Dramatic ink black-hued full body brings busily creamy chocolate-covered blueberry dessert profile to the fore. Dark-roasted chocolate richness and nutty coffee roast pick up wood-burnt Blackstrap molasses thickness. Smoked bourbon, dry burgundy and pinot noir wining glaze the mocha finish. An amazing plethora of robust flavors get pushed forward without getting mushy.

Ambiguous fruited stout lacks creamy dark chocolate malting and advertised (black or red) cherry tartness. Instead, minor astringency affects barren oats-charred mocha roast as well as coffee-stained cacao nibs niche.

Heavenly sweet stout brings rich chocolate truffle theme to cocoa bean midst and coffee-dried niche. Utilizing Munson’s creamy milk chocolate as an effectual adjunct, fine dessert treat picks up crème brulee, vanilla ice cream, caramel latte, chocolate mousse, mochaccino and espresso undertones to contrast moderate dry-hopped char for an addictive sweet-toothed chocolate lover’s delight.

Excellent limited edition small-batch 2011 offering (served at Jersey-based Andy’s Corner Bar) brings luscious brown chocolate sweetness to cedar-burnt pleasantry and nutty coffee retreat. Belgian chocolate spicing recedes as creamy chocolate-caked vanilla, toffee, black cherry, and espresso illusions top hazelnut, walnut, and cola nut subsidy. Perfect as a rich dessert treat.

Dependable mahogany-hued chocolate stout maintains soft tone despite sharp roasted hop char and pungent espresso-coffee leanings. A milder alternative, its rich brown-sugared black chocolate opening gets reinforced by oatmeal raisin cookie illusions, gooey anise sapping, and cherry puree undertones contrasting oily tar-like molasses bittering.

Admirable coffee-roasted oats-toasted chocolate stout may not benefit from advertised cinnamon, apple, and licorice root adjuncts, but rich milk chocolate center holds up firmly atop mild Fuggle-hopped bittering. Vanilla, caramel, and mocha latte illusions simmer through cocoa malting. Tertiary black cherry, fig, and prune latency add depth.

Uncomplicated sweet stout blends burnt caramel, dark molasses, and toffee into mild coffee backdrop. Roasted mocha malting overcomes oily hop slick. Espresso, vanilla, and fig leaf illusions fade in and out. Soapy musk lowers appeal just a tad.

Supreme limited edition 2010 seasonal offers sweet chocolate-kissed sensation. Dark chocolate malting elevates deep mocha penetration. Chocolate cake, crème brulee, Bailey’s Irish Cream, and chocolate liqueur illusions embellished by dry hop-charred cocoa-nutty vanilla bean bittering. Walnut-shelled hazelnut-cola sharpness seeps into French roasted coffee cove and chocolate-covered cherry treasure-trove.

Commendable flesh-headed mahogany-bodied ‘import-export’ stout utilizes Irish ale yeast and Belgian chocolate to propel robust full body. Creamy dark-roasted chocolate entry picks up immediate cocoa-chalked hazelnut coffee resilience and unexpected floral fruited frolic for rounded mouthfeel. Beneath, tar-like tobacco-stained wood-charred bittering seeps into vanilla-espresso conflux and docile blueberry-pureed black cherry rasp.

Frothy brown chocolate-vanilla creaminess rises above hop-oiled walnut toasting and tannic grape tartness. Roasted Brazil nut, cola nut, and macadamia illusions sharpen bittersweet mocha-influenced black cherry-pureed backdrop.