Bison Brewing Company Organic Chocolate Stout

Organic Chocolate Stout

 

Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Dry Regular Out of Production
Score
6.67
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 54
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
 

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4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3

Big difference between the 6.1% abv posted and the 5% actually in my bottle. The most striking aspect of Buffalo Choco Stout is its thinness-- the watery texture kills what otherwise could be a sippable, if bland, pint. Seriously. This brew has one of the biggest discrepancies I’ve discovered between nice roasty stout flavors and piss-poor mouthfeel. The chocolate abounds on the nose and in the flavor, but, to beat that poor dead horse, it doesn’t matter with a body that’s near-nonexistent. Add some oats, dudes.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2011 at 18:04


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a huge brown head. The aroma has notes of sweet and roasted malt as well as notes of chocolate. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and chocolate, leading to a dry and roasted finish, where the chocolate and cocoa notes lingers.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2010 at 14:55


5.5
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 oz. bottle. Pours pitch black with an ample tan head that dissipates quickly and leaves no lacing. The aroma is almost exclusively bitter chocolate. It tastes like bitter dark chocolate, and nothing else. This beer is thin and one-dimensional. It delivers on the chocolate, but has nothing else.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2010 at 20:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample. Dark brown with tan head. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate and hops.

Tried on 01 Jun 2010 at 03:06


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

11th October 2008. GABF.
Very dark brown clear beer. A bit unfair tasting this after ’Legend of the Liquid Brain’. Toasty malt, no real chocolate. Dry palate. Original rating 2.7

14th May 2009
At Papsoe’s pre CPH Beer Fest tasting, cheers Henrik! Opaque black beer, bubbly tan head. Soft bubbly palate. Rich malt, chocolatey malt with a subtle orange - grapefruit undertone.

Tried on 17 Jan 2010 at 08:07


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

courtesy of ridley One crazy chocolate beer. pours black, thin mocha head. aroma of chocolate malts and cocoa nibs. flavor, roasted malts, covered with chocolate goodness, nibs, light palate but filled with good flavors and a finish that ofefrs a mild chocolate bitterness.

Tried on 12 Jan 2010 at 07:33


6.6
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

Bottle. Short, frothy, brown head, slowly diminishing. Black body. Nice aroma of roasted grain, cocoa powder, chocolate, grapefruit and coffee. The flavor is lightly sweet, lightly bitter and moderately acidic. It finishes lightly sweet, moderately bitter. Tastes of bitter coffee, roasted malts. Some initial tastes of chocolate, but that is quickly overtaken by bitterness and roast. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2009 at 16:30


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville, VA. Pours a dark ruby color with a thin head. Poor head retention and lacing. Aroma is tootsie rolls, coffee and light roast. Taste is roasted malts, light mocha and club soda. Thin-medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2009 at 22:12


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Courtesy of Papsoe
Black color, medium head, beige colored. There is roasted malt aroma, ashes; luckily some alcohol too, that in this case fits well for the balance; light smoke and soy sauce, if possible. Medium strength and body, with a dryish chocolate flavor, burnt malts, light liquorice. The final is dominated by the chocolate, not bad but not exciting either.

Tried on 12 Jul 2009 at 16:52


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 66cl.[ Courtesy of Secret Summer Santa ]. Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, cacao, chocolate notes, coffee acidic. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090514]

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2009 at 09:32