Parkin Stout
Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Winter|
Score
6.63
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A full bodied oatmeal stout with flavours of rich molasses and a tickle of punchy ginger, gently spiced to evoke our favourite regional seasonal treat, Yorkshire Parkin. Warming, wintery and wonderful!
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5.5/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 16:41
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can from Craft & Berry. Gluten Free. Dark brown-black colour with reddish tinge, bubbly beige foam head and aroma of roast malt, ashy, chocolate, coffee, fruity hops. Taste is malty, roasted, oats, with chocolate, coffee, and some earthy hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from
Craft & Berry
on 07 Nov 2025
at 21:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6.5
Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Black in the glass. Very sturdy thick beige foam. Looks good. Nose has a suggestion of parkin with light ginger notes and some nutmeg. Taste is fairly dry with a hint of sweetness and a moderate bitterness. Feels pretty thin overall. There’s no body or depth despite the 5.2%. Thin watery bitter finish. Started off ok but disappeared into nothingness.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2025
at 17:32
7/10
Nice bit of ginger spice throughout.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2025
at 00:11
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Sheffield CAMRA Beer Festival 2025, Beer#16. Keg bar. Black ale. The parkin element is obvious, somewhat cake-like, overbearing through a grittiness to be sessionable, but appealing enough on its own. This is a crisp keg pour example so quite appealing. Sweet nose.
Tried
from Draft
at
Steel City Sheffield Beer & Cider Festival (CAMRA)
on 17 Oct 2025
at 03:25
Tried
from Draft
at
Eagle & Child, York
on 14 Oct 2025
at 23:00