Beer Review 5 - Black Chocolate Stout
Somehow, I made it out of the store with a bottle of Brooklyn Brewery's Black Chocolate Stout after having only paid $1.70. I will be attempting to repeat this feat on a larger scale in about a week, I think. Hopefully my first impression will not diminish much during the next couple drinks. Imagine in your hands the popular Young's Double Chocolate Stout, only darker and fuller in flavor, not so watery and thin in the mouth, about a dollar cheaper, and covertly weighing in 10.6% ABV (your tongue won't tell you, but halfway through, your belly will). You are holding a Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout.
10.6%. 12 ounces. $1.70. It's close to the alcohol per dollar you'd get from Budweiser, only it doesn't taste like water. It tastes like beer.
I wanted to call this the poor man's Great Lakes Blackout Stout, but they aren't going for quite the same effect - the Blackout starts with a mild hop bite and then smooths it over with luxurious stoutiness, while the Black Chocolate is just a variety of roasty and bittersweet shades all the way through. If it's not the poor man's Blackout Stout, it's still true that the Blackout is the only stout I know of which I would clearly prefer over this one.
Oh, please don't me be wrong about this one. If I get over the three-beer hurdle and still like it, then chances are this one's a clear-cut keeper.
10.6%. 12 ounces. $1.70. It's close to the alcohol per dollar you'd get from Budweiser, only it doesn't taste like water. It tastes like beer.
I wanted to call this the poor man's Great Lakes Blackout Stout, but they aren't going for quite the same effect - the Blackout starts with a mild hop bite and then smooths it over with luxurious stoutiness, while the Black Chocolate is just a variety of roasty and bittersweet shades all the way through. If it's not the poor man's Blackout Stout, it's still true that the Blackout is the only stout I know of which I would clearly prefer over this one.
Oh, please don't me be wrong about this one. If I get over the three-beer hurdle and still like it, then chances are this one's a clear-cut keeper.