Dark Ness
Loch Ness Brewery in Drumnadrochit, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
7.09
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A big roasted dark stout with coffee and chocolate notes.
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6/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 13:07
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
From tap at a Loch Ness hotel. Creamy and roasty with plenty of cocoa, chocolate, touch of coffee. Moderate bittersweet flavour, tasty Stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2025
at 01:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
500ml bottle from the Scottish Beer Shop in Kilmahog. Pours deep black with a beige foamy head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee, liquorice, cherries & roasted malt. Medium body. Smooth finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2025
at 17:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the old bridge inn Aviemore. Pours a nice black with a small white head. Aroma is dark malts, restrained cocoa, milk chocolate. Medium body, smooth and velvety mouthfeel. Flavour is rich and malty, nice dark malt profile with milk chocolate, cacao, light coffee, light bitterness, very smooth. Very nice stout, loads of flavour for the abv.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jul 2023
at 22:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Tesco - Dark black, tan head. Roasted malty nose, some hints of dark chocolate in the taste. Easy enough beer to enjoy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2023
at 20:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Black beer, decent head. Malty aroma with a little chocolate. Flavour has toasty malt, chocolate, some vanilla. Simple flavours but a decent heft to it for the strength and a nice body. Very decent indeed.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2022
at 01:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very dark brown with lasting head. Aroma and flavour are packed with bitter, heavily roasted malts. Quite smoky. Long lasting bitter finish.
Tried
on 26 May 2022
at 09:32
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2021
at 00:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a black with a creamy tan head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, hint of chocolate. Taste is rich roasted malts, chocolate, lingers around licorice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2021
at 20:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black with a foamy to frothy beige head. Very mild aroma of ashes, amaretto, and stale chocolate does little to invite sniffing. Taste is pleasantly bitter up front, sweetening at the end with milk chocolate notes over a mild tartness. Medium-bodied, mild carbonation, oily. Okay but forgettable.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2020
at 17:54