Hops & Dots Brewery Dimmer Switch

Dimmer Switch

 

Hops & Dots Brewery in Bishop Auckland, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular Out of Production
Score
6.60
ABV: 6.8% IBU: - Ticks: 6
Dimmer Switch is an incredibly smooth Milk Stout. Brewed with Molasses and the addition of speciality malts in the mash it offers notes of coffee to compliment the sweetness provided by the addition of lactose. It has a thick body, as all good Stouts should. Enjoy!
 

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6.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Keg tap at the Salmon, Leicester. Dark brown, impenetrable with a small ring of head. Some salted chocolate and yeast extract join the treacle-laden aroma. Very nice. Taste garners fewer accolades from me: it's nutty, sourish and a bit vegetal, none of which I expected. Light bitterness in the finish. Heavy carbonation. Odd beer, very hard to get into.

Tried from Draft on 12 Sep 2021 at 18:18


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Craft Beer Oasis, Crewe – at 7.2%. Pours pretty mich jet black with a small cream head. Has roasted malts and some lactose in the aroma. In the mouth it is fairly sweet and milky, with plenty of liquorice and hints of dark fruits, chocolate and coffee. Quite nice and very drinkable.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jul 2021 at 20:26


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Third, gravicask, at the 22nd Oxford Beer & Cider Festival. Shared with Finn. Pitch black body, naked at the surface, fragile lacing. Roasted malty smell, hint of liquorice. Dark malty flavours partially overrun by sulfur. Roasted ashy ending. Not quite there. (25.10.2019).

Tried from Cask on 12 Nov 2019 at 09:32


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Delt med Rune på 22nd Oxford Beer & Cider Festival 2019. Svart. Mokkafarget skumring. Aroma av brent plast. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken mørk sjokolade. Veldig tørr avslutning

Tried on 25 Oct 2019 at 14:29


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

25/3/2019. Cask, sample, from Darlington Beer Festival @ Voodoo Cafe, courtesy of Danlo, cheers! Pours almost black with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, milk chocolate, nut, dark fruits, lactose, hint of liquorice and coffee. Medium sweetness, light to moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slickish texture, very soft carbonation. A little more roasted bitterness comes through to finish alongside the chocolate. Good one.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2019 at 22:56


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Darlington CAMRA Fest 2019 at the Voodoo Cafe. Black in colour, brown foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, soya sauce, meaty, roasted. Taste is sweetish roast malty, molasses, roast malty, chocolate & coffee, milky, with earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy roasty bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Cask on 21 Mar 2019 at 20:21