Acorn Brewery Black Oak

Black Oak

 

Acorn Brewery in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular
Score
6.67
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 16
This rich dark old ale has been brewed exclusively for this Wetherspoon real-ale festival, with roast barley and dark chocolate malt balanced by a crisp pine citrus aroma.

Hops used: Challenger
 

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Polka Hop, Wakefield. ABV 4.5%. Very dark brown, a bit translucent with a full khaki head. Malty aroma, chocolate and some black bread notes. Sweet taste, malty but with sharp cherry character. Bittering hop in the finish. Oily body, soft carbonation. Not so big on personality but still pretty damn good.

Tried from Cask on 01 Jul 2023 at 14:03


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the cardinals hat Lincoln. Off black colour with a dark tan head. Aroma and taste are malty and coffee rich and dried fruit. Smooth body.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2023 at 14:10


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Wetherspoons. Pours black, sweet, oaty, roast chocolate, dry toffee.

Tried from Cask on 28 May 2014 at 23:30


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the WG Grace (JDW), Bristol, February 2014. Near black with a thin, off-white head. Roasted malts, some milk chocolate, camp coffee, caramel, and a gent finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 08 May 2014 at 16:58


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading. Brown with a thick beige head. Treacle and artificial chocolate and mahogany wardrobes and spice and bonfires and a little creosote. Actually really quite spicy by the end. Apart from the fake chocolate I really enjoyed this. Nice one.

Tried from Cask on 19 Apr 2014 at 16:40


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

4th April 2014
Crosse Keys Spoons. Cask. Almost.opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Palate is smooth and airy, semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, just a touch of bitter roast. Mild spice then tangy fruits. Soft dry finish brings more spice, hop spice I think. Bitter linger, not bad.

Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2014 at 01:45


6.5

Tried from Cask at Montgomery's Tower on 09 Apr 2014 at 18:35


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

Cask at the crosse keys. Aroma is earthy peat and light smoke. With a touch of roast malt. Red caramel colour with a lasting thin off white head. Flavour is smooth choc roast, berry fruits and sweet crystalline sugars.

Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2014 at 11:45


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Bishop Vesey; dark brown pour with a frothy beige head, chocolate aroma, taste has chocolate, winter berries and caramel.

Tried from Cask on 04 Apr 2014 at 00:43


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Victoria Station Spoon Centre - London. Pours clear, deep brown with a lastig, beige froth head. Nice toasty brown bread on the nose with nips of cocoa and leathery fruits. Medium sweet flavor with further dark and bready malts, reatrained earthy bitterness, toasted sugars, ripe fruits. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Nicely balanced to finish with mild bittersweet cocoa, dry and burnt toffee, some earth, leathery fruits. Pretty OK.

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2014 at 11:05