CocoaDocus - Imperial Chocolate Stout
Staggeringly Good in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
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Layer upon layer of delicious dark chocolate complete this sweet, rich and intense chocolate imperial stout. An indulgent malt base that sits beneath 100% natural raw dark chocolate that was added in stages over several weeks to create a complex dark chocolate flavour and aroma.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12/VII/24 - 44cl can @ Katieโs UK beer tasting (@home), BB: 30/XI/25 (2024-545) Thanks to Katie for the awesome beer tasting!
Cloudy brown to light brown beer, no head whatsoever. Aroma: very sweet and sugary impression, caramel, cocoa powder, malty, grains, hay, some cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very malty start, grains, hoppy touch, more grains, gentle roast, some chocolate, pretty oxidized, cardboard. Aftertaste: chocolate, a bit sweet, more oxidation, cardboard, malty, grains, hay, cocoa powder, bitter, fake ersatz chocolate, not really great, alas. The can with the best label design, had the worst beer in it tonight. :(
Cloudy brown to light brown beer, no head whatsoever. Aroma: very sweet and sugary impression, caramel, cocoa powder, malty, grains, hay, some cow fodder. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very malty start, grains, hoppy touch, more grains, gentle roast, some chocolate, pretty oxidized, cardboard. Aftertaste: chocolate, a bit sweet, more oxidation, cardboard, malty, grains, hay, cocoa powder, bitter, fake ersatz chocolate, not really great, alas. The can with the best label design, had the worst beer in it tonight. :(
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2024
at 21:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 29/01/21. Black with a decent tan cap that escapes edgeward. Nose is rich malts, dark chocolate, light spice, trace of booze, nutty twang. Taste comprises dark chocolate melt, brown sugars, molasses, light spice, kiss of alcohol. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Decent impy ... nice dark chocolate profile.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2021
at 21:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
31/1/2021. Can sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers. Pours black with a small frothy beige head. Aroma is rich, roasted, chocolate, coffee, malt, carob, nut, touch of spice. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Full body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Warming boozy finish. Heavy duty impy stout.
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from Can
on 26 Jan 2021
at 20:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can ordered from the brewery. Aroma has dark chocolate pierced with sharp berries. Underlying creaminess. Dark and glossy. Thick foamy microbubbled head. Medium-heavy bitterness - bitter cacao - with underlying sugary oat creaminess. Boozey bite throughout. As I drink more a berry sour edge develops. Heavy bodied. Thick and oily. Sticky. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long astringent finish. Certainly doesn't scrimp on the cacao or booze.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2021
at 21:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Staggeringly Good Brewery, Portsmouth (online shop). A black coloured pour with a thin beige head which doesn't hang about long. Rich sweet, malty, chocolate aroma. Tastes quite rich, chocolate is initially sweet and creamy but then becomes quite bitter. Decent enough imperial stout but lacking some finesse.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2021
at 12:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black beer, thin head disappears pretty quickly. Hefty chocolate aroma with a bit of toasty malt. Flavour feels like it's got a mix of chocolate because initially it seems really creamy but there's definitely some more bitter dark chocolate flavour in there too. The backtaste definitely leans a bit more into the bitter side and a touch of boozy warmth to let you know it's a 10%er. Pretty good stuff.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2020
at 22:19