Bison Organic Chocolate Stout from Bison Brewing Co.
Rating: B
Very dark, with some garnet and orange highlights. A rough pour produces a nice head, but pouring "properly" will produce little-to-none. Nothing in the way of lacing.
Smell: Lots of cocoa powder, with dark chocolate and coffee notes. Smells good.
Taste: Something of a let-down after the aroma. Do not serve this one cold! It will improve greatly the closer to room temperature it gets. Initially sweet chocolate up front, but then... nothing, very light flavor on the middle, before a swallow and a bitter chocolate aftertaste. As it warms, the flavor stretches out and becomes much more balanced, and other characteristics start to make themselves known, like roast and coffee.
Mouthfeel: Thinner than it needed to be, perhaps, but not bad.
Drinkability: When cold? Low. When room temp? Good. Not a chocolate beer to give to a chocolate lover and expect them to like it, though.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 12-07-2006 18:10:35
Rating: B
Very dark, with some garnet and orange highlights. A rough pour produces a nice head, but pouring "properly" will produce little-to-none. Nothing in the way of lacing.
Smell: Lots of cocoa powder, with dark chocolate and coffee notes. Smells good.
Taste: Something of a let-down after the aroma. Do not serve this one cold! It will improve greatly the closer to room temperature it gets. Initially sweet chocolate up front, but then... nothing, very light flavor on the middle, before a swallow and a bitter chocolate aftertaste. As it warms, the flavor stretches out and becomes much more balanced, and other characteristics start to make themselves known, like roast and coffee.
Mouthfeel: Thinner than it needed to be, perhaps, but not bad.
Drinkability: When cold? Low. When room temp? Good. Not a chocolate beer to give to a chocolate lover and expect them to like it, though.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 12-07-2006 18:10:35
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