Brock
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.71
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A velvety dark, exceptionally smooth and creamy stout with soft treacle flavours and a full body. Not as strong as some traditional stouts, but lacking none of their taste.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the taproom. Light to mid-brown, translucent. Tight beige head. Malty aroma, some chocolate notes, a little vanilla cream. Sweet taste with a bready bitter character in the mouth. Bitterness in the finish but it's certainly far from overpowering. Altogether decent stuff if maybe a little plain.
Tried
from Draft
at
Thornbridge Brewery Tap
on 08 Feb 2025
at 15:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Creamy off white head on a dark reddish brown coloured body.
Coffee, malt & roasted aroma.
Medium to thin bodied, creamy & cloying.
Malts, coffee, nutty roasted & berry tastes with a fruity berry finish.
A bit thin but tastes great.
Coffee, malt & roasted aroma.
Medium to thin bodied, creamy & cloying.
Malts, coffee, nutty roasted & berry tastes with a fruity berry finish.
A bit thin but tastes great.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jan 2025
at 22:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Briarbank’s 2024 Summer Beer Festival with Grumbo and ITFCDan. Aroma is treacle, roasted malts, cocoa, coffee and smokey. Very good body, a nice drying bitter finish.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2025
at 14:54
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
23/8/2024. Keg at Briarbank’s 2024 Summer Beer Festival. Pours close to black with a small creamy beige head. Aroma is black treacle, roasted malts, caramel, nut, dark chocolate, smoky edge. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, smooth, average carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2024
at 13:13
05/04/2011. SHEFFIELD TAP, Platform 1b, Sheffield Station, SHEFFIELD, South Yorkshire, England (PIVOVAR)
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2023
at 18:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Alexandra, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish brown with a small cream head. Malts and nuts in the nose. A bit watery in the mouth. Flavour starts off as sweet with dark fruits, but leads on too liquorice and ginger with hints of aniseed. Finish is dry and fruity. This is reasonable, but Thornbridge have done better.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Sep 2021
at 22:34
7/10
Tried
on 22 Sep 2018
at 13:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Salopian, the pub. Pours jet black, creamy magnolia head. Light bitter choc and toast on the nose. Taste is quite light with comforting milk chocolate and soft glimpses of roast. I feel a yearning for a bit more body but generally ok and pintable.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jun 2018
at 17:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at Rose and Thistle, Frimley. Fear it's been on a few days. Struggling to pick up the aroma - some coffee, perhaps. A very dark brow. Cola brown where the light is reflecting off the table. Thick beige head but has some blotchy bits. Low key in terms of taste - some coffee bitterness, malts and hints of sweetness. Medium - thick bodied. Creamy but of the low fat variety. Soft carbonation. Abrupt finish other than some minor astringentness. As far as stouts go could easily down it. Easy drinking but very much underpowered.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Feb 2018
at 13:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black as the night with a fine tan head. Good lacing down the sides of the glass. Looks good and inviting. Ok aroma with a pleasant intensity. Medium (-) body and a smooth carbonation level. Balanced sweetness. Mostly chocolate, roast and coffee. Mild easy drinkable stout.
[Cask at Baum in Rochdale, England]
[Cask at Baum in Rochdale, England]
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2017
at 02:12