Deconstructed Barrel Caribbean Chocolate Cake
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Foreign / Extra Series|
Score
7.60
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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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7.8/10
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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
8.3/10
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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
8.1/10
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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
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 22/11/2025.
Lighter shade of black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is dark malts, spruce tips, light roast, cacao nibs, toasted brown sugars.
Taste comprises chocolate, spice, mellow barrel, coffee bean.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Lighter shade of black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is dark malts, spruce tips, light roast, cacao nibs, toasted brown sugars.
Taste comprises chocolate, spice, mellow barrel, coffee bean.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid.
Tried
on 22 Nov 2025
at 23:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Nov 2025
at 15:18