Dog'th Vader
Windermere Brewing in Ings, Cumbria, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.60
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“Come over to the dark side” a well-balanced stout beer with fruit, malty flavour and a dry bitter aftertaste finish. a dark, powerful may the force be with you!
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 2012 - Cask at the brewpub, pours black with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate cookies, coffee, grain & roasted malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jan 2025
at 15:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from the brewery, poured at home in Jersey. It's dark brown with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee, treacle & roasted malt. Medium body. Dry finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 09:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer Ambleside, Ambleside. Extremely dark with a thick frothy off-white head. Nice and smooth, not quite feeling its strength either but retaining a good body and mouthfeel for it. There's not too much roasted character to be found here but nevertheless it's a very drinkable dark malt brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2022
at 20:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Foamy tan head on a near black body. Sarsaparilla, roasted & malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a lively dry clean back. Fruity berry, malt, nutty, sarsaparilla & treacle tastes with a tangy peppery finish. Nice one.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2022
at 16:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle (as Windermere Dog'th Vader): BBE Dec 19. Drank at my brother-in-laws place on 27th May 19. Very dark, black bodied, lightly tanned foaming top. Malts all the way here, chocolate and coffee notes in both the nose and taste, semi-dry finish and not too sweet throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2019
at 06:46
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ #MBCF17, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2017 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Watermill Dogth Vader ].Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, cookie, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, sugary. Flavor is moderate sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, brown sugar, cookie, malt extract. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170120] 6-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2018
at 08:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very dark brown with thin head. Aroma and flavour have some bittersweet treacle and a little liquorice.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2017
at 12:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from the Watermill Inn. Appearance - opaque black with a very thin head. It’s gone. Nose - toffee to molasses. Light smoke. Taste - molasses and light smoke. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - solid ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2017
at 16:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the brewpub. Mahogany brown coloured pour with a lashing thin light tan head. Aroma is malt extract liquorice. Treacle. Dark fruit. Flavour is composed of nutty, malt extract, dark fruit. Paalare is semi sweet. Low carbonation. Terrible beer name.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 01:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On cask at Watermill Inn, Ings - Love the name of this one. Cloudy jet black body, little tan top. Nose is all roasty and burnt notes, but it pulls through in the taste. Nice fruity hit, pleasant smoky finish. Highlight of the day to this point.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2015
at 05:32