Midnight Express
Salopian Brewery in Hadnall, Shropshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
7.33
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Pitch black with a complex tapestry of dark malts that are rich and laden with mocha, bitter cocoa and oats. The hop aroma is fresh, balanced and spicy and drives a tantalisingly clean finish.
Hops: Sorachi, Simcoe
Hops: Sorachi, Simcoe
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Comely Bankers III. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of chocolate and orange, faint soy. Taste is roasty, light soy. Nutty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2016
at 12:23
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Jim/John is back tasting. Dark brown almost black with tan head. Chocolate malts, milk chocolate, some mineral, cream. Medium sweet, under medium bitter. Very carbonated, feels like a BIPA more than a stout, pretty nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 13:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy tan head. The aroma is big hop bitter, roasty malt, chocolate. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a smooth, rich, big roast mat,, smoky, grassy hop bitter palate. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. More like a black IPA than a stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 13:53
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at J/J is back tasting. Almost black with very big fizzy light brown head. Lots of dry cocoa and coffee powder notes, earthy, grassy, light chalk, dry wood, soft lime. Light sweet and medium bitter. Light bodied with super dry feel and quite some carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 13:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared. Near black with a tan head. Aroma of roast, light grassy hops, herbal notes, malt, cocoa and toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 13:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
50cl bottle shared at the Jim/John is back tasting. Thick creamy tan head. Clear back pour. A lovely stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Apr 2016
at 13:44
8/10
Tried
on 08 Apr 2016
at 17:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle [from Euro Santa 2015] @ home. Opaque pitch black color, huge foamy beige to light brown head that lasts forever. Aroma is malts, lightly iron, light roast, dark malts, cocoa. Taste malts, hops, lightly roasted malts, some cocoa, lightly iron again, moderately -mainly malt- bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Very nice (British style?) stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 02:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @Black Door. Pours pitch black with a thick espresso head, lasting. Lovely licorice, roasted malty aroma, smooth chocolate. Sweet licorice lingering, ashy notes, roasted malt and dark chocolate in flavor. Awesome.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2015
at 06:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Black Door, 20151218) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized, lightly brown and it lasted long. Aroma had pine, liquorice and burnt malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, liquorice, pine, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, burnt and bitter. A pleasant hoppy stout. Finishes a bit too burnt.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2015
at 08:43