Orpheus
Drygate Brewing Co in Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.21
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The 1,000th gyle from our 24Hl production brewery 'Orpheus' is an approachable yet complex Imperial Stout, infused with lapsang souchong tea & blackcurrants. The aroma is dominated by smoke from the speciality tea, recalling pine forests and whisky drams, with an underlying redolence of freshly brewed coffee, coco beans and a hint of sweet dark fruit. On first sip, the flavours follow the aroma, with the smoke exiting stage left to allow for an exciting interplay between tart and sweet fruit, with chocolate and coffee emerging at the forefront from the decadent malt bill.
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8/10
A stout blended with a Chinese smoked tea! Classic idea! Tastes like a very Scottish stout, unassumingly.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Mar 2024
at 21:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375ml fancy schmancy bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Smoky nose, almost peaty, but I know it's the actual tea. Taste is full-on smoke, light roast. Hard to find much else to go on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2020
at 21:10
7/10
Tried
on 25 Jul 2020
at 20:30
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home .. dark black .. thick tan head ... massive smoke soft chocolate roast malt nose ... heavy smoke ..dark roast...ong soft saweet berries finish ... with a meaty smoke finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2018
at 17:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black beer, thin beige head. Aroma is chocolate, spice.... chilli? Bottle doesn't mention it but it might be. Taste is a bit spicy too, with chocolate and malt. Some fruit. Rich, smooth and a bit of kick to it. Excellent stuff. I assume the "spicy" hint is tea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2017
at 18:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Leighton's place, 23/11/2017. Many thnkas to Wingman Dave for this one. A xlear jet black, dark brown coloured pour with a frothy loose tan head. Aroma is solvent, blackberry, black malts, smoky phenol. Flavour is composed of rounded bitter black malts, blackberry, liquorice, rounded smoke, . Palate is semi sweet, rounded, oily, moderate carbonation. Lingering blackberries, mellow bitter black malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2017
at 15:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in Hackney - big thanks to Wingman! Pours black-brown with a sturdy, frothy beige head. PleasNt smoke in the snout, cocoa, soft roast. Medium sweet flavour with good peat and smoke, a little tar, ash, baking cocoa. Medium to full bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Finishes with decent warmth, drying charred wood, bittersweet cocoa, more smoke. Really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 14:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at LKS. Cheers to Dave. It pours black with a thick tan head. The aroma is sweet, smoked, earthy, charred wood, leather, roasted malt and liquorice. The taste is dry, rich roasted malt, rich smoked vibes, umami, liquorice, dried berry, liquorice, peppery spice, cocoa and a touch of alcohol with a dry, toasty finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Rather nice overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2017
at 14:05
8/10
Tried
on 23 Nov 2017
at 13:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery. Pours black, nose is smoky sausage, roasted, berries, taste is dry, smoky, bitter, caramel, jammy.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2017
at 02:16