Pint Bottle
Pours incredibly dark, with a thin lacing of dark brown head. Pervasive smell is bitter coffee and dark chocolate and smooth sweet caramel - even a nice burnt sugar smell. Very pleasing on the nose. First taste starts with a nice bitter coffee/dark chocolate but quickly moves to a nice milk chocolate taste. There is a faint amount of warm cinnamon and chile, wish I had more of that considering that they are a major component in Mexican hot chocolate. The amount of chocolate in Chocolate Sombrero definitely doesn't disappoint. The chocolate continues into the aftertaste - almost reverting to the bitter coffee/dark chocolate combo with a bit of hop, and lingering trace hints of caramel/milk chocolate sweetness. This beer is also very thick (almost like chocolate milk), though it does go down really smooth and finishes almost like a milkshake, probably because of the amount of chocolate flavor in this beer (though to be honest, I'm not sure whether this is a pro or con yet). It does, however, hide the 9% ABV very well.
One of my major complaints about this beer is how the chocolate overwhelms the imperial stout flavor. You get a bit of the traditional imperial stout aftertaste, which is nice, but just not enough.
Other than my two complaints (not enough spice for a "Mexican chocolate stout" and not enough of the imperial stout taste), Chocolate Sombrero is a solid beer. It's worth a try if you're a chocoholic (even if you don't traditionally like darker beers or imperial stouts), but if you're looking for a solid imperial stout, you've come to the wrong place. Not a bad beer, just didn't get what I expected when I opened the bottle.
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Pours incredibly dark, with a thin lacing of dark brown head. Pervasive smell is bitter coffee and dark chocolate and smooth sweet caramel - even a nice burnt sugar smell. Very pleasing on the nose. First taste starts with a nice bitter coffee/dark chocolate but quickly moves to a nice milk chocolate taste. There is a faint amount of warm cinnamon and chile, wish I had more of that considering that they are a major component in Mexican hot chocolate. The amount of chocolate in Chocolate Sombrero definitely doesn't disappoint. The chocolate continues into the aftertaste - almost reverting to the bitter coffee/dark chocolate combo with a bit of hop, and lingering trace hints of caramel/milk chocolate sweetness. This beer is also very thick (almost like chocolate milk), though it does go down really smooth and finishes almost like a milkshake, probably because of the amount of chocolate flavor in this beer (though to be honest, I'm not sure whether this is a pro or con yet). It does, however, hide the 9% ABV very well.
One of my major complaints about this beer is how the chocolate overwhelms the imperial stout flavor. You get a bit of the traditional imperial stout aftertaste, which is nice, but just not enough.
Other than my two complaints (not enough spice for a "Mexican chocolate stout" and not enough of the imperial stout taste), Chocolate Sombrero is a solid beer. It's worth a try if you're a chocoholic (even if you don't traditionally like darker beers or imperial stouts), but if you're looking for a solid imperial stout, you've come to the wrong place. Not a bad beer, just didn't get what I expected when I opened the bottle.
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
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