Mackeson XXX Stout
Anheuser-Busch InBev UK in City of London, Greater London, England 🏴
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
7.21
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This is a higher alcohol version of the British Mackeson Stout. Formerly brewed in the United States by Boston Beer Co. at their Cincinnati location (the old Hudepohl brewery). Presently brewed at the Carib Brewery in Trinidad (and St. Kitts).
This is the version that is commonly exported to South East Asia
Like every other hard-worker that you know, you consider Friday to be the best day of the week because at the end of it is a reward for five days of traffic, deadlines and trying to exceed your bosses’ expectations. Besides looking forward to two days without an alarm, an after-work ‘lime’ is when you permit yourself to indulge in something you’ve had a hankering for all week – It’s dark, on the brink of sweetness and one is definitely not enough. With a designated driver on duty, you place your first order for a Mackeson. It’s the perfect warm-up for everything that the rest of the night has to offer. It never disappoints and ensures that you don’t either.
This instantly satisfying, full-bodied milk stout is perfect for a generation that thrives on immediate and long-lasting gratification in their personal, professional and pleasurable pursuits. Its roasted malt aroma is a superb opener for its dark, creamy, semi-sweet goodness that finishes with a hint of a coffee-like flavour.
This is the version that is commonly exported to South East Asia
Like every other hard-worker that you know, you consider Friday to be the best day of the week because at the end of it is a reward for five days of traffic, deadlines and trying to exceed your bosses’ expectations. Besides looking forward to two days without an alarm, an after-work ‘lime’ is when you permit yourself to indulge in something you’ve had a hankering for all week – It’s dark, on the brink of sweetness and one is definitely not enough. With a designated driver on duty, you place your first order for a Mackeson. It’s the perfect warm-up for everything that the rest of the night has to offer. It never disappoints and ensures that you don’t either.
This instantly satisfying, full-bodied milk stout is perfect for a generation that thrives on immediate and long-lasting gratification in their personal, professional and pleasurable pursuits. Its roasted malt aroma is a superb opener for its dark, creamy, semi-sweet goodness that finishes with a hint of a coffee-like flavour.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of Worldbeertaste. Poured a deep mahogany with a thin tan head. The aroma is rich creamy milky malt. The flavour is medium sweet light bitter with a smooth malty palate. Fully bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2014
at 13:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to Worldbeertaste. Pours near black with a small beige head. Aroma of lactose, milk chocolate, light roast, malt, toffee and fudge. Flavor is over moderate sweet and bitter. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2014
at 13:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottles from Shop on Valley Road, Antigua. Black pour with a tan head. Aroma was brown sugar, molasses. and roast. Sweet, burnt flavour with more roast. Creamy mouth feel with some building bitterness.This was hands down my beer of the holiday. Much better than anticipated. In tandem with some local dadli bless...yes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2013
at 11:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bouteille 330ml. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, moyen de chocolat noir et de chocolat au lait (légèrement lactique), léger de noix avec des notes de crème brûlée et de mélasse sucrée. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement doux-moyen ainsi qu’une texture moyennement crémeuse et aux notes huileuses. Moyen goût de chocolat au lait (très légèrement lactique) accompagné de faibles notes fumées (cendres, petites traces de tourbe) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de malt rôti aux petites notes brûlées avec un léger goût de mélasse sucrée ainsi que des traces de caramel puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes de houblon herbeux et de chocolat noir ainsi que des traces de noix grillées. Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer de rôti doux, léger de chocolat avec des notes de houblon herbeux ainsi que quelques traces de caramel, de café et de noix.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2013
at 22:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Got a single from the LCBO (but comes in 6-pack), written on front label BB NOV /13. Pours a very dark colour with little red highlights. Big light brown-coloured head with great retention and some dirty lacing. Coffee aromas were released at first, but left pretty quickly, remaining with hoppy grass smell. After breathing some more, sweet caramel comes out, but all of this is very mild. The mouthfeel is between oily and creamy. The taste is pretty mild as well. Roasted malts, a little sweetness, raisins, grass and chocolate. Thankfully, this one is not too sweet, as listed in the ingredients are lactose (milk sugar), sugar and caramel. Because it is mild all-around, this one is easier to drink, but the sweetness will still, eventually get to you.
Tried
on 15 May 2013
at 15:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
A little sweet for my liking, though still a very decent offering. Pours pitch black with decent head and lacing. Aroma of coffee and lots of caramel. Finishes sweet and coffee bitter. Average carbonation, consistency on the syrupy side. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2013
at 20:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample at a tasting at Beer Market. Thanks zvikar. Black with a light brown head. Aroma of milk chocolate, some roastiness, an oxidized note and some cookies. Sweet roasty flavor, a bit sugary, with chocolate, lactose and a bit of caramel. Medium-bodied. A bit too sweet but decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2013
at 03:10
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Refrigerated 11.2 oz. brown bottle poured into a shaker. Pours opaque black with small dark brown hightlights and small light brown head. Nice medium small bubble lacing, thick body, medium carbonation, and wonderful lactose aroma. Taste is milk chocolate, caramel malt, lactose, and some herbal hops. Nothing over the top, almost flawless, this is the epitome of milk stouts. I really love this one, I wonder if I am getting soft with my ratings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2013
at 17:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I was very surprised to find this in Tobago (June 2008). The label said ’THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE IMPORTED EST 1742’ but in small print it claimed it was brewed and bottled at Carib etc, etc (for Interbrew UK Ltd). 275ml Brown bottle poured into a half-pint tumbler on the hotel balcony. Really dark, jet black in fact, with a good deep tan head. Chocolate aroma, sweet dark caramel, malty too. Rich, thick and creamy in the mouthfeel, treacle flavours came through as well. A lovely drink, just as good as the real Mackeson that I remember from my youth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2012
at 04:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 275ml.Clear light dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, bread, burnt, caramel. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, bread, caramel, roasted, raisin, sweet malt, chocoalte malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120330]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2012
at 02:04