Black Forest Stout

McColl's Brewery in Evenwood, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Stout Regular

Score

6.66

ABV: 5.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 8

Appearance: Darker than dark, big, thick tight head. Aroma: Sweetness, fresh cherry sweetness, dark bitter chocolate. Flavour: Big Morello Cherry flavour, a touch of sourness but big sweetness, fruity and obvious chocolate opulence. Dark bitter chocolate but also sweet chocolate, bitter dark malt and a touch of vanilla. Mouthfeel: Big body, round and smooth. Aftertaste: Morello sweetness and chocolate finishing on a mild bitterness and slight cherry sourness.

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WingmanWillis (38720) ticked Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 6 years ago

Tried on 27 Jul 2019 at 15:00

6.9

Grumbo (24737) reviewed Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

1/5/2019. Bottle from CentrAle, Newcastle. Pours dark brown with a dark red tint and an average sized short lasting off-white head. Aroma of dark chocolate, cherry liqueur chocolates, black forest gateaux, hint of wood and vanilla. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Oily texture, slightly above average carbonation. Bitter cherry chocolate finish. Quite good.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2019 at 21:29

6.5

allmyvinyl (21224) reviewed Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Newcastle jaunt. Keg at the Newcastle Tap. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of light chocolate and faint roast. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish. No discernible fruit character.

Tried from Draft on 01 Feb 2019 at 08:45

7.1

Mr_Pink_152 (17449) reviewed Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Head of Steam Newcastle. Off black colour with a white head. Aroma light chocolate and cherry hints. Taste light sour to amsweet hints. Medium body.

Tried on 19 Jan 2019 at 19:16

6.8

jjsint (8701) reviewed Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the Head of Steam in Leicester. Dark brown with a smidge of mahogany and only a bit translucent. Nice big beige head. Nutty aroma with some bittrr chocolate, but I'm not getting much beyond a bog standard stout. Taste is bittersweet with a sourness in the latter half of the sip. I get a fair dollop of stone fruit - cherries and plums - in the long finish. Oily, flat body. Fun to drink but not the most memorable stout.

Tried from Cask on 14 Jan 2019 at 18:13

6.1

minutemat (16469) reviewed Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Coracle, Ironbridge. Pours dark with creamy tan topping. Some very subtle cherry on the nose, coffee. Taste doesn't really deliver the cherry but does bare plenty of dry roasted malt and espresso, with some underlying chocolate notes. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 30 Dec 2018 at 20:11

MusingAnorak (11821) ticked Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 7 years ago

Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2018 at 13:50

6.8

danlo (13332) reviewed Black Forest Stout from McColl's Brewery 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask from stall at Raby Castle. Dark brown colour, beige foam head and malty earthy aroma. Taste is malty, light roasty, caramel, raisins, dark fruity with alittle spice and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry nutty bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 10 Dec 2017 at 11:04