Choc O Clock from Stewart Brewing Review

Yup that's right it's another LIDL beer festival offering and this time it's Choc O Clock from Stewart brewing, a 4.5% chocolate stout. The Edinburgh based brewery are multi award winning and always seem to show their face when LIDL gets the beers in. I do have a thing for chocolate stouts so I was really looking forward to this, but should I really have got my expectations up? Choc O Clock pours pretty much completely black with a disappointingly short lived tan head. Not surprisingly the aroma is basically just chocolate but it's really not as strong a smell as you'd expect from this sort of beer.

Similarly Choc O Clock feels quite light and watery by stout standards and it certainly couldn't be classed as full bodied, which is a shame because a good chocolate stout should feel and taste opulent. Unfortunately it doesn't get any better with the taste, yes it's chocolate, but it's really not good chocolate, more cheap supermarket own brand chocolate, it tastes ok, but it's just not really sweet or just plain chocolatey enough. Choc O Clock from Stewart brewing is ok if you want just a cheap vaguely chocolate beer, but if you want something that really tastes like a great chocolate dessert this isn't it, plus the after taste isn't great either. 4 out of 10.