Dark Hollow (Chocolate, Coffee, Bourbon Barrel)
Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.57
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at RBESG ’14, day 4 not so grand tasting at Craft Clerko, 10/08/14. Pitch black with a dirty tan swirl and edgework. Nose carries a big coffee blast, java, roast, earthy cocoa rub. Taste comprises spice, light caramel, rich chocolate, roast coffee. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with roasty tones in the close and a little chilli heat. Solid coffee lead impy - me likey!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2014
at 07:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
RBESG, grand tasting part 2
Black with a small tan head, good lacing and legs. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and espresso. Flavors of dark malts, coffee and chocolate
Very nice
Black with a small tan head, good lacing and legs. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee and espresso. Flavors of dark malts, coffee and chocolate
Very nice
Tried
on 23 Aug 2014
at 23:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle picked up at La Atlantica, Satiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain June 2014. Consumed at Cropredy ’Fairports Annual Reunion’ Festival, Cropredy, Oxon, Saturday 8th August 2014 Really smooth the bourbon being particularly well integrated here but there is also a decent level of hoppiness. Indulgent beer with a warming silky smooth chocolateyness and a coffee edge throughout. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov17 4.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2014
at 23:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Dar roast coffee, coca, some barrel sweetness. Jet black with a brown head. Dark coffee roast, dark chocolate, cocoa. Nice and balanced throughout. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2014
at 09:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle Craft Clerkenwell tasting RBESG14. Black beer. Tan head. Good coffee. Ok impy stout. Dry. Good beer. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2014
at 09:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to the cad at RBESG 2014. It pours near black with a dense tan head. The nose is roasted malt, rich coffee, mild acidity, dark chocolate, wood and dirt. The taste is bitter roast, earth, coffee, dark chocolate, alcohol heat, slick, wood, rocky road and earth with a dry cocoa finish. Fullish body, fine carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2014
at 09:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Bottle. Opaque black body, creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, coffee and cream. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately to heavily sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/oily texture, soft carbonation. Taste cocoa, bourbon, oak, vanilla. Cloyingly sweet perhaps because of its age, but this should have held up better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2014
at 04:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. corked. [ As Blue Mountain Dark Hollow Chocolate & Coffee Aged ].Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, burnt - dark roasted, chocolate - cacao nibs, coffee, strong coffee. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark chocolate, cacao nibs, dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140405]
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2014
at 05:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
75cl bottle @ the Fourth Shrewsbury Bottle Share, courtesy of Simon. The finale to a great evening of various, and at times bizarre, styles of beer. A beautifully complex and constantly evolving taste with bitter dark chocolate, burnt caramel and roasted elements.. an enticing, sultry blend. Just wish there was more to delve into.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2014
at 12:16
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Review according to BJCP2008 guidelines (style 13F). AROMA: very complex cocoa, coffee and bourbon barrel aromas. medium alcohol aroma. no hop aromas. APPEARANCE: opaque jet black with a very tanned head. medium head retention. TASTE: complex flavour with cocoa very present, slight dried grapes flavour, coffee and bourbon. medium hop flavour that lingers towards the end accompanied with roastiness, bitterness and slight warming character. balanced malt flavour with medium-high bitterness. PALATE: very-full body with a velvety texture. gentle warmth from alcohol. medium carbonation. OVERALL: a very complex, special, imperial stout with a plethora of flavours, maybe a bit sweet from the added cocoa but nonetheless highly recommended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2014
at 16:44