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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from 'Biermuda', best before February 2018. Pitch black with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish, malty, moderately roasty aroma of dark chocolate, hazelnut, coffee and a touch of vanilla. Quite sweet, moderately bitter, malty, quite roasty taste of dark chocolate, coffee, licorice, some vanilla and hints of hazelnut, followed by a medium long, rather roasty-bitter, slightly earthy-dry finish. Medium to full body, slightly creamy and moderately effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Bourbon and oak are very subtle, other than that it's a well-balanced, yet intense and saturating beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2017
at 15:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours black brown. Wood, toast, caramel, biscuit, brown sugar, dried fruit, bourbon. Low carbonation and a little thin. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2017
at 17:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black colour, small head with decent lacing. Aroma is quite much whisky, a bit of vanilla and dark chocolate. Lacks body. A bit disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2017
at 15:46
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Opaque deep brown to black pour. An inch tall beige stable head. Aroma: chocolate cake, tiramisu, brown bread, toast & toffee, minor roast, a trace of bourbon. Complex. Mefium body. Medium dry taste. This time fairly roasty. Dark chocolate. A bourbon drop. Minor oak. Light plus finishing bitterness. Elegant and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2017
at 18:39
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Marrón oscura casi opaca. Espuma no muy abundante ni duradera, beige. Aroma a chocolate con notas licóricas. En boca tiene carácter licórico, buen cuerpo, sabor intenso con licor, bastante chocolate, notas de café... un bombón en la boca, para una cerveza contundente y muy sabrosa que deja un muy rico postgusto.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2017
at 15:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2017
at 11:22
6/10
Tried
on 21 Aug 2017
at 18:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 0.33l. Pitch black color with thin creamy light brown head. Aroma of wood, vanilla, roasted malt, coffee, milk and bourbon with mild medicinal note. Taste starts with medium sweet roasted malt, chocolate and nuts, follows by coffee, dark fruit and bourbon, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is mild bitter. Full body, creamy texture and average carbonation in palate. Very quaffable for imperial stout...
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2017
at 06:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown color, creamy foam. Aroma: caramel, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, butter. Taste: caramel, butter, bourbon, a little wood, light bitterness, vanilla ice cream, cream, softly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2017
at 14:21
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
06.07.2017, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice light brown fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet mineraly, lactose, dark sugar, dark malts, minerals, weeds, butterscotch, sour coffee, oak. Taste is harsh metallic, kind of neutral, weeds, minerals, bark, hay, paper, lactose, dark malts, butterscotch, alcohol, sour coffee. Medium bitterness, harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Just, why...?!
Nice light brown fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet mineraly, lactose, dark sugar, dark malts, minerals, weeds, butterscotch, sour coffee, oak. Taste is harsh metallic, kind of neutral, weeds, minerals, bark, hay, paper, lactose, dark malts, butterscotch, alcohol, sour coffee. Medium bitterness, harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Just, why...?!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2017
at 13:45