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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer, thin head. Light spiciness with chocolate in the aroma. Taste has a little sharp chilli on the first taste when you take a mouthful but it doesn't dominate and ruin it, letting the chocolate and malt do their thing. Good rich body to it and a bit of everything hangs about for the finish. Really decent.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2019
at 22:34
5/10
Tried
from Growler
on 11 Jan 2019
at 08:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
[12oz can from Beer52] A bloody black pour with a tight beige head; lactic chocolate aroma; sweet chocolate milkshake taste with a hint of chilli on the roof of the mouth; then a drier finish with some bitter chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2019
at 23:14
7/10
Dodatki nie dominuja ale spoko sie je czuje, lekko pikantne, kakao, karmel, jakas palonosc, zboze, smiszna paleta. Smaczne.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2018
at 19:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 355ml can on 5/5/2018. Pours a dark brown with a medium head. Has a modest light chocolate nose. The flavour is very much chocolate, with a bit of caramel and cinnamon. There's a mild chili kick as the moderate hops kick in, but it's by no means unwelcome or intrusive. The bitterness is a touch roasty, and balances everything quite nicely. Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. Rather easy drinking - would never pick it as 9%. A pretty solid, interesting, enjoyable, if unremarkable, impy.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2018
at 05:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can pour into tulip glass from Greg & Jane's Beer and Wine. Appearance is opaque black with lines of sparkle at the sides of the glass, finger-width light brown foamy head with fair retention and trace lacing. Aroma is rich, roasted malt with chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon and spice that provides a little burn to the nose. Taste is initial vanilla and cinnamon, dominated in the middle by chile spice, and late roasted malt bitterness. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with smooth thin texture, lively carbonation with spice that lightly stings the tongue and finish with spice and late roasted bitter. Overall, flavors are all there but could be stronger. A little thin in the body. Not special for an Impy and not the best Mexican-inspired stout I've had, but good.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2018
at 01:38
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Surprisingly mellow for a beer with a luchador on the can. Chocolate's the primary flavor, with slight notes of cinnamon and vanilla on the edges, while an odd bubblegum/banana note percolates in the back end. Peppers add a subtle woodsy warmth to the finish, while the fade grows dry and roasty. Mostly good, except none of it seems indulgent enough to warrant the 9% ABV, and the bubblegum really becomes distracting as the pint warms. Pours a brown-black with a brief beige head and modest lacing. Chocolate-pepper nose is decent, but the feel's thin and lifeless, lacking body for such a big stout. Okay, but okay doesn't really cut it in this style.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2018
at 01:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Village Beer Merchant. Coffee, cattle feed, hint of vanilla. Fl coffee, choc, roasted malts. No chili or cinnamon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2018
at 15:24
7.5/10
Little bit metallic. Tiny hint of chilli, plenty vanilla. Bitter, dark, roasted and chocolatey stout. Very nice, but not great.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Slijterij van Pernis
on 02 Feb 2018
at 23:00
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Shared 12 oz. can. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma of licorice, dark chocolate. Taste is licorice, dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee notes, lactose. Didn't detect either the cinnamon or the vanilla. Finish is harsh. Sounds well enough looking at my description, but it really wasn't that great.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Feb 2018
at 04:32