Black Iris Brewery Princess Slayer

Princess Slayer

 

Black Iris Brewery in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Collab with: Emperor's Brewery
  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
Score
7.53
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Princess Slayer is a fabled collaboration with Emperor's Brewery we did way back in 2018 that has been in high demand for a rebrew... and the planets aligned perfectly for it some seven years later!

This time, we brewed two variations of the beer. First, the base beer with plenty of sour cherry purée and cacao nibs for that beautiful chocolate and sour cherry tang. That's this one!

And then we also aged half the brew in Heaven Hill Distillery Bourbon Barrels for six months, adding another level of depth and rich, deep flavour with notes of vanilla and caramel that marry with the chocolate and cherry for a delicious stout that we hope you'll enjoy as much as the original.
 

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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

cask at the Nottingham beer festival 2025 Thursday ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ...dark chocolate roast malts nose ..heavy woody chocolate ..rich chocolate ..light cherry

Tried on 09 Oct 2025 at 11:21


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

440ml can. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of sour cherries, dark malts, chocolate. Taste is the same, sour cherry dominates, with chocolate, dark malts, quite sweet though not as much as the "original" BA version all those years ago. Full bodied, smooth, light booze hit. Very good. Crazy that it took them 7 years to rebrew/release this base stout.

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 27 Sep 2025 at 22:36


7.5

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2025 at 18:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried at Peterborough Beer Festival (CAMRA) on 25 Aug 2025 at 12:13


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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

22/8/2025. Keg at the 46th Peterborough Beer Festival. Nice chocolate, cherry aroma. Good body. Smooth. Decent way to finish our visit to the festival.

Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2025 at 11:55


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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are chocolate and cherry. Sweet and fruity. Rich body.

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 16 Aug 2025 at 15:55


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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from The Fuss Club. Nose is dark chocolate, black cherries, sweet tobacco, chicory, liquorice toffee. Taste is a nice blend of the above with a light smoky edge. Gullet warming alcohol infusion. Boozy sweet aftertaste.

Tried from Can from The Fuss Club on 26 Jul 2025 at 21:28