Cream Stout
Vine Inn Brewery in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.61
|
|
Warming and indulgent stout with prominent notes of roasted coffee and dark chocolate, plus hints of stone fruit.
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.5/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Tamworth beer festival 05/09/2025. A light hazed nutty brown coloured pour with no head. Aroma is semi sweet, woody roast. Pine, brown bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded grains, pine tips, woody roast. Meaty. Palate is semi sweet grains, mellow cask condition. Ok
Tried
on 06 Oct 2025
at 22:07
7/10
Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2025
at 16:06
6.4/10
—
Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Aroma is tangy. Murky dark cola. Thinnest beige head. Aroma has berries and coffee. Flavourwise it is similar with added tang. Light-medium bodied. Slick to oily. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2025
at 10:15
6.3/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Lighter shade of black topped with a thin tan head.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, charr, earthy fruit rinds.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, dark malts, spice, charr, tangy dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout.
Lighter shade of black topped with a thin tan head.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, charr, earthy fruit rinds.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, dark malts, spice, charr, tangy dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 12:08