2013 23:05:40 | More by Axnjxn