Organic Chocolate Stout
Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Dry Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.67
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A richly textured and roasty stout with a boost of bitter and charismatic flavor from the addition of fine dutch cocoa in the mash.
Current advertising is 5% ABV
Current advertising is 5% ABV
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a dark brown with a warming tint of red and a tall and very lively light brown head. Ashy, burned malt aroma. Medium body with hard roasted malt and an ashy edge. Not much chocolate feel though. Lightly malt bitter finish. 140509
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2009
at 06:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a little orange glare and a slowly collapsing tan head. Dry chocolate, light roasted and vague vanilla aroma. Mild spiced, chocolate, vague vanilla and roasted malt. Light acidic touch coming through. Acidic and spiced flavoured finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2009
at 12:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with plenty of roasted malt and coffee/chocolate notes. Sweet flavourwith some hard roasted malt, dark bitter chocolate and coffee notes. Sweet and roasted finish.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2008
at 07:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark, almost black beer with a light tan head. Chocolate aroma with light roast/coffee. Roasty, chocolate, malt flavor with backing hops. Medium-plus bodied. Lingering roast, some chocolate, and malt. More hops than expected for a chocolate stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2008
at 23:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours black with light brown head. Aromas of burnt malts and coffee. Similar flavors, not really any chocolate, I was expecting more. Medium to full body with minimal carbonation and a dry finish. Nothing special unless you want an organic beer.
Tried
on 23 May 2008
at 09:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours black with almost no head. Cocoa powder aroma with some sweet malts. Sweet with light bitterness. Average.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2008
at 18:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Poured black with a foamy tan head, no lacing. Faint aroma of chocolate malt. Much bittersweet chocolate in the flavour, along with the malt. Lingering chocolate flavour. This seemed a bit unbalanced on the chocolate side, but it DOES call itself a chocolate stout so I should not complain.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2008
at 23:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
good flavor. dark with little head...has a nutty finish and definite chocolate flavor. i like it...
Tried
on 26 Jan 2008
at 17:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep brown,tan head. Great cocoa dark chocolate nose. Light bodied cocoa taste lightly roasted,undercarbonated. Not a stout, actually a brown ale. For those who say it was black, look again, hold it to the light, you can see through it!!
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2007
at 23:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
This is a 12 oz bottle from Vintage Estates in Boardman. $1.50 per bottle. Pour is quite black, like used shovelhead oil. The aroma is roasty sweet and it has a decent bouquet about it. No head to speak of. First taste is a little bitter but that rapidly fades to a roasty unsweetened dark chocolate flavor. Decent carbonation for a sweet stout. Has that back of throat burnt sensation like the feeling you get when you get meat that has been charred on the grill. Quite an experience. A little too bitter for me if this is a sweet stout but I see now that it is not. Not nearly as good as Bells Kalamazoo or Yards Love Stout. Both of those are certainly more enjoyable. However, better than Lagunitas Cappachino and Youngs Double Chocolate Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2007
at 15:22