Caribbean Chocolate Cake
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
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Score
7.69
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The beer that started it all. Caribbean Chocolate Cake is a dense, rich and luxurious stout. Hand-roasted cacao nibs give hints of tamarind and soft lemon, along with a beautiful chocolate bass line. The malts provide coffee and roast notes in abundance, while the hop profile adds orange and coconut flavours. Spinning on Cypress wood is the icing on the cake - offering lightly toasted vanilla wafers and delicate tannins, balancing the inherent sweetness of the beer. Pure canned indulgence.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark stout with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, licorice, light spices, pleasant and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, cinnamon, alcohol warmth, light vanilla, pleasant and smooth. On tap at l'autre oeil.
Tried
at
Bistro L'Autre Oeil - Maison de Fûts
on 04 Aug 2026
at 21:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black with a two and a quarter fingers of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet rugged woody dry earthy tones with dark chocolate and milk chocolate with sweet earthy coffee tones
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bitter earthy quality; finishes fairly dry with earthy coffee and dark chocolatey-ish notes
Texture: medium bodied; good sipper; some smoothness but that dryness punches back to scale back some of that smoothness; good carb level
Overall: pretty good pastry impy stout just a bit drier than expected.
Can to snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black with a two and a quarter fingers of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet rugged woody dry earthy tones with dark chocolate and milk chocolate with sweet earthy coffee tones
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet to bitter earthy quality; finishes fairly dry with earthy coffee and dark chocolatey-ish notes
Texture: medium bodied; good sipper; some smoothness but that dryness punches back to scale back some of that smoothness; good carb level
Overall: pretty good pastry impy stout just a bit drier than expected.
Tried
from Can
from
Beverage Warehouse of Vermont
on 05 Jun 2026
at 01:26
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dose 0,33l: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, leichter flüchtiger mittelporiger brauner Schaum; fruchtige + würzige Nase, kräftige Süße, dezente trockene Hopfenaromen, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, getrocknete Früchte, Röstaromen, Röstmalz, dunkles Karamell, Nüsse, kräftig Kakao, dunkle Schokolade; sehr würziger + kräftig malziger Körper, kräftige Süße, dunkle/getrocknete Früchte, kräftige Röstaromen, trockene Hopfennoten, Röstmalz, dunkles Karamell, sehr cremig, viskos, dezente Kohlensäure, Vanille, Nüsse, Haselnussschalen, kräftig Kakao, dunkle Schokolade, etwas würziges Holz; süßlich-würziger Nachgang
Tried
from Can
on 19 Feb 2026
at 10:45
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,33 l can. Pours pitch black with medium, quickly dissipating tan head. It is really really pitch black. I tried to shine a decent flashlight through it. Nothingness. Aroma of cocoa and chocolate dominates nose, roasted malt, liquorish and a hint of dried stone fruit and a hint of fusel alcohol. Taste is medium sweet, but balanced well with cocoa and hop bitterness. Body is full, carbonation gentle. Finish is long, bittersweet cocoa heaven. My kind of cocoa bomb.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jul 2025
at 14:19
8/10
Nice medium bitter chocolate flavor. A bit of vanilla and a bit of spices in the mix as well. Wonderful mouthfeel. I’d previously had a different vintage from a can and this drinks much nicer.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2025
at 20:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Really tasty beer. Great balance. Just sweet enough. Rich bittersweet chocolate. Nice torched wood. Earth and ash. Good body, velvety. Dangerously drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2025
at 23:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at Taplokaal Gist during the Siren tap tapeover. Aroma is roasty with coffee, cocoa nibs, milk chocolate, wood chips, a soft spicy touch, and chocolate cake. Sweet flavour with a roasty bitterness. Body is medium to full. Excellent chocolate Stout, delivers as promised.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:18
8.2/10
Spiced, Cocoa, vanilla and boozy
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2025
at 22:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Creamy light brown coloured head on a rich mahogany coloured body.
Woody, malt & herbal aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & creamy.
Chocolate, woody, spiced, peppery & berry tastes with lightly hopped bitter finish.
Lush.
Woody, malt & herbal aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & creamy.
Chocolate, woody, spiced, peppery & berry tastes with lightly hopped bitter finish.
Lush.
Tried
from Can
at
Siren Craft Brewery
on 24 Jan 2025
at 19:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
330ml can from the brewery. Poured almost black in colour with a mostly lasting frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, floral. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, light sweet, with a roasty, dry, herbal, earthy, rubbery, floral, light liquorice bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2025
at 00:46