Great Lakes Blackout Stout
12 oz. bottle &gt; Chimay goblet This one is in the "almost opaque" catagory but with a bit of light popping through the top. An initial light brown mocha head crowns at 1" high and dissipates pretty fast. This one is roastie malt, nutty chocolate, coffee beans, musty, spicey hop in the background. Woody alcohol with sweet, dark berries. The malt flavor is complex but it's not as thick and heady as some. The feel is rather crisp and light for this style, medium to full range, edging to the medium side. The flacor's include: earthy coffee grounds, light chocolate cocoa, a pleasantly sweet-fruits edge rolls in and then mutates to this great balance of spicey, wet-earth flavored hops. The heat feels more like 15% not 9% which seems to enhance the already spicey-tangy hops. The unique and bold spicey hops finish might be my favorite aspect of this stout. This really is a very easy drinking stout because of it's light body but some time in the dungeon might turn this one into a real beast.