Cocoa Psycho
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.71
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Welcome to the world of Cocoa Psycho, a liquid dimension where pure indulgence reigns.
This Imperial Stout borrows from the voluptuary decadence of 18th Century Russia, with its extravagantly smooth blend of crushed coffee beans, cacao nibs and dark malts.
Dig past the infusions of vanilla pods and toasted oak chips and eventually you’ll come face to face with the madness required to make this beer: a kind of depraved logic that would make Rasputin himself proud.
To fully unleash the aromas and bittersweet luxury of this stout we recommend drinking it from a stemmed beer glass before taking a sledgehammer to a Faberge egg.
Malts: Extra Pale, Wheat, Cara, Smoked, Black and Roasted Barley
Hops: Cascade, Fuggles and Goldings
This Imperial Stout borrows from the voluptuary decadence of 18th Century Russia, with its extravagantly smooth blend of crushed coffee beans, cacao nibs and dark malts.
Dig past the infusions of vanilla pods and toasted oak chips and eventually you’ll come face to face with the madness required to make this beer: a kind of depraved logic that would make Rasputin himself proud.
To fully unleash the aromas and bittersweet luxury of this stout we recommend drinking it from a stemmed beer glass before taking a sledgehammer to a Faberge egg.
Malts: Extra Pale, Wheat, Cara, Smoked, Black and Roasted Barley
Hops: Cascade, Fuggles and Goldings
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from BrewDog online. Jet black body with the darkest brown head I’ve ever seen on a beer. Very faint lacing. Aroma of espresso, cocoa powder, vanilla, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavour of burnt toast, coffee, brambles, brown sugar, prunes and bitter dark chocolate. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft carbonation. This is rich, well balanced and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2013
at 14:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Pours jet black in colour, foamy dark brown head that diminishes and aroma of rich chocolate, coffee, roasted malt. Taste is smokey, woody vanilla, roast malt, sweet chocolate, with cocoa and coffee notes and some spicy bitterness. Creamy mouth feel, full bodied, soft carbonation, warming boozy dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2013
at 14:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Pibar, Lausanne, batch 049 bb 10-03-14
This ought to be one of the blackest beers ever had, with the darkes brown head, generous and creamy. The arom aof roasted malts is quite sharp, it reminds me of some Swiss Dunkel from the past, and there is some chocolate and cardboard; glue too; but there are also some nice spices. Good body strength, the mouthfeel is quite lean, and a bit overcarbonated; very strong flavor of roasted malts, then very dark chocolate, evident coffee; quite strong bitterness; it’s a bit salty, with some liquorice, and the alcohol warmth is well perceived.
Very good.
This ought to be one of the blackest beers ever had, with the darkes brown head, generous and creamy. The arom aof roasted malts is quite sharp, it reminds me of some Swiss Dunkel from the past, and there is some chocolate and cardboard; glue too; but there are also some nice spices. Good body strength, the mouthfeel is quite lean, and a bit overcarbonated; very strong flavor of roasted malts, then very dark chocolate, evident coffee; quite strong bitterness; it’s a bit salty, with some liquorice, and the alcohol warmth is well perceived.
Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2013
at 05:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bouteille 33cl, BB 10-03-2014. Noire huile de moteur, col crémeux moka laissant un léger doré sur le verre. Arôme est profond au niveau chocolat le tout tirant sur un pointe tourbe subtile suivi de torréfié. Le café reste bien présent. Palais épais avec ici aussi un malt chocolaté en dominance qui est accompagné par pas mal de grains. Le tout laisse une fin de bouche légèrement amer venant du chocolat La fin de bouche s’accompagne d’une légère pointe de tourbe voire fumé venant probablement du malt chocolaté. Bien complexe dont les 10% deviennent presque de trop au bout d’une bouteille. Le houblonnage quant à lui sert à rajouter un soupçon d’amertume et brève note de citronné.
Tried
on 18 May 2013
at 13:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Imported from my RateBeer account as BrewDog Cocoa Psycho (by BrewDog):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
13/V/13 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Dieter's place - BB: 10/III/14 (2013-468)
Black beer, big dark brown to gray creamy head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: mocha, coffee, dried fruits, vanilla, earthy, lots of chocolate. MF: soft carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: chocolate, dark caramel, chocolate milk, mocha, vanilla, pretty sugary. Aftertaste: mocha, cocoa powder, bitter dark chocolate, bit of alcohol, sourish touch, caramel. Flavour bomb! Good think we could share this with 3.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 18/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5
13/V/13 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ Dieter's place - BB: 10/III/14 (2013-468)
Black beer, big dark brown to gray creamy head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: mocha, coffee, dried fruits, vanilla, earthy, lots of chocolate. MF: soft carbon, full body, creamy texture. Taste: chocolate, dark caramel, chocolate milk, mocha, vanilla, pretty sugary. Aftertaste: mocha, cocoa powder, bitter dark chocolate, bit of alcohol, sourish touch, caramel. Flavour bomb! Good think we could share this with 3.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2013
at 11:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ CBC. Black with small dark brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and strong coffee. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium sweet, little liquorice, little vegetable, caramel, hop and medium bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2013
at 06:37
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[5/4/13] Draught at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. Black with a light brown head. Roasty aroma of coffee beans and cocoa. Pretty bitter flavor with coffee, cocoa and a bit of chocolate sweetness. Medium to full-bodied.
Tried
on 12 May 2013
at 05:23