Eldon
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.35
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This beer named after The Eldon Hole, one of the seven wonders of The Peak District, is a smooth, roasty stout brewed with Demerara sugar and with added complexity from the addition of Bourbon soaked oak. Caramel, coffee and chocolate flavours are married with a hint of vanilla and fine Kentucky Bourbon.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Pours an almost black colour with little copper highlights. The head is big, frothy, warm beige coloured, long lasting with some foamy lacing. Molasses aromas with dried prunes, dates over the roasted malts and hints of oak barrel smokiness. This can also be felt in the taste and lingers. All-around, seems pretty thin for the style and alcohol content. Smooth overall, going down easily. Nothing too complex, but decent oak infused thin stout.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2018
at 01:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 330ml. @ The Chris and Ruth's House, London. [ As Thornbridge Eldon ].Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted - coffee, bread, caramel, chocolate, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, roasted - coffee, dark malt, chocolate, vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160803] 7-4-8-4-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2018
at 10:48
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 8%. Roasted aroma, salty and slightly smokey, raw liquorice note. Almost black colour. Small stable tan head. The flavour is also roasted and salty. Has a mild barrel note and a hint of vanilla. Much lighter body than expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2017
at 13:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours cloudy very dark brown wit airy tan head. Clear aroma of roast, malt, coffee and barrel. Bitterish, roasty onset, with touches if coffee and malt and mild notes of fruit, taken over by intense barrellike notes, persisting into the rough and roasty afteraste. Warming alcohol presence. Decent but surprisingly light-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2017
at 13:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
From bottle at NUBEERBAR, Prague. Dark brown to black color with beige brown head. Malty aroma, roasted, caramel, chocolate, coffee, dark dried fruits, some berry notes too, wood. Moderate sweet and moderate bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2017
at 07:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from Beer52. A glossy peaty brown colour with a bright amber gleam and a dense tan coloured head; aroma of coffee grounds and woody vanilla; smooth berry fruit taste with fudge and a hint of chocolate; followed by an aggresive herbal bitterness, then a dry woody finish. Not as smooth and mellow as I was expecting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2017
at 16:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Very deep amber coloured with a ruby sheen, medium sized - slowly collapsing - frothy tanned head, moderate to solid nose of toasted to roasted malt, cacao,dried berries and wanilla and vood, traces of herbal hops underneath; moderate to solid bitter-sweet flavour with a delicate acidity, nearly full bodied, very smooth; lingering bitter chocolatey and roasty finish with traces of dried fruits and vanilla. A very pleasant night cap...
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2017
at 17:00
6/10
Tried
on 05 Nov 2017
at 23:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Sweetish, slightly roasty and syrupy with hints of wood and chocolate. Earthy, not much bourbon here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2017
at 15:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Višnja 666 and Marko. Thanks! Dark brown, off-white head. Roasty, wood, light leather. Smooth and dry. Medium body, moderate carbonation, moderately dry finish. A bit to light for an Imperial Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2017
at 17:07