Siren Craft Brew Deconstructed Barrel Caribbean Chocolate Cake

Deconstructed Barrel Caribbean Chocolate Cake

 

Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Foreign / Extra Series
Score
7.55
ABV: 8.4% IBU: - Ticks: 13
Bourbon-aged cacao nibs, ageing on our used barrel staves and an infusion of soaked Cypress wood bring depth and complexity to this rich, delicious and very much unbarrelled Caribbean Chocolate Cake.
 

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6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can from the Siren Advent Calendar 2025. A shame that the last beer was one of my least favourite styles (stout full of shit), but then I accept I'm maybe the outlier here! Pours nicely enough, deep dark brown with a thin tan head. The nose is too much chocolate, too sweet, faint wood spice. Taste is sweet, chocolate and vanilla. Sweet finish. Not my bag.

Tried on 13 Jan 2026 at 15:37


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Думал будет лучше, при выходе на рынок был даже какой то хайп, в итоге просто нормальный обычный пастрик. Ничего выдающегося.

Tried on 11 Jan 2026 at 22:44


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

23rd December 2025
Panda thanks to Cloin. Clear deep brown beer, small bubbly tan head. A pretty light palate, thin for the style really, decent fine carbonation. Thin bodied dark malts, mild roast bitterness, a little coffee, slightly perfumey wood and sweet eaters on the back end. A touch of tangy darkish chocolate runs throughout. Intriguing brew, layered interesting flavours, a little more body would be appreciated.

Tried on 23 Dec 2025 at 23:32


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tried on 22 Dec 2025 at 02:06


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Canned 330ml. -at Goblet Zagreb. Black coloured, medium sized beige head, chocolate and whiff of bourbon in the nose. Roasted malt, chocolate, light coffee and wood with touch of bourbon in the finish. Alcohol hidden.

Tried from Can at Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb on 20 Dec 2025 at 10:21


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

330ml can. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate, light roast, light woody and bourbon notes. Taste is rich and chocolatey, still just as milky as the Milk version, light coffee roast, woody notes a bit more prominent in this one, and a hint of bourbon, sugary sweet with a light bitter finish, gentle alcohol warmth. Medium bodied. Definitely better than the Milk and Dark versions but still a bit milky for me.

Tried from Can from Trembling Madness Online Shop on 15 Dec 2025 at 20:52


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

keg at that beer place ...dark chocolate roast malts ...thin tan lacing ...soft sweet chocolate ..heavy chocolate roast malts ..dark rich chocolate roast

Tried on 04 Dec 2025 at 15:31


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

Can at home, 29th November 2025. Pours a black beer. Aroma is chocolate, cocoa, a little bourbon maybe. Taste is rich, sweet, a little complexity - nice

Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2025 at 17:46


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at the Three Hounds Beer Cafe & Bottle Shop. Nose is dark chocolate, cacao, pecan, liquorice toffee. Bourbon hits you straight off in the taste, quite nutty, lots of dark chocolate & cacao. Rich warming finish. Nice.

Tried from Draft at Three Hounds Beer Cafe and Bottle Shop on 28 Nov 2025 at 14:08


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

Tap at Three Hounds Beer Bar, Beckenham 28/11/2025 Opulent silky chocolate malty, sweet and lightly roasted, interlaced with layers of spice and bourbon, vanilla, cakey malts, full bodied, spiced and bourbon infused lingering dark malty finish. Lovely.

Tried from Draft at Three Hounds Beer Cafe and Bottle Shop on 28 Nov 2025 at 11:48