Chocolate Stout - Rogue Ales, Newport

I've heard a lot of good things about this beer from pretty much everyone. I enjoy stouts of all kinds and have been looking forward to this one for a while. This beer certainly didn't disappoint as I poured it into my glass. Rogue's Chocolate Stout is a thick bodied dark stout that smells exactly like chocolate malted milk. It's almost eerie how exact the aroma is. It's eerie because this a stout that doesn't smell like dark roasted grains. This beer smells so much like chocolate milk it's amazing. The flavor is another story...

I was surprised when I took my first sip of Rogue's Chocolate Stout because it didn't taste like chocolate milk... Sure, there's chocolate and a creaminess to this beer but it's much darker in flavor than the aroma would indicate. There's a definite roasted flavor to this beer. It's not a coffee level of roast but it's just enough to give this beer a bitter finish. The chocolate, which not quite as strong as I'd like, is sweet enough to mellow out the harsher flavors in this beer.

After drinking my way through this bottle I'm still a little torn. This is a great Chocolate Stout but it's deceptively good and but not in a good way. I can't help but think what this beer would be like if the flavor matched the aroma a bit more...