Happy Valley (UK) Black Out XO

Black Out XO

 

Happy Valley (UK) in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Porter Regular
Score
6.36
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 11
Intense dark full bodied beer – malty roasted chocolate & coffee flavours mingle with Barbadian Oak aged rum.
 

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3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Black with thin soapy head. Really thin bodied and watery. Grassy aroma. Flavour is similar.

Tried on 21 Jan 2016 at 15:55


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

Black with a red hue, white head. Aroma of caramel, light cacao, roasted malts. Bitter flavour, roasted malts, coffee, banana. Finish roasted malts, caramel, hint of rum.
(from draught -cask- @ GBBF ’14, London)

Tried from Cask on 03 Oct 2015 at 02:16


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

Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Sweetish roasted malty spicy caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.

Tried from Cask on 04 Dec 2014 at 14:13


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

How: Cask.
Where: GBBF 2014.
Appearance: Black colour with a small beige head.
Aroma: Coffee, some fruit, caramel, raisin.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Dried fruit, sweet malt, caramel, some liquorice.

Tried from Cask on 07 Oct 2014 at 09:34


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

15th August 2014
GBBF Day 4. Cask. The great Harrisoni/madmitch76 walkabout. Clear dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Palate is light and airy, semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Mild dark malts. Pinch of chocolate drinking powder. Lightly tangy fruits. A light creamy sweetness before the dry finish. Okay.

Tried from Cask on 06 Sep 2014 at 08:00


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at GBBF
Dark brown with a small tan head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and coffee. Flavors of dark malts and coffee
Ok, thin

Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2014 at 16:04


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

Sampled @ GBBF. Very dark brown to black color with a nice red hue, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, caramel, a hint of nuts, dark malts, earthy bitterness. Average to medium body and carbonation. Not bad at all, quite nice.

Tried on 18 Aug 2014 at 10:10


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

At GBBF 2014. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate. Not a lot of condition. It’s ok .some milky chocolate. Ok but not my thing

Tried on 15 Aug 2014 at 10:19


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask - Dark malts, soy and rum. Deep maroon with almost no head. Nutty, twig and a bitter finish with a touch of bittersweet chocolate. Not quite the porter I was expecting.

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 06:10


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

Cask at the 2014 GBBF. Aroma is really earthy choc, nutty, some berry, choc. Chestnut brown no head. Flavour is rounded earthy wood, nuts, choc. Palate is light, moderately carbonation. Decent porter.

Tried from Cask on 12 Aug 2014 at 05:39