7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 0,5ltr: Opaque black colored brew with an dry bitter taste with an little bit of sweetness and also sourness. Hints of roasted malts, chocolate and liquorice. I drink the Nigerian under licence version brewed from the Pabod Brewey. Bought this one at Kaystar Tropische Supermarkt, Ganzehoef, Amsterdam-Zuidoost.

2.9

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 11

Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.

5.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

0,33l from bottle bought at Satara Rest Camp Shop in Kruger National Park. Black color, small tan head. Smells tobacco, earthy, molasses, spices, corn sirup, averagesmell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes of corn sirup, peppery, lactose, nutty, grainy. Finishes medium sweet with notes of corn sirup, tobacco and earthy notes. Not that great, reminds me more of a male liquor then a stout.

7, 5, 5, 5, 5

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7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

Bottle at an Afro-Caribbean grocery. Was the last one they had. Black body with tan head. Roast malt and caramel aroma. Full bodied with cocoa, milk and roast malt. Long finish.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Probably Africa’s most famous stout, a remnant from the original South African Breweries (established 1895 in Johannesburg) which later became part of SAB Miller (now as a whole owned by AB InBev). This milk stout originated around 1912 so it is one of those classics in the genre, having remained close to what milk stouts were originally – so I was eager to try this one for its ‘historical’ relevance alone, and for having heard about it for years without ever having had the chance to taste it. Thanks again Ruben for the 50 cl bottle, not brewed in South Africa, but under contract by the Accra Brewery in Ghana in western Africa (as is custom in African beer), so I just put my rating here rather than creating a new entry for it which will eventually be aliased with this one anyway... Creamy and very regular, remarkably dense, thinnish but very stable (closed for a long time), yellowish mocha-beige head; very dark robe, as good as black, clear with a ruddy-red hue. Aroma of Nutroma coffee cream, old brown bread crust, ground and toasted walnuts, nutmeg, hard caramel candy, some iron but not too strongly so, hints of dry black tea and coffee powder. Sweetish onset, low in fruitiness and going straight to malt sweetness under softish carbonation; caramelly and nut bread-like, sprinkled with dusty old cocoa powder and the expected milk powder, but in a way more subtle than all those lactose-filled ‘new’ interpretations of milk stout the craft beer movement churns out all the time. A light metallic ‘zing’ lingers behind, but so does a pleasant coffee-like roasted bitterness, quite pronounced even for a milk stout, leading to – again – a coffee cream-like effect in combination with the lactose but the bitterness is gently pushed forward a bit by a herbal hop bitter touch as well. This is indeed more or less what I expected from a traditional and industrial milk stout, albeit with more roasted bitterness than I was imagining; not bad at all for a macro beer, I’d happily drink this again. Restrained, ‘quiet’ and straightforwardly enjoyable, it brings back memories from before the craft beer storm hit us, so AB InBev or not: have an extra point for triggering the nostalgia factor…

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared by trapped: pours near black with a beige head. Aroma is chocolate, molasses. Not too sweet, some residual bitterness at the end. Indeed smooth.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle, from Village Market, Nairobi. Clear dark brown with ruby highlights, foamy beige head, caramel-coffee malt aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter caramel-coffee taste sweet at the end, thin body, long finish. Bit thin but tasty.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sought this out due to a recent Zythophile post. 340ml bottle. Very dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of caramel/ butterscotch and heavy roasted malt. Some spices and maybe a little cardboard. 6+ Interesting - a big buttery caramel syrup note but it's really not sweet and the roasted/ burnt notes achieve balance nicely. I'm a sucker for a finish that's different but works. bb 8/19 but seems pretty fresh.