Great Lakes Blackout Stout
259th review on BA bottle to New Belgium Globe Best by: 8/14/10 Thanks Beerhan for this one as an extra. App- A very dark brown as to be expected with some brown highlights. I think it was a little to cold/old and only got a pretty thin looking one finger head to it. Some retention was seen with a little bit of lacing on it. Smell- For being past it's prime so to speak I picked up a hefty boozy smell on this. Bitter dark chocolate with some small hops and a little bit of roasted malt. Taste- It follows the nose a little bit with a nice dark chocolate with a the roasted malt but changes a bit to be similar to me in the sense of being a creamy dark chocolate gelato. Mouth- Creamy feel like a good piece of chocolate. Medium bodied with a low/medium carb level. Drink- This took some will power to not just slam the bottle. Was quite good, creamy, chocolatey and very palatable overall.