Cocoa Loco
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.67
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The triple choclate stout is a unique interpretation of the style, combining three different chocolate malts, cacao nibs and 63 percent semi-sweet chocolate, making it a sinfully delicious brew. The addition of blackstrap molasses produces an earthy, caramelized tone in an already complex flavor profile. It's creamy, milkshake-like mouthfeel earns this beer the distinction of being dessert in glass.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at From The Vine beer tasting Oct 19th, 2007: Pours jet black with a medium thick tan head that does not have a lot of legs. Spotty lacing. Aroma of sweet milk chocolate and roasted malt, along with touches of coffee. Medium-bodied and creamy smooth with dark chocolate/mocha flavor with a little touch fo hops. The finish is chocolatety with a relatively short finish. Overall this beer really leans toward the chocolate side as the name implies, unfortunately to its detriment. Were this beer a little more rounded it would be a lot better.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2007
at 22:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle - 22oz. Pour mainly consists of a massive brown head with a little bit of a dark brown body sitting at the bottom of the glass. As the head dies down, khaki lacing begins to form on the side of the glass. Aroma smells of alcohol... that’s about it... chocolate if I’m feeling generous and being swayed by what I expect from the label, but I’m not picking it up clearly. Flavor is roasted malt and chocolate with a bit of a peat/smoke aftertaste that develops before fading back into chocolaty overtones. Disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2007
at 21:46
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of markgugs. Black and opaque with a creamy, beige head. Roasted malts with a light acidity in the aroma. Medium-bodied, roasted malt with a vague ashy edge. Some fruit and vanilla. No bitterness. 070907
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2007
at 09:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Blind tasting at sk8vikings porter / stout tasting, beer no 22. Pours black/brown with lacing head. Simple aroma of roasted malt, slight mouldy. Simple flavour, slight malty and mouldy. Simple and somewhat boring.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2007
at 06:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
bottle - Pours very dark brown with a small head. The aroma is dark chocolate and roast malt. It’s sweet to the taste and chocolate continues to be the dominant theme here. With a name like Cocoa Loco, that’s not exactly a shock. Medium bodied and finishing with some light bitterness, this is a good quaff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2007
at 00:52
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Black color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light brown head. Aroma is moderate chocolate, cacao, licorice, sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily / syrupy, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2007
at 14:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Very dark brown colour with small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some leather and slight hints of alcohol. Flavour is roasted malts, some raisins and warming alcohol. Slight chocolateish notes coming in mildly in the background too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2007
at 23:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A pitch black beer with a tan head. The aroma is sweet malty and very roasted, combined with notes of chocolate, and a light acidity from the hard roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with tons of chocolate - a very dark and bitter chocolate, but also strong notes of roasted malt, and lighter notes of hops. The finish is very dry, roasted, and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2007
at 16:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Chris_o Shindig. Black, lasting tan head. Lovely aroma of cocoa choc. Decent hop. Molasses, wood, bit lactic even. Sweetish. It’s got good choc, bit one dimensional, strong hop unbalances it. 3.2/5.0 Re-rate 2006 Bottle at Chris_o pre GBBF Shindig 08. Aroma of choc and molasses. Good choc. Lacks a bit of fullness in mouth. Simple but nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2007
at 08:41
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Dark brown pour with a medium tan head. Nose is full of coffee, mocha, and roast tones. Flavor is bittersweet chocolate with coffee, definitely a mocha element. Roasted tones blend well with the cocoa. Thanks to whomever cracked this open for poker night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2007
at 20:24