Choklat - Southern Tier Brewing Company

mattcrill

Ohio

3.53/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Bottle inspection:
11% abv
27 plato
195 lovibond
2 row barley
carmel 60
barley flakes
chocolate malt
Bittersweet Belgian Chocolate
Kettle hops: Chinook, Willamette
Serve in a snifter at 48F...hell yeah! that's a label!

Aroma: Sweet chocolate, a definite hop nose, low fruity esters, and warming alcohol cascade out of the glass. Hops open up a bit as the beer warms.

Appearance: Shoe leather brown pour with a tan head that is fizzy and almost soda-like. Rings the snifter as it fades.

Flavor: Big chocolate flavor up front, milk chocolate, hop bitterness, and some background alcohol. A nice roasted profile emerges as the beer warms up. Finish is dry and clean.

Mouthfeel: Slightly astringent, full bodied, slick, and medium-high carbonation. Leaves a milk chocolate aftertaste on the palate.

Overall impression: A big, bold chocolate stout. I was suprised at the hop presence on this one. I didn't expect it to be so forward given the style and chocolate addition. All sorts of great things going on here (hops, chocolate, good recipe) but they just didn't seem to "knit" together well. Good beer? Yes. Worth they hype? Probably not.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2007 22:36:09 | More by mattcrill

Kendo

New York

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A: Poured into a Stone Imperial Russian Stout glass (sort of a mix b/w a snifter and a small tulip). Body is black. Even half empty, light is not getting through, except around the edges, where there's a brownish-crimson hue to it. A 1-finger chocolatey-colored head is on top but settles pretty fast. No lacing left behind, but I find that's usually the case with this glass.

S: Wow. Choklat is right. Smells of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and a hint of coffee at first. As it warms it's almost all chocolate. Dessert-like and incredibly inviting.

T: Again -- chocolate. Up front it's sweet, more like milk chocolate, but then there's that dark chocolate bitterness -- maybe even coffee-like bitterness -- around the edges of the tongue. I wrote "Battle between milk and dark chocolate. Dark side ultimately wins." That's a good thing because otherwise this would be too over-the-top chocolatey sweet. . . .Some heat from the 11% ABV is noted down the gulley, but incredibly, it's not there in the taste at all. In the end I wrote "like drinking a melted dark chocolate bar mixed in a glass of Yoo-Hoo." That's not a bad thing at all -- unless, of course, you hate chocolate.

M: Very smooth and creamy; doesn't seem to have a lot of carbonation going on, which helps make it even smoother. Body definitely qualifies as heavy.

D: Very, VERY good for a beer of this strength, though I must admit at times I slowed down a little bit because of the chocolatey sweetness. The dark chocolate-type bitterness helps with balance, but a whole bomber of this is a dessert-type sipper due to the chocolatey sweetness. I really debated whether to give this a 4 or a 4.5. Tough call, but I settled on the 4 because this can seem a little too one-dimensionally sweet from all that chocolate.

Notes: The amazing thing about Choklat is how well-hidden the 11% ABV is. Honestly, I really don't taste it at allm, thought the warmth from the alcohol is felt a little bit on the way down. . . . In the end this is a fantastic beer, perfect for a cold winter night near the fire. . . . Forget pairing this with food, this is a meal -- dessert -- in and of itself. Yummy stuff, even if it may be more like a chocolate licquor (sp?) rather than a beer. . . .

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2007 17:49:31 | More by Kendo

Kegatron

Pennsylvania

4.4/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

22oz bottle in a Duvel tulip.

Pours an inky dark chocolate black with at least 3 finger widths of fluffy tan head. This settles down into a handsome foam covering, then a creamy outside ring, and finally just some silky wisps around the edges. I was hoping for a little more retention throughout but it held up fairly well. Aroma is unbelievably strong with the smell of dark chocolate. Much like wafting a warm mug of hot chocolate. I can literally smell it from over 6 inches away from the glass. Not much else shines through although the aroma does feel heavy, probably from the alcohol that is present.

The taste naturally matches the aroma. Just insanely deep with dark chocolate madness. I've never tasted a beer that's so over the top with it. Unlike the aroma, some other notes actually manage their way forward a little bit. Mostly roasted malt, coffee, and a little vanilla. The sip finishes with some burnt notes and hop bitterness that lingers on the back of the throat. Mouthfeel is a beefy, viscous medium that coats the mouth and seems to get thicker as it warms. A tiny bit more creaminess would have surely put this over the top though. The 11% ABV is worn right out there but is covered over well by the other flavors and actually helps beef up the taste. To me, it can only truly be felt in the aftertaste.

Wow, I guess you could say that one's enjoyment of this would probably hinge directly on if they like chocolate or not. I happen to love it, so count me in as a big fan of this new Double Stout. It is WAY over the top with it's primary flavor but luckily the sturdy supporting cast and hefty ABV actually help keep it from becoming too much. Me thinks that Southern Tier has a winner on their hands with this one folks.

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2007 03:55:29 | More by Kegatron

bluejacket74

Ohio

4.97/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

22 ounce (650 ml) bottle. Served in a snifter, the beer pours dark brown with about an inch tan head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Once you smell this beer it's pretty obvious this is a chocolate (I mean choklat) stout. It smells like bittersweet/dark and milk chocolate, with a little bit of coffee too. But this is definitely a chocolate bomb, which is a good thing. The taste is similar to the aroma, and I can also taste a bit of vanilla. There's a great mix of sweet and bitter in this beer. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full. It's extremely smooth, creamy, and a little slick/coating, but also a little bit thinner than I expected it to be but it still has a lot of substance to it. The low carbonation helps make this very, very easy to drink. I didn't notice any alcohol in the aroma or the taste, but you know it's there after drinking it. In my opinion this is easily one of the best beers I've had this year, or ever for that matter. This is the 2nd bottle I've had of this, and it's just as good as the first. Southern Tier has a winner with this beer, hopefully they'll make more of this soon!

Serving type: bottle

12-29-2007 01:50:11 | More by bluejacket74

RocPorterFanatic

Ohio

4.83/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a chilled 650mL bottle into a 20oz. Imperial Pint glass. Pours rich dark brown, like baking chocolate with the smell to match. Its completely opaque. The smell of the Belgian chocolate is instant and takes your breath away. There is no mistaking what you are about to taste. The smell is rich dark chocolate and coffee and its amazing. As the beer settles, there is moderate lacing from the rich coco like head. The 1st taste is exactly what you're smelling....chocolate and coffee with modest carbonation. Simply amazing. Southern Tier, you've done it again. Can't wait for my trip to the brewery.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2007 23:17:20 | More by RocPorterFanatic

Imstillthegman

Delaware

4.58/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Wow. Souther Tier does it again. This is the best Chocolate Stout I have ever had. Extremely smooth and creamy. Any way, on to the review.

Pours out as a thick, pitch black liquid. Dark cream colored head. There is a little bit of lacing, but not too much.

The aroma is fan-freakin'-tastic. Huge chocolate nose. Bitter bakers chocolate, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and some espresso to balance it all out a little. Sweet, yet bitter. Yum.

The flavor follows the same path as the aroma. Rich chocolate, cocoa, malted-milk balls, bitterness from the chocolate or the espresso (hard to tell). There is even a bit of a hop kick in there. Just almost amazingly good. After a couple of glasses the sweetness does start to get to me a little, though. That is the only low point (and a small one at that).

Mouthfeel is velvety smooth and exceptionally creamy. This is one tasty stout. After having it both on-tap and from a growler, I can't wait to crack open a bottle and compare them all. Find it, drink it, enjoy it.

Serving type: on-tap

12-28-2007 15:14:30 | More by Imstillthegman

geexploitation

Indiana

3.85/5  rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours black, with some caramel highlights, and an espresso-foam head that fades to a dusting. The nose is nicely complex, with dry cocoa and milk chocolate, nuts (almonds?) and yeast. On the palate, creamy bitter chocolate flavors with green hop bitterness in the background. Sweet in the middle, and drying chocolate at the finish. Mouthfeel is thick and heavy, with a bit too much raw alcohol bite. Overall, this is a very good result for mixing two things (chocolate and beer) that often don't play very well together. The chocolate flavors are relaxed and well integrated, the bitterness is prominent but not overpowering. Rich and pretty satisfying.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2007 04:00:38 | More by geexploitation

beerphan

Pennsylvania

4.47/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

22oz bottle -> pint
no date ( 2007 )

Pours black with an average mocha head. Leaves some lined lace.

Nose: Chocolate bomb! Chalky milk chocolate, smelled like a Milky Way candybar. Glorious.

Thick slick chewy mouth. Deep roasted malted chocolate malts all over. Some touches of coffee, but this brew is all about the milk chocolate and dark chocolate.

Shared with family at Christmas dinner. The perfect desert beer. Drinkability score reflects a desert beer not a session beer. Best chocolate brew I've tasted from a bottle.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2007 03:09:25 | More by beerphan

drseamus

New York

3.78/5  rDev -11.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3

A: An aggressive pour into my DFH snifter resulted in a jet black body with a nice thick mocha head.

S: Sweet smooth milk chocolate and a touch of vanilla. It smells almost more like hot chocolate than beer but it definitely wants to make me drink it. There is a slight alcohol hint as well.

T: The only flavor that is stronger than the milk chocolate is the dark chocolate. Incredibly smooth and very tasty. The chocolate is almost too strong and overwhelming; I'd prefer to taste something else as well. The bitterness from the dark chocolate lasts into the aftertaste. Overall, it's a bit sweet for me.

M: Nice heavy body, but not thick like some other imperial stouts. Very smooth all around. Ends with a bit of thinness.

D: This is a great beer but is a touch too chocolaty. I understand it's a chocolate stout, but the chocolate is a touch too strong overall and it's a bit too sweet. I actually had a bit of a hard time finishing the entire bottle.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2007 03:38:49 | More by drseamus

tkarsies

Ohio

4.38/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Served at cellar temperature into a pint glass.

Pours nearly jet black with dark brown at the edges only when held to a bright light. 1 finger tan head dissipates to small amount of lacing.
Smell is chocolate, a hint of roasted barley, and a slight amout of sweetness that hints at the alcohol. Did I mention it smells like chocolate?!
Taste initially is sweet with huge amounts of bittersweet chocolate. There is again some roasted flavors, but these are swept away in more chocolate. The alcohol is barely evident in the taste. The flavor is like a beer version of sipping chocolate. Very nice.
Mouthfeel is smooth and becomes smoother as the temperature warms. Minimal carbonation, which is fine by me.
Drinkability is very high...provided you like chocolate. (Did I mention it tastes like chocolate?) ABV is evidence is the start of a buzz but does not interfere with the other flavors. Despite the dominant chocolate, there is enough else going on to make this a beer that is definitely worth drinking. This is my first beer by Southern Tier, and if they are at all like this, I can't wait to try more.

Serving type: bottle

12-27-2007 03:14:40 | More by tkarsies

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

4.22/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Pours jet black, with a brown-ish tan head. In the aroma, sweet cocoa and a small hop, yet very small. In the taste, chocolate and cocoa, and a small hop in the very end. A smooth cocoa mouthfeel and a semi dry chocolate aftertaste. Hides the alcohol completly, chocolate is HUGE in this. Almost like chocolate milk or cocoa, but better.

Serving type: bottle

12-26-2007 21:02:09 | More by OWSLEY069

dreadnatty08

District of Columbia

4.2/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours an obviously pitch black color with a not so dark head, just white of tan, good tracing and it closes to just a cover of bubbles. Aroma is just incredible: tons of Tootsie Roll, vanilla, slight citrus notes, cream soda/malt like flavors. Overall, it smells like a Chocolate beer with a capital C. On the palate, the chocolate flavor is just overwhelming. It is on par with Rogues' Choc. Stout, but certainly the alcohol kicks things up a notch. This is simply dessert in a glass. I'm a little dissapointed with a thinner than expected body, but overall it's a wonderful beer. Finishes with a slight tannic like chocolate flavor. Also, there isn't too much coming from hops or malt, but that is okay in a chocolate beer. Recommended pairing with any sort of chocolate dessert, or as dessert by itself.

Serving type: bottle

12-25-2007 23:07:10 | More by dreadnatty08

Hibernator

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Southen Tier Imperial Choklat Stout
22 oz brown bottle
Served in an oversized brandy snifter

* Christmas Day 2007 *

Pours an opaque black that is a magnificant color. Little spots of sticky lace decorate the glassware. Looks really nice.

Pleasant nose that reminds of freshly brewed espresso, light mango fruit and a box of chocolates.

Yowza, this is seriously rich and flavoful. We're talking Hershey's chocolate syrup with sugary molasses, quality chocolate and vanilla beans.

Reminded me of a Rogue Chocolate Stout & Rogue Imperial Stout combo. Simply a great beer that is complex and smooth with an 11% ABV that is quite well hidden. A perfect companion to a ripping fire and holiday vibe.

Serving type: bottle

12-25-2007 18:19:25 | More by Hibernator

Hautacam

Connecticut

4.38/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Dense, dark , black with just a hint of of a head.
Smells really nice..bakers chocolate, alcohol and coffee.
It's starts out both sweet and biting...super dense roasty malts and a bittersweet chocolate followed by the warming ethanol.Some of the bite may be from hops , but I can't tell...could just as likely be the chocolate. The chocolate flavor dominates...and it's Good Chocolate, too! There is some coffee...Kaluha-type , black Russian thing going on which becomes more evident with warm up.It finishes dry even with the almost syrupy mouthfeel. The body is about as dense as it gets...low carbonation, but enough. A really enjoyable after dinner sipping brew. I'm glad that I had two people to share this with, so I didn't get stupid drinking the whole thing... 1/3 of a bomber is just right. A treat !

Serving type: bottle

12-25-2007 17:42:20 | More by Hautacam

Damian

Massachusetts

4.65/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Drank from a 1 pt. 6 fl. oz. bottle purchased at Liquor World, Cambridge, MA

Poured a near pitch black with a thin, whispy, coffee-colored head that faded to a stubborn ring of lace. Short-lived sheets of lacing trickled down the glass on every sip.

The aroma was amazingly rich and chocolatey. Steaming hot fudge would be the best way to describe it. Possibly some milk chocolate as well. A strong bourbon-like quality also held strong, along with traces of oak, vanilla and molasses.

The taste was rich and complex but definitely darker and roastier than the aroma. Burnt malts came through up front with luscious Belgian chocolate dominating mid-palate. Notes of espresso and bourbon permeated the beverage from start to finish. Oak and roasted malts appeared on the back end with a kiss of hops on the finish. By the drink's end, a touch of alcohol warming came out as well. The aftertaste was chocolatey and sweet with noticeable caramel notes.

Mouthfeel was creamy and smooth with a fine yet tingly carbonation. The body however was a bit thinner than expected for the style.

Drinkability was outstanding. Aside from the fact that the 11% ABV was barely noticeable, Choklat made a terrific pairing with my David Glass chocolate cake.

Southern Tier really did it again with this outstanding release.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2007 22:14:06 | More by Damian

orfeu

New Mexico

4.97/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Profoundly dark. Soot black with an obsidian glistening. Topped by a short-lived light khaki-sand head of foam. Sticky, dense sheets of lacing remain on the glass. Fabulous chocolate Twizzler aroma: big, round, soft cocoa with a luscious milky background, like a snifter full of devil's food cake batter. Assertive and chewy cocoa flavors up front, followed by a muscular black-roasted bitter char bite. The finish smooths out into a slightly earthy hop whimper with a lingering pine-needle acridity. Here, at the end, a bit of alcohol heat shows itself, but only as a reminder. A bit of rugged Chinook flavor emerges in the aftertaste, along with the doughy, sweet chocolate flavor that predominates throughout this beer. Thick, ponderous mouthfeel throughout, but never syrupy or overly heavy. Very dry at the finish, all things considered. An amazing creation -- sort of like Young's Double Chocolate Stout with gigantic balls and a snarlingly bitter attitude. I'll buy up all I can to get me through the winter.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2007 04:03:34 | More by orfeu

JAramini

New York

5/5  rDev +16.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Being a New York State beer drinker, this makes me wonder if the rest of the country knows and appreciates the incredible things that are happening at the Southern Tier Brewing Company. No other brewer has given me more new beers that blew me away in the past year than this one.

According to the bomber, this beer uses:
2-row barley
caramel 60 malt
barley flakes
chocolate malt
bittersweet belgian chocolate
Kettle hops: chinook and willamette

The beer looks like an imperial stout ought to look. Black, with a pillowy tan head that dissipates quickly as it wrestles with the 11% abv brew.

You're not ready for how chocolatey this smells. It's like a mug of cocoa with marshmallows as you curl up next to a roaring fire.

The smell was great, but I wasn't sure if I wanted my beer to have such a pronounced chocolate taste as the smell hinted at. I was worried it would be too sweet and bothersome (like I found their Javah Imperial Stout). Wrong. This is perfect. The sweetness is there, but is never cloying. The chocolate predominates, but it goes down so smoothly it seems totally appropriate and never excessive.

The mouthfeel is nice and thick and creamy, as an imperial stout should be. In the aftertaste you get lingering chocolate with some roasted malt notes. Maybe the hops are there, but this isn't their party.

I don't know what kind of voodoo is going on behind the scenes at Southern Tier, but this does not taste like an 11% beer. It is just far too easy to drink. I didn't notice any alcohol flavor or burn to the beer. Just a smooth creamy dark chocolate shake.

Southern Tier knocked this one out of the park. This feels like a breakthrough beer to me. I don't know what their distribution area looks like, but I think this is one people are going to be clamoring for everywhere. It is a perfectly made beer that everyone deserves to have cross their taste buds.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2007 02:52:09 | More by JAramini

Wildman

Ohio

4.3/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer poured as pitch black with no light getting through that black depth. It formed a huge dark tan foamy head that coated the glass with lace as it subsided. The aroma kind of hits you over the head with malt, chocolate aroma almost like cocoa, and a hint of coffee/toffee. Almost feels more like I am settling down to drink some hot cocoa on this very windy cold night. The flavor was of malt, coffee and chocolate with a slight burnt quality to it. The body was medium with a sweet, yet burnt aspect to the finish. The warming effect of the alcohol present is in the background. A very nice sipping beer for a cold night.

Serving type: bottle

12-24-2007 02:37:38 | More by Wildman

jaxon53

Connecticut

4.55/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Served at cellar temperature, into a Stone snifter, from a twenty-two ounce brown bottle. Poured a thick, spent motor oil black, that not a single ray of light could pass through. You could see the thickness in the pour. Just about two fingers of thick, creamy, coffee brown head formed right up to the top of the glass. Head settled a bit on the quick side, into a pillowy gob in the center of the glass. Some thin soapy lace was left behind. Smell was almost that of a mug of hot cocoa. Nice thick, rich, chocolate chip cookie aromas, with again more thick chocolate. Taste was much the same. Tons of thick, creamy, Belgian chocolate, roasted/toasted malts, and a tiny bit of hop bitterness in the background. Finishes a bit warm with yet another blast of chocolate. Mouthfeel was thick, very chewey, velvety, and full bodied. Very little carbonation made this rather easy drinking despite the 11% ABV. Southern Tier does it again!

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2007 15:55:03 | More by jaxon53

4thoseabout2bock

Illinois

5/5  rDev +16.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Tootsie Roll in a glass
(and not in the Caddyshack kind of way)

This is the best chocolate beer I have sampled.
The smell is fantastic -- chocolate, coffee, roast.

The sweetness/stregth of the imperial stout works perfectly and seemlessly with the chocolate. Smooth -- neither alcoholly nor thin -- but full flavored chocolate. yum. I am a big fan of strong dark beers, and this is the acme of chocolate imperial stouts. (and I COULD drink this all night :)

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2007 15:39:54 | More by 4thoseabout2bock

medic25

Connecticut

4.45/5  rDev +4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Rich black color with a good sized tan colored head. Chocolate/malt aroma. Taste is incredibly rich; roasted malt flavor, with chocolate and a little bit of alcohol. Great warming experience with each sip. The mouthfeel is smooth, and relatively thick in a comforting way. A great sipping drink on a cold December night. My first time trying a Southern Tier offering; I can't wait to sample the rest of the line.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2007 05:22:39 | More by medic25

DrinkinBuddy

New York

4.97/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Southern Tier has done it again, but even better. The black water series is a completely amazing line-up. This stout pours black with a very minimal brown head. The smell is simply amazing I don't want to take my nose away. Tootsie rolls, tootsie rolls, tootsie rolls. What else can I say. Taste is amazing as well, sweet chocotate bomb, as it warms, you can taste a nice earthy chicory bitterness at the front of your tongue, and a pleasant mild hop twitch at the back ofyour tongue. The mouthfeel is great as well, little carbonation with a nice thickness. Drinkability is amazing if you count how easy this is to drink, and disregard the fact that it's an 11 abv. Southern tier has mastered the stouts. Great job ST!!! A MUST HAVE!!!!

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2007 03:01:33 | More by DrinkinBuddy

ommegangpbr

New York

4.95/5  rDev +15.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Ok, these guys really gotta stop doing this. First with Pumking, now this...
I'm having a hard time getting around to tasting this beer because I want to keep on smelling it. If I drink it, I won't be able to smell it anymore.
This is like a combination between Brooklyn's black chocolate stout and Young's Double Chocolate stout... but with the volume turned up because of the alcohol to help carry all that flavor. This also makes me think that Southern Tier's Oat, or something very similar, is the backbone to this, and that the added chocolate is adding that other dimension that I felt Oat needed.
Excellent chocolate flavors along with some added nuttiness, hazelnut at that. Nutella does come to mind when drinking this. The hops in here dry this up enough to keep it from being sickeningly sweet and cloying.
Lusciously smooth with some spikes of vanilla bean flavor...
Thoughtfully made hot chocolate drink comes to mind with this guy.
Food for the Gods indeed.
This beer makes me want to write a very long review.
'nuff said.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2007 04:36:37 | More by ommegangpbr

BeerTruth

Connecticut

4.7/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

22 oz. bottle poured into a snifter.

Pours a complete midnight black which yields a one finger tan colored head that quickly dies down to a few big bubbles. Stickiness is mediocre, some spotty lacing. Smell is of Hershey's Milk Chocolate with almonds and a nice malty backbone. Tootsie Roll sweetness as with a caramel presence in the nose as well. I just can't get enough of the aroma with this one. Definitely a better scent than the Oat. The minimal alcohol warmth prevents this from a 5 in smell. Taste is like no other. Big Chocolate Tootsie Pop flavor up front with a roasted barley presence. Sweet caramel coffee flavor makes itself known as well. How is this 11%? No alcohol flavor on the tongue. Medium to full body with a heavy rich texture. Carbonation is very subtle but enjoyable. Scary how good this beer is. Southern Tier is becoming a big player in the Extreme Beer revolution, keep up the good work guys. Definitely going to see what some age does to this one.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2007 02:36:30 | More by BeerTruth

kirok1999

Ohio

4.38/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours black, some garnet highlights around the snifter, almost no head or lacing.
Smells like a roasty mild chocolate, say a 52% bittersweet. It's not just chocolate, there's some nice roasty malt too.
Taste is all about chocolate, rich and creamy, it is seriously a dessert in itself. Not as dark as KBS; sweeter and milder.
The opposite of a session beer. Needs a special occasion or a particular craving for chocolate. Wonderful to sip from a snifter.

Serving type: bottle

12-21-2007 02:27:29 | More by kirok1999