Black Celebration
Crafty Monkey Brewing in Elwick, Durham, England 🏴
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
6.95
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Our wonderful new milk stout. Layers of coffee, liquorice and chocolate with a beautiful hit of milk sweetness.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 30th Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms, 06/09/24.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, charr, roasted tones, spice.
Taste comprises roast malts, toffee, dried fruit rinds, cocoa powder, raisins.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Not bad.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, charr, roasted tones, spice.
Taste comprises roast malts, toffee, dried fruit rinds, cocoa powder, raisins.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Not bad.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2024
at 16:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask (gravity) @ #NRHBCF 2019 [ The 44th. Nottingham CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival (The 12th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], 🇬🇧 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Bolero Square, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 1LA.
[ As Crafty Monkey Black Celebration ].
ABV: 5.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a average, creamy - frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, dark malt, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, coffee, chocolate, licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20191009]
7-4-7-3-15
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Nov 2023
at 11:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The White Horse 'Back to Normalish weekend', Hedgerley, Bucks. A black coloured pour with a thin bubbly beige head on top. Roasty, malty, caramel, chocolate aroma and taste, I rather enjoyed this one from Crafty Monkey.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jul 2021
at 07:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle sample courtesy of Grumbo. Thanks. Black with a small brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate and light soy sauce. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. Oily. 100919
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2019
at 16:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
6/9/2019. Bottle from CentrAle, Newcastle. Pours almost black with a small beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, soot, dark fruit, leather, lactose and liquorice. Medium sweetness with moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Light nutty sweet finish. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2019
at 23:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, hops, licorice and has a nice roasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2019
at 23:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Half Moon, Darlington. Black colour with reddish tinge, biege foam head that dissipates away and aroma of dark malt, leathery. Taste is sweet, barley malt, molasses, with leather, soy sauce, dark fruit, aniseed notes, milky hints and light bitterness. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry finish with lingering aniseed. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2019
at 16:51