Chocolate Rain
(has 11 batches)

Highly acclaimed variation on The Bruery’s Black Tuesday theme, at Bruery Sucré Tasting in Bruges. Thin, pale greyish beige, quickly dissipating head over a hazy black beer with warm yellowish mahogany brown edges, like Black Tuesday. Complex, intense aroma of bitter chocolate, sherry, fig, shoe polish-like phenols, molasses, Worcestershire sauce, cocoa, beef broth, coffee grounds, whisky, candied cherries, dry thyme and indeed vanilla, but less strong than I had expected. Candied sweetness in the mouth, raisin, candied cherry, hint marmelade, soft carbo (almost flat), thick and oily mouthfeel, thick nutty, caramelly and eventually very dark chocolatey maltiness with a soft roasted bitterness to it, coffeeish, with overwhelming liqueurish alcohol growing to great intensity in the end, as is the case with ’standard’ Black Tuesday; vanilla and peppery hops are there too, but the booze overpowers most other flavours in the very end. A bit over the top for me, like most of these super strong Bruery exclusivities, but seductively rich, too seductive not to enjoy it - this type of beers force you to very slow sipping in small quantities, and in that sense, they certainly deliver what they promise. The moment you cross this border in terms of quantity or velocity, they become very tiring in my opinion, but considering their daring intensity and substantial complexity, I will not take that into account in my rating.

From 750ml bottle. Thanks Constantin! Black color with brown head. Malty aroma, roasted, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, dark dried fruits, raisins, figs, plums. Heavy sweet taste like aroma. Almost full body, silky with soft carbonation.

750 ml bottle. A nice swirly golden yellow wax on the bottle. Pours a jet black color with a initial medium white head that dies down to nothing. A big boozy nose, chocolate and vanilla. The initial flavor is all cocoa nibs, huge sweet chocolate, vanilla, boozy bourbon. Man, this is super hot. At times, it’s like drinking liquor. But the chocolate sort of saves the day. Boozy bourbon, very sweet. Hard to say here. This is awesome, and man it is fire in a bottle.

Bottle @ ZEBF 2015. Black pour. Aroma of strong chocolate and vanilla, nice. Taste is really rich and deep, with full creamy chocolate, vanilla and a gritty mouthfeel in the finish. Awesome.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel Florentin. Thanks Stas & Vova. 2014 bottle, 18.5%. Black. Big aroma with chocolate, bourbon, vanilla and some booziness. Sweet flavor with lots of chocolate, bourbon, vanilla and some alcohol. Full-bodied. Great stuff. Gotta let it sit in the glass for the alcohol to mellow out a bit.

Bottle, Boise imperial stout tasting. Very dark brown, near black pour with a thin brown cap. Modest nose is sweet, vanilla and cocoa hints of bourbon. It’s boozy, but not in a bad way. Rich flavors of chocolate and vanilla. Sweet, but not cloying. Over the top at 19.5% ABV, but really really good for what it is. Many thanks to syndicate for sharing this.

Bottle at tad’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, bourbon, coconut, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, not that boozy.