8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Dark brown almost black with a two-finger tan head. Aroma is chocolate fudge. Taste is chocolate, vanilla and roasted grains. Rich but delicious.

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Large & in charge deep dark choco pour, thinner tannish head. From the bottle I get a somewhat chocolate nose. First taste is quite mild for a 8% brew, no lie! Yea, and the chocolate is there, quite prominent, not cloying, and not in yer face. No sense of volatile rudeness in this so far. Yes, actually has the taste of dark chocolate cake. I should have waited to taste this with the wifey, I think she'd love it, with the dark chocolate effects and all. Second big swig is the same, a pretty much balanced high alky pastry that is one of the better ones I've had. I don't ink much of cloying pastry beers but this is not too bad. Yea actually tastes quite like the label; you know, most of the the time with beers its like the cover of a book. Don't judge a book by its cover and don't judge a beer by its label. But I must say, this one is on target with the label and it actually does taste like dark chocolate cake. There, you have it.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours almost black with a dark beige head. Milk chocolate, vanilla, lactose, sweet finish.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Black with an enormous foamy brown head. Malty with cocoa, mild bitterness, a bit of roastiness and faint vanilla. Long finish. Medium body.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Chocolate and roast. Some vanilla. Some nut. Bitter finish. With some sweetness. Oily texture. Decent beer. Bottle.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12oz bottle. They kind of nail the chocolate cake flavor, fudgy, chocolate icing tone. At it isn't oppressively sweet like some of the double digit stuff. Not really that desirable of a style for me, but it turned out pretty well. OK, but I wouldn't seek it out or buy it again.

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Just a sweet-ass chocolate cake stout. No more, no less. Lots of chocolate and lactose, and that’s it. If it’s your thing, fine. It’s not mine.

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 ounce bottle from Niemuth's, 5/7/21. Near black, medium tan head, good retention. Aroma of intense chocolate and not much else. Taste is cocoa, dark fruits. Chocolate verges on overwhelming. Overall okay but could use both complexity and balance. 18000th rating!

7

Dark pour. Thin tan. Vanilla and chocolate flavor with sweet cake type notes. Dry palate.