Deconstructed Barrel Caribbean Chocolate Cake
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Foreign / Extra Series|
Score
7.63
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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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7.5/10
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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
8/10
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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
8.4/10
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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
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