Double Chocolate Stout
Served on-tap @ Rogue Ales Public House @ PDX and presented in appropriate glassware. Reviewed from notes. Pours a rich ebony with a creamy, tan-colored head with decent retention. Aromas of chocolate malt, cocoa, malted milk balls, coffee and hints of roasted barley. Taste mirrors aromatics. Bittersweet chocolate opening mellowed with oats and roasted barley. Natural chocolate flavors -- sweet, yet never cloying -- pervade throughout the session. Suggestions of chocolate malt, malted milk, roasted coffee and dark chocolate surface. Hops are deftly balanced for a delicious bittersweet experience. Finishes cocoa-powder dry. Thick and creamy mouthfeel -- velvety smooth, in fact -- with adequate carbonation. At 8.00%, ABV is extremely well concealed. Double Chocolate Stout is one double tasty dessert beer.