Stoutmaker.beer

I wss putting this off for a while but today is the day. SOUTHERN TIER CHOKLAT from the Blackwater series,, on tap

Came in a small snifter style glass.. guessing because it was also a bit cold for a chocolate beer. While it may hard to tell from the picture, it looked a bit muddy, or hazy. Thats tough to do in something this black. But the chocolate aroma really stood out even being 2 feet away!

From the very first taste all I could picture is that powdered cocoa in the can.  That would explain the lack of any head what so ever. The oily powder keeps that down. Very thickly body. That may be a push this twards a “dessert” beer for some, but it does fit with amount of chocolate.

Defiantly a hop presence. A nice firm bittering which it surely needed otherwise this would be sickly sweet. 
Took a bit, but once it started to warm the actual stout aspects start coming thru. More of a black malt than a roasted barely which I think works great with the sweet.
Plus now the alcohol stands out.. it’s a nice burn but not overly.

This beer balances everything about as good as you can. I would defiantly have another,, like right now but since it’s like 11 in the morning I have long day of 4th of July drinking to do.

I am not really a fan of beers that add stuff like this, but I am a fan of this one.