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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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle - Pours almost black with a medium sized tan head. It smells very much like dark chocolate with some roastiness. The taste also has lots more of the same with the chocolate almost overdone. It’s medium bodied, lightly carbonated, and goes down smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2007
at 22:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Very dark brown pour topped with a smaller tan head. Nice lacing. Nose is roasty and light cocoa, taste is the same. The bittersweetness and cocoa flows well with the mild roasted malt notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2007
at 22:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pour is dark brown, kinda syrupy as it pours and not much going on in terms of head or carbonation. A little bit of scummy looking small bubbles on the surface, but that’s it. Aromas are quite pleasant, of chocolate malt, with a bit of a smokey peat presence lingering in the background. That said, the smells are a little subtle. Flavor is heavy of roasted malt... the smoke/peat comes through strong, too. The cocoa is definitely present, but the other flavors seem to take center stage. Comes off as a bit watery/weak and doesn’t finish strong, which is a shame.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2007
at 21:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12oz Bottle Pours out a nice black topped with a great tan head. A nice aroma of roast and some chocolate. Not to bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2007
at 21:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Black colour with a light brown head. Aroma is hop, chocolate, coffee. Flavour is hop, chocolate, coffee, dry, roastiness. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2007
at 00:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. It pours a deep brown, almost black, with a reddish hue, and it looks clear, with a dense tan head. Coffee, chocolate, roastiness, cigarette-smoke and cola in the aroma. The flavor has cocoa, chocolate, roasted malt, tobacco-smoke and a little dryness. Drying, full-bodied mouthfeel and a very chocolate-like finish. A lovely organic beer. (070119)
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2007
at 14:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz bottle. Dark red-brown body with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee. Flavor is slightly roasted chocolate and a bit spicy bitter hop. Bitter in the aftertaste. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2007
at 14:34
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Poured black with tall light brown head. It has a chocolate aroma along with slight oxidation and molasses like malt sweetness. The taste starts off with tart roasted malts, tart chocolate malts, tart burnt malts, tart coffee and nothing to really even out the overall tartness. This beer misses the mark for me much like the majority of over priced organic brews I’ve tried.
Tried
on 04 Feb 2007
at 17:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle; nose features coffee, chocolate, and roasty aromas; Transparent dark walnut brown with a small tan head; flavor shows lots of coffee, some bittersweet cocoa, and a bitter hop finish in a reasonbly thick body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2006
at 18:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep dark stout with a thick moka head. Light roasted coffee and smooth milk chocolate in aroma, with light alcohol. In mouth, a light roasted chocolate malt, with light bitterness, a bit short in mouth. Medium bodied. Enjoyed with the Mtl Crew Sept. 9, 2006.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2006
at 22:34