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Beak Brewery in Lewes, East Sussex, England 🏴
Collab with: Pomona Island Brew Co.Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
7.59
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Brewed with our friends at Pomona Island up in Salford, this thick Imperial Stout is an homage to the British classic Sticky Toffee Pudding. Full of complex roasty malts, dates, toffee and vanilla, it’s a warm comforting hug of a dessert stout.
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance is black, with a small foamy brown head which doesn’t last. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, nutty malt, coffee, dates, roast malt, toffee, brownie, cakey malt. Taste is chocolate, roast malt, caramel sauce, thick and sweet, burnt treacle, nutty notes, raisin hints, sweet chocolate and caramel, espresso, sweet treacly finish with roast malt. Hint of Christmas cake.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2026
at 07:39
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. A opaque jet black coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head. Aroma is big chewy dark roast, rich fruit cake, blackened sugars, Jamaica spices. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chewy, molasses, treacle, liquorice, fruit cake, super intense. Palate is chewy, thick, chewy, moderate carbonation. Lovely
Tried
on 28 Jan 2026
at 23:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is dark chocolate, creamy coffee, liquorice, caramel, toffee. Taste is chocolate caramel, creamy coffee, soy sauce, liquorice toffee, cocoa. Rich sweet warming finish. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Star & Garter
on 24 Jan 2026
at 15:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml can from Middle Farm, Firle and shared in Kuala Lumpur. Poured almost black in colour with little life. The aroma is roasty, aromatic, toffee, vanilla. The flavour is moderate sweet and liquorice bitter, with a silky smooth, rich, oily, roasty, toffee, banana vanilla palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from
Middle Farm Cider Centre
on 23 Jan 2026
at 18:10
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2026
at 16:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of chocolate, dates, vanilla. Taste is very sweet, chocolate, dates, vanilla, roast malts, treacle, molasses, a bit of alcohol warmth. Full bodied, smooth. Quite heavy on the dates/syrupy sweetness towards the end but really nice.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 11 Jan 2026
at 23:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Black body with a tan head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of date, prune and caramel. Flavour of tangy dates, prune and toffee. Medium body with a slick mouthfeel. Soft fizz. I think this is decent but they went a bit heavy handed with the date puree as it’s the dominating flavour.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Lendal)
on 11 Jan 2026
at 20:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
10th December 2025
Keg at CBJ. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy dark tan head. Airy smooth palate, a mild viscosity, good fine minerally carbonation. Airy dark malts, a mild dark malt cream, good chocolate, both milk and dark. Mild roast and some decent fruitiness on the back end. Nicely rounded and drinkable.
Keg at CBJ. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy dark tan head. Airy smooth palate, a mild viscosity, good fine minerally carbonation. Airy dark malts, a mild dark malt cream, good chocolate, both milk and dark. Mild roast and some decent fruitiness on the back end. Nicely rounded and drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2025
at 13:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thin brown collar on a near black oil slick.
Malt, chocolate & toffee aroma.
Medium to full bodied, super smooth with a clean back.
Aniseed, dark spirits, blueberry & chocolate tastes with a tangy finish.
Lovely sipper.
Malt, chocolate & toffee aroma.
Medium to full bodied, super smooth with a clean back.
Aniseed, dark spirits, blueberry & chocolate tastes with a tangy finish.
Lovely sipper.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 12 Dec 2025
at 22:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Craft Beer Junction. Inky darkness. Foamy tan head. Sweet caramel with a bitter cocoa streak. Flavourwise it's the same. Thick. Oily. Soft-fizzy. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Big Sweet presumably Impy.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Junction
on 12 Dec 2025
at 13:02