Caribbean Chocolate Cake
(has 5 batches)
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Cigar City BrewingStout - Tropical Rotating
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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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at John’s back tasting. Almost black with brown head. Light chocolate, soft fruity, light coffee, red berries, raw cocoa. Solid medium sweet, medium bitter and light sour. Over medium bodied. Decent but a bit wild?
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2018
at 18:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - seriously dark chocolate. Raisins. Taste - more of that dark chocolate and dried fruit. Bitter chocolate in fact. Palate - mediumto full bodied with a creamy texture. Long, dry, rich finish. Long linger. Overall - luscious. Total 3.9
Tried
on 12 Dec 2018
at 20:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
7-3-7-4-15
Bottle, five months before bbd. Pours black, with a creamy, mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts, with cocoa nibs, vanilla and muscovado, as well as wooden notes. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts, with bread and dark fruity notes, as well as cocoa nibs, tobacco, vanilla and wooden barrels.
Bottle, five months before bbd. Pours black, with a creamy, mocha head. Aroma is dark roasted malts, with cocoa nibs, vanilla and muscovado, as well as wooden notes. Medium body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dark roasted malts, with bread and dark fruity notes, as well as cocoa nibs, tobacco, vanilla and wooden barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2018
at 18:54
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Appearance is black, with a small tan head which fades to a bubbly ring. Aroma- rich chocolate, vanilla, espresso coffee, roast dark malts, chocolate brownie, fudge. Taste- chocolate, dark roast coffee, dark malt, chocolate cake, ashy roast, chocolate milkshake, bitter hop hints, spices. Mouthfeel is full and smooth. Excellent stuff.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2018
at 15:04