beer_name: Great Lakes Blackout Stout
text: A - deep black with brown edges. Pours a one finger mocha colored head which recedes fairly quickly with very little retention. S - Tons of deeply roasted malt, milk chocolate, tootsie roll, honey, bread yeast, slight metal, slight coffee grounds. T - A great pairing of roast and super sweet milk chocolate. The roast maintains throughout the entire taste, though it starts on the sweeter side where some of the honey found in the aroma and finishes with some burnt roast and coffee. Milk chocolate and faint tootsie flavors weave their way in, which supplies some much welcomed sweetness and balance to the serious roastiness. My only criticism is a metallic tinge towards the end of the taste that is somewhat hidden by the bitterness, but still there. M - rich, full bodied, carbonation is perfect; I didn't even have to think about it. O - All in all, this is a solid beer. A solid roast forward, mostly balanced, milk chocolate-goodness stout. And not a hint of booze at 9%, well done.