Bottle. Didn’t open with a bang. Strong chocolate aroma with notes of coffee and some probable toasted malt. Opaque brown/black color with a decent tan head that semi-laced. Medium to full body with strong carbonation that turns creamy. The flavor starts with toasted malt, sour undernote, unsweetened dark chocolate. It’s definitely dry, and the finish is bitter chocolate dueling it out with burnt toast. Some hop bitter seems to come forth towards the end. Quite the drink. Indulgence applies.

Bottle. Chocolate malt aroma - mildly astringent. Dark reddish brown color with small head. Chalky chocolate malt flavor. A bit rough and on the weaker side.

The Indulgence is courtesy of Degarth. Thanks. Pours deep dark darkness with solid mocha head and nice lacing. The aroma is burnt, roasty and chocolate malts. The aroma is so inviting it overcomes the imbiber’s will, forcing an almost hurried quaff. The taste is much like the aroma with rich roasted malts, burnt malts and some velvety chocolate malts, YUMMM. Rich and creamy, an indulgence really. Midway I get a mild metallic note that seems out of place and mildly distracting. The taste ends pretty rich, creamy and rewarding with mild chocolate, dark chocolate and coffee.

an unusual beer. Dark brown color. The aroma and flavor have strong cocoa powder, unprocessed and unsweetened. Flavor has a little sugar, roasted malt, and more chocolate. Rather than some candyish chocolate beers, this one is good for having real chocolate flavor, but sadly, there is an off flavor of metal and blood. Maybe aging will help.

Pours black into a Snifter. Mocha medium head leaves sheet lacing as it recedes to scum surface. Chocolate and espresso aromas. Medium bodied with upfront chocolate and a lasting sour coffee finish. It’s somewhere between a sweet stout and an imperial...and not really sure it knows which way it wants to go.

Very dark brown, nearly black/opaque pour, with sticky tan lace - very rich, belgian dark chocolate aroma, with all the roast, dark fruits, and tobacco notes you’d expect from the real quality examples - I could smell this beer all night - soft carbonation, creamy mouthfeel - the flavor is not as complex as the aroma - dry cocoa, espresso and tobacco notes - very bittersweet - plum, other dark fruits, slight vinous character - the flavor reminds me of eating chocolate-covered espresso beans - slight vanilla, licorice root and woody character in the finish - pretty tasty, but far from indulgent.

Draught tulips at BCTC VIP dinner on 7/20/07
Very large, cascading, molasses-colored head atop a murky coal body. Light lacing left down the glass.
Cocoa and buttercream are lightly noted amongst a backdrop of rich, robust dark roasted coffee that explodes in to a poignant currant/blackberry vinousness. It dosent seem to soften out enough, however, as a stout should. Very highly attenuated, with some phenols on the finish that suggest this could use some lagering yet. Very roasty, dry, with a vaporous, liquor-like vanilla note on the finish. Powerful, but somewhat abrasive.
Softer in flavor than the aroma would suggest, but still a bit questionable-bodied. Seems like they must have used a fair amount of adjunct fermentables in here because the body is so light and there is definitely some fusel and vanillin sitting on the end. A bit of chalky/doughy yeast as well. But the malt flavor there is divine, with a Spanish coffe and chocolate flavor from the dark malts that definitely needs to be replicated. More vinousness on the finish keeps the palate on its toes. Lots of carbonation and a slightly slippery texture as expected for the style.