Originally I was given 1 this Rogue Chocolate stout to use for my talk/tasting at the Temple Bar Chocolate Festival but I ran out of time so in the end I drank it at home. The smell is of a very sweet toffee with dark chocolate however none of this is evident when you taste it. It is very bitter dark chocolate and a strong roast coffee. It was pretty intense and I enjoyed it immensely. It was 69 IBU so bitterness was high on the agenda.This beer is probably not for everyone, even stout drinkers might think it too bitter but it is worth a try.
I would be very interested to try other Rogue beers now.
By the way, the talk went very well after the initial problem with the volume on the PA system being too low. There were some issues pouring beer for 75+ people and getting it out to them but but at the end of the night I think people were very happy with it and hopefully gained some insight about brewing beer and also alternatives to macro brewed beer from the micro brewery represented on the night (Hilden with Mollys choc stout) and a beer importer (who used to run a microbrewery) who brought along Young's Double chocolate stout.
I had arranged a competition for the night in the form of a free raffle and the prizes were a home brew starter kit and a Hilden ale sack (4 beers).
I got to talk to a number of Americans at the end of the night and they loved my Cloaked stranger stout so I gave each (four) of them a bottle each to take home.
1 Thanks Richard (from New York) for the beer.
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