Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout - Brooklyn Brewery

yesyouam

New York

4.15/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Rerate - 12 oz. bottle from winter '05-'06
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout pours thick and black with a small brown head. Good lacing and retention. The aroma is a little sweet-- chocolate and salmiakki are present. It is thick and chewy in the mouth. There flavor has mellowed and has a little port wine quality. The salty licorice flavor is up front and the dry chocolate flavor comes at the end of the flavor. Well bittered and well balanced. This improves a lot by sitting around in the cellar!
(rated May 14, 2008)

Previous review (Jan 22, 2007):
This pours frighteningly black. It is a black that the Hubble telescope could not penetrate. It has a brown head that is very slight but can be brought back to life with a little wiggle of the glass. It has the smell of coffee, but not a dark roast. It smells more like Folger's or something. The aroma scatters from there: banana, bubble gum, toffee, brown sugar, alcohol, Coke syrup and... a first aid. The latter is something I could have used after drinking three of these. It has a moderately acidic and salty flavor. It's not the saltiness of sodium chloride. It's more like ammonium chloride. It is full and syrupy with a lively carbonation. The bitter aftertaste persists... as does the hangover. This beer is to be treated with respect.

Serving type: bottle

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