Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout - Brooklyn Brewery

beerme626

Kentucky

3.1/5  rDev -25.7%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Bottle from Good Foods in Lexington, poured into a stout glass.
Appearance was absolutely gorgeous. Thick, black beer, but still with clear, tiny bubbles running up the side. Dark brown one-and-a-half finger head on top. Enticing.
Everything else disappoints. The issue is, that unlike other high-alcohol stouts, this one is so obviously alcohol-y. The smell has rich notes of roasted malt and coffee, but it's entirely negated by the smell of... gasoline. The taste is the same way; rich, full tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee are cancelled out by the alcohol bite and feel. It's not cleverly disguised at all. The mouthfeel is higher because of the pleasant warm feeling.
Overall, a bit of a disappointment. Other imperial stouts, like Old Rasputin and Choklat, are able to cleverly disguise the high-alcohol in the complex flavors. This is binary, and it doesn't work for me.

Serving type: bottle

01-29-2013 04:28:43 | More by beerme626

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Alberta (Canada)

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New Jersey

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3.25/5  rDev -22.1%

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New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -16.1%

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California

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -16.1%

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Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -16.1%

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Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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New York

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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California

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Georgia

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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Australia

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

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Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -16.1%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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South Carolina

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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