Affagato About It - Collabfest 2025 BrewDog Nottingham
Bang The Elephant Brewing in Langley Mill, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Collab with: BrewDogStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.62
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This decadent imperial stout is a coffee-lovers dream. Brewed with rich, roasted beans from 47 Degrees Coffee—who happen to be the brewery’s next-door neighbours—this 10% beast brings waves of espresso, vanilla, and creamy sweetness. The name? A playful pun on the dessert affogato, and a nod to the brewery’s name, taken from the Victorian phrase “bang up to the elephant”—meaning “done to perfection.” And honestly, this beer fits the bill.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8
dark sweet coffee chocolate roast malts nose ..dark rich chocolate roast ..heavy rich dark chocolate roast malts ..Light bitter roast ..big big chocolate
Tried
on 16 Nov 2025
at 12:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Keg at Brewdog Ealing, London. A black coloured pour with a thinnish beige head on top. Rich, sweet, coffee, chocolate, caramel, vanilla aroma and taste. Probably the best of the collabfest beers at this festival.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2025
at 10:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Brewdog, Soho. Coffee, smoke,dark chocolate, cookie dough & raisin aromas. Taste is coffee, cocoa, smoke, cookie dough, raisin, touchofcoconut. Ethanol heavy brew, almost a spirit style quality.. Boozy sweet finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
BrewDog Soho
on 31 Oct 2025
at 21:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Draft
at
BrewDog Chancery Lane
on 29 Oct 2025
at 16:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
One of the few flavoured beers of collabfest that I enjoyed. Keg at Brewdog Lothian Road. Pours with black with a thin tan head. Aromas of straight up coffee. No messing about. Taste is roasty. Light sweet finish.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2025
at 14:12
8.5/10
Draft at BD Nottingham, as part of Collabfest '25/. Jet black with a slight tan head. Aroma and taste are malty slight bittersweet chocolate, with bags of coffee. A real punch of it. Rich creamy body.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brewdog Nottingham
on 25 Oct 2025
at 11:47
Tried
from Draft
at
Brewdog Bath
on 23 Oct 2025
at 23:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at BrewDoge Waterloo, Collabfest solo mission pre-tasting, 23/10/2025.
Pitch black topped with a khaki cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is coffee grinds, vanilla cream, chocolate, dark malts.
Taste comprises toasted brown sugar, coffee, mellow roast, vanilla.
Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light boost.
Tidy sipper if a little overly sweet.
Pitch black topped with a khaki cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is coffee grinds, vanilla cream, chocolate, dark malts.
Taste comprises toasted brown sugar, coffee, mellow roast, vanilla.
Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a light boost.
Tidy sipper if a little overly sweet.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2025
at 23:00