Chocolate Stout - Fort Collins Brewing

SimplySinister

Florida

3.95/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A - Opaque, letting no light shine through whatsoever. Minimal Carbonation, and very small
(nearly non-existant head. Minimal lacing.

S - Very Subdued. Hints of chocolate, espresso, and barley come through.

T - For a chocolate stout, the taste is very weak. In fact, I think this beer could be considered the first chocolate stout light beer. This isn't to say this beer is unpleasent. In fact, it increases this beers drinkability when compared to so many other chocolate stouts; unlike those, this brew can't be considered a desert beer.

M - The bottle asserts that the mouthfeel of this brew is velvety smooth. I agree. It doesn't leave the aftertaste of many of the oil slick chocolate stouts out there. I guess it depends on what an individual considers the proper mouthfeel for this varity of stout, but I am pleased with it.

D - For a chocolate stout, I have to give this one a five in drinkability. As far as this one is concerned, it's very easy to partake a few more than a couple, if you get my drift.

All in all, the watered down taste of this brew might gift deductions from BAs out there, but not this one. I do think they probably should have included some type of light labeling, though. I can't see giving this beer an A rating by any means, but it is a solid B. Try it sometime, it is interesting.

Serving type: bottle

03-29-2010 19:32:08 | More by SimplySinister

protton

Florida

4/5  rDev +15.6%

06-14-2013 18:42:51 | More by protton

GetTheYayo

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

06-11-2013 05:27:24 | More by GetTheYayo

Spacebird11

New York

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

06-09-2013 04:34:25 | More by Spacebird11

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.61/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance – Pours a nearly pitch black color with a one finger tan colored head. The head fades relativity fast leaving a moderate level of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is of a heavy roasted malt smell mixed with a sweet chocolate/cocoa aroma as well as some sweeter notes of vanilla and some caramel.

Taste – The taste begins with a roasted malt flavor with some lighter dark chocolate flavors. The flavor is lightly sweet upfront with it growing even slightly sweeter as the flavor advances toward the middle of the taste. The sweeter flavors are mainly of a chocolate and light vanilla flavor but have hints of an almost lighter fruit like sweetness and a bit of caramel mixed within. Toward the end a bit of bitterness comes to the tongue in the form of a more earthy and herbal hop flavor leaving a rather roasted, moderately dry and chocolaty flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel –The body of the beer is on the medium side with a nice smoothness and a carbonation level that is rather average. Both are rather nice for the darker flavors of the brew and make for a fairly nice fuller feel overall.

Overall – A rather nice stout with a good chocolate and roasted malt flavor which still maintains a rather easy drinking character.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2013 05:04:44 | More by Darkmagus82

smakawhat

Maryland

3.66/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Poured from the bottle into a nonic pint glass.

A nice styrofoam like looking head, three fingers tall with lots of staying power and a light cocoa cream faint tan color, that clumps and hangs. Body is a very dark dark walnut brown, with a good ability to see some fast rising plentiful carbonation if you look closely.

Nose brings a nice powdery whiff of dark chocolate, but it's fleeting and gives way more to a real nice light roasty malt grain. Good husky big thick grain quality, with a nice mixing chocolate angle. Basic, not varied, but simple and solid.

Palate even for a light stout comes off quite wet still, really doesn't coat well. Grainy tasting finish mixing with a light bitterness of chocolate. No sweetness. Roast character is more akin to a light coffee but with no cream action. Good roast quality with a matching chocolate bitterness.

Overall a nice light chocolate stout, not bad, kind of interesting. I could have this again.

Serving type: bottle

06-07-2013 21:55:13 | More by smakawhat

kjrod20

New York

2.5/5  rDev -27.7%

06-06-2013 18:04:06 | More by kjrod20

beernads

Florida

3/5  rDev -13.3%

06-03-2013 18:12:42 | More by beernads

MatterOfOpinion

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

06-03-2013 18:06:31 | More by MatterOfOpinion

Polarslag

Kentucky

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

06-03-2013 02:36:41 | More by Polarslag

ajtorres311

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

06-02-2013 04:26:25 | More by ajtorres311

aLenwell

Florida

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

06-01-2013 01:09:03 | More by aLenwell

ChrisKayler

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev +1.2%

05-30-2013 21:33:39 | More by ChrisKayler

domnalbrecc

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +15.6%

05-30-2013 16:03:05 | More by domnalbrecc

Liondiscs

California

2.75/5  rDev -20.5%

05-30-2013 11:10:47 | More by Liondiscs

csadkins54

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

05-28-2013 17:46:23 | More by csadkins54

Mojo

Alabama

4/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This beer pours up a deep black with ruby highlights a nice one finger caramel colored head, decent retention, and a healthy bit of lacing. Nose is chocolate, roasted nuts, and coffee, very nice. Taset is sweet up front with notes of malt and cola. Finish is chocolate, coffee, caramel, and nuts. Mouthfeel is very pleasant. Loved this one.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2013 03:29:24 | More by Mojo

abcdefghijkyle

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev +1.2%

05-21-2013 23:48:07 | More by abcdefghijkyle

KYGunner

Kentucky

3.58/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

I love the color of this stout as it seems more radiant than most almost to an opal like finish. A four goes to the color because the body is just weak with loads of bubbles and a thin head.

The scent is nice with dry chocolate highlights, tinges of coffee, light Graham cracker and chalky malt.

The taste is rather uneventful, thin in taste and feel and a touch watery. Roast coffee, dry powdered chocolate and burnt, smoky embers touch the tongue but never really grab you. I feel like there's more to be done here, perhaps an Imperial style to really impress but this is somewhat disappointing.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 22:55:27 | More by KYGunner

dan027

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -42.2%

05-17-2013 02:48:05 | More by dan027

DanGeo

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -6.1%

05-14-2013 11:41:54 | More by DanGeo

sd123

California

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

05-08-2013 02:07:26 | More by sd123

bshiban

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +8.4%

05-05-2013 00:42:13 | More by bshiban

ZEB89

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -13.3%

05-04-2013 22:27:54 | More by ZEB89

tbryan5

Louisiana

3.5/5  rDev +1.2%

05-03-2013 23:13:15 | More by tbryan5