Black Tusk
Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Dead End Brew MachineStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.23
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Imperial stout with black treacle and toasted barrel staves.
Brewed in collaboration with Dead End Brew Machine, we put together a recipe for a deep rich imperial stout, layered with dark, roast and crystal malts, along with a 100kg of Tate and Lyle black treacle. The treacle adds a rich bittersweet flavour with notes of liquorice and caramel. We conditioned the beer on staves from a PX cask, which we chopped up and toasted in our smoker. The result is a powerful stout with notes of treacle, plums, burnt caramel, barrel oak and a whisper of smoke.
Brewed in collaboration with Dead End Brew Machine, we put together a recipe for a deep rich imperial stout, layered with dark, roast and crystal malts, along with a 100kg of Tate and Lyle black treacle. The treacle adds a rich bittersweet flavour with notes of liquorice and caramel. We conditioned the beer on staves from a PX cask, which we chopped up and toasted in our smoker. The result is a powerful stout with notes of treacle, plums, burnt caramel, barrel oak and a whisper of smoke.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2026
at 20:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
6/5/2026. Can shared by LazyPyro, cheers Chris! Very good pour. Aroma is meaty, ashy, smoked, chocolate, roasted malts, black treacle, liquorice, nutty, hint of mackerel. Smokey, roasted, treacle taste. Full bodied, smooth. Enjoyed this one.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2026
at 20:51
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can web SB 2026-05-01 Karlskoga
AR: sweet tar, tar, licorice
AP: thick black, no head
F: sweet tar, tar, licorice , fish tank
AR: sweet tar, tar, licorice
AP: thick black, no head
F: sweet tar, tar, licorice , fish tank
Tried
from Can
from Systembolaget Beställningssortiment
on 02 May 2026
at 08:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at nicks. Pours black, nose is chocolate, treacle, raisin, vanilla, smoky, taste is similar, rich, chewy. 8/9/9/8/8
Tried
on 30 Apr 2026
at 09:31
3.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 3
Overall 3.5
Can shared by Danne N, thanks.
A concentrated black mellasis aroma and taste.
Rest sweetness.
A concentrated black mellasis aroma and taste.
Rest sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2026
at 19:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Some toast and roast notes.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Mar 2026
at 16:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Canned 440ml. -at Projekt Ljubljana, shared with Hrabren. Pitch black coloured, medium sized brownish head, chocolate and light roasty nose. Roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, some not so pleasant metallic touch and light alcohol. Light burnt notes in the finish.
Tried
from Can
at
:PROJEKT Beershop & Bar
on 12 Feb 2026
at 11:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Almost black pour, some sediment sinking to the bottom, long-lasting tan head. Aroma of treacle, roasted malts, dark fruits, liquorice. Taste is heavy on the umami favours, lots of treacle, caramel, liquorice, roasted malts, chocolate, leather, malt loaf, tangy dark fruits, oak, bittersweet. Medium-full bodied. Well made stout that's just a bit savoury for my liking.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 09 Feb 2026
at 01:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
0.44 l can shared with Ogi at Projekt, Ljubljana. Dark brown to black, small beige head. Aroma is lightly toasty with hints of prunes and smoke. Not very rich or complex. Flavour is metallic, charred wood and burnt toast. Heavy, full body, warming, some alcohol felt. Quite messy and intense, not a good example of the style. Lots of oak and burnt wood in the finish, overwhelming. Dry.
Tried
from Can
at
:PROJEKT Beershop & Bar
on 08 Feb 2026
at 20:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Немного странный стаут, есть вроде нотки брауни пирога, шоколада, а на вкус слегка пустовато оказалось, странные горькие ноты на финише ещё.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2026
at 00:12