Espresso
(has 2 batches)
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.89
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A black beer brewed with roasted barley malt and challenger hops. Then freshly ground Arabica coffee beans, blended especially for Dark Star, are added to the copper for a few minutes after the boil to provide a rich and complementary coffee aroma. NOT EVERYONE’S CUP OF TEA!
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2/10
Tried
on 16 Sep 2011
at 18:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (thanks laiti!). Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is a lot of roasted espresso coffee along with mild chocolate and roasted malts. Flavour is espresso coffee, chocolate, some roasted malts, liquorice and mild ashy notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2011
at 04:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Almost black beer with beautifu, beige head. Aroma is roasted, black coffee and some chalky dry sourness: surprisingly, rich aroma. Taste is roasted and dry, some dark and concentrated coffee; slightly too simple and roasted, almost burned taste. Smooth and medium bodied to drink. Nice aroma, but too simple beer for me; propably enjoyable for people who likes roastiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2011
at 04:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from K-Supermarket, Kamppi, Helsinki. Dark brown with a nice, creamy tan head. Descent aroma of roasted malt and coffee. The taste was good, with quite a lot of coffee, roasted malt and some ash. Bitter finish. A good beer but I wonder how it would have tasted with more alcohol?
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2011
at 01:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg @ Gallow’s Bird, Espoo. Originally rated on 12.9.2010. Nice real ale stout with some notes of coffee and chocolate.
Tried
on 19 Jul 2011
at 23:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
50cl bottle. Pours a beautiful opaque black with a creamy beige head - a substantial amount of the head hangs around for most of the beer. The nose has freshly ground coffee and some nuttiness. The taste has more of the same. The palate is rich in structure and it has a very rich texture that just slowly fades at the end. Overall, this is a great experience. Great appearance and palate, in particular.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2011
at 15:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle. Pours black with a nice, large head. Aroma is roast malt and bitter coffee. Taste has a little roast malt to start. Strong bitter coffee finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2011
at 15:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours black with a large, light tan head.Nose show overwhelming chilli/capsicum character... wierd. Underneath is dark chocolate malt.Flavours include unroasted coffee, capsicum and a little roasty character.Rather light body and carbonation.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2011
at 19:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
27/05/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (cask). Nera, scura, quasi impenetrabile, con riflessi rubino, schiuma lieve color marroncino, poco persistente. Aroma intensissimo di caffè, con una punta acidula e lievi sentori di cenere. In bocca è caffettosa, amarognola, aspra, con lievi sentori metallici. Corpo medio, consistenza oleosa, carbonazione soft. Molto particolare, ma alla lunga stanca un po’.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2011
at 11:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle, 0.5 l, from K Supermarket Kamppi, 20110526) The beer poured quite black. Its head was small and white with brown shading. Aroma had coffee, sweetness and roasted malts. Palate was medium bodied and oily with medium carbonation. Flavours were coffee, roasted malts, hops, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste had coffee and bitterness. The coffee hid the other flavours and scents too much. Still a flawless brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2011
at 11:36