Chocolate Sombrero
Clown Shoes in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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Soaring through the air with grace and fury, the Luchador descends. The multi-limbed warrior carries an elegance in the efficient manner with which he dispatches his foes. Plenty of action, style, and glory await you in this Mexican-Style Chocolate Stout. Sweet flavors blossom from additions of vanilla and cinnamon, while a spicy body gets it’s kick from ancho chile powder. Dark malt flavors provide a robust palette upon which one may don the Chocolate Sombrero.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Tasting at Colin and the Vikings, Göteborg. Courtesy of _angst_
Appearance: Dark brown almost black colour with a small tan head.
Aroma: Chocolate, some chilli.
Body: Full body, low carbonation. Oily palette.
Flavour: Chocolate, dried fruit, raisin, caramel. Not much chilli in the flavour, but some in the finish.
Where: Tasting at Colin and the Vikings, Göteborg. Courtesy of _angst_
Appearance: Dark brown almost black colour with a small tan head.
Aroma: Chocolate, some chilli.
Body: Full body, low carbonation. Oily palette.
Flavour: Chocolate, dried fruit, raisin, caramel. Not much chilli in the flavour, but some in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2014
at 23:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle bought @ bierkompass.de. Pours reddish blackish brown with a rather small frothy mocha head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is malty and tiny spicy with roasted malts, dark chocolate, smoked chili, dark roast coffee, chocolate spongecake, vanilla beans, soil and caramel. Taste is sweet, bitter, malty and tiny spicy with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, coffee hard candy, moist soil, burnt wood, hay, salty liquorice candy and hints of red chili and smoked chili. Mouthfeel is round, soft, roasted astringent and medium to full bodied. finish is bitter and malty with roasted malts, burnt caramel, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, smoked chili, hay, soil, burnt wood and liquorice fudge. Really solid spice stout!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2014
at 09:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
65 cl bottle @ home, bottled 22.10.2012
Nice aroma with lots of milk chocolate, some cocoa and coffee. Also some vanilla tones. Flavour has dark chocolate, some non-burning chili and some vanilla after the finish. Also some cocoa powder. Excellent.
Nice aroma with lots of milk chocolate, some cocoa and coffee. Also some vanilla tones. Flavour has dark chocolate, some non-burning chili and some vanilla after the finish. Also some cocoa powder. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 08:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650ml bottle
Bottled 22.10.2012 - Pours pitch black with a smooth light brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, hints of vanilla, cocoa, chili and spices. Taste is smooth, sweetish and roasty with loads of chocolate, vanilla, spices and some mild chili. Finish is smooth, slightly roasty and chocolatey with notes of vanilla, mild chili and spices. Quite nice, spicy and chocolatey stout with a touch of spices.
Bottled 22.10.2012 - Pours pitch black with a smooth light brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate, hints of vanilla, cocoa, chili and spices. Taste is smooth, sweetish and roasty with loads of chocolate, vanilla, spices and some mild chili. Finish is smooth, slightly roasty and chocolatey with notes of vanilla, mild chili and spices. Quite nice, spicy and chocolatey stout with a touch of spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 08:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared by somebody at Mikeys Christmas party
Dark brown with a small beige head and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Flavors are roasty, bitter chocolate, coffee, spices and leather
Nice
Dark brown with a small beige head and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Flavors are roasty, bitter chocolate, coffee, spices and leather
Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2013
at 11:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, thanks Eddan. Almost black with a small tan head. Aroma and taste of chocolate, milk, some light spices, also with notes of alcohol. Relatively weak body and with a light mouthfeel. Drinkable but nothing sensational. The finish was sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2013
at 03:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared with Beersiveknown cheers Steve; black pour with a brown head, chocolate aroma, quite sweet sticky mouthfeel, chocolate taste with roasted malts, the secondary flavours only come through very weakly, the chilli dominates.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2013
at 01:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to timfoolery: Poured a thick black with tan to light brown head. Aroma is strong spice with dark chocolate. Taste is rich dark chocolate with a chile spice bite, very tasty with roasted malt as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2013
at 20:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled, large sample. Dark color, short lasting creamy brown head. Aroma of milk chocolate, vanilla, hint of chili, hint of vanilla, some roasted malts, hint of licorice. Flavor is slight spicy, bit dry, quite bitter from malts. The chile gives a tiny bite, but more a little vegetably hint on top of milk chocolate and licorice. It’s quite tasty, but it seems a bit unbalanced in its flavors. The spice from the chili is not that hot, so that bite is actually quite well balanced, but it doesn’t seem to match completely with the chocolate and roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 12:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Got in a trade with icetrauma. 22 ounce bottle into snifter, bottled on 10/22/2012. Pours pitch black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with great retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, toast, coffee, vanilla, dark bread, light cinnamon/chile, and roasted earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roasted and chocolate, notes; with good strength. Taste of milk chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, toast, vanilla, dark bread, light coffee, light cinnamon/chile, and roasted earthiness. Slight touch of chile heat on the finish; with lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, toast, vanilla, dark bread, light coffee, light cinnamon, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of roasted/dark malt and vanilla flavors; cinnamon/chile notes must have diminished over age. Great flavor robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy and moderately slick mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice imperial stout. All around good balance and complexity of roasted/dark malt and vanilla flavors; and very smooth to sip on. May have to pick up a fresh bottle to see if the chile/cinnamon is more pronounced; but it was still very enjoyable offering otherwise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2013
at 20:16