Cocoa Psycho
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.70
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Welcome to the world of Cocoa Psycho, a liquid dimension where pure indulgence reigns.
This Imperial Stout borrows from the voluptuary decadence of 18th Century Russia, with its extravagantly smooth blend of crushed coffee beans, cacao nibs and dark malts.
Dig past the infusions of vanilla pods and toasted oak chips and eventually you’ll come face to face with the madness required to make this beer: a kind of depraved logic that would make Rasputin himself proud.
To fully unleash the aromas and bittersweet luxury of this stout we recommend drinking it from a stemmed beer glass before taking a sledgehammer to a Faberge egg.
Malts: Extra Pale, Wheat, Cara, Smoked, Black and Roasted Barley
Hops: Cascade, Fuggles and Goldings
This Imperial Stout borrows from the voluptuary decadence of 18th Century Russia, with its extravagantly smooth blend of crushed coffee beans, cacao nibs and dark malts.
Dig past the infusions of vanilla pods and toasted oak chips and eventually you’ll come face to face with the madness required to make this beer: a kind of depraved logic that would make Rasputin himself proud.
To fully unleash the aromas and bittersweet luxury of this stout we recommend drinking it from a stemmed beer glass before taking a sledgehammer to a Faberge egg.
Malts: Extra Pale, Wheat, Cara, Smoked, Black and Roasted Barley
Hops: Cascade, Fuggles and Goldings
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Tjock trög kolsvart vätska med mörkt beige skum. Söt doft med molass, vanilj, kaffelikör och chokladkola. Söt, kraftig, rund och med lätt bränd eftersmak med viss beska. Mycket vanilj och molass, bakom det kaffe, choklad, torkad mörk frukt. Väl söt men inte svårsippad, stora dofter och smaker men det finns så många andra som är bättre i denna stil. Börjar få allt svårare att motivera ytterligare en IS extra allt.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2014
at 13:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Brewdog, Shepherds Bush, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin dark beige head on top. Roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee aroma. Taste is similar, roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee, quite bitter, sweet and rich. Good stuff but also quite hard to drink.
Tried
on 19 Apr 2014
at 10:22
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Smell of roasted malts. Black colour, extremely dark brown head. Aroma of alcohol, berries, chocolate. Thick and heavy, oily, medium carbon.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2014
at 13:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Big thanks to people at the MBR for the sample! Not too big, will rerate. Daaark pitch-like with a small brown head. Mild, slightly sticky malty aroma with notes of chocolate and raisiness. Slightly sticky, roasty sweetish stout, a bit oily but not as overbearing as some of this big guys can be. Very nice, and I hope to rerate it soon.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Apr 2014
at 20:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle @home. Batch #281, BB 28/11/18. Pitch black, nice brown head. Sweet aroma, lots of dark chocolate and licorice at first in aroma, later roasted malt and molasses as well. Flavor is licorice, brown sugar, roasted malt, salt and cocoa, almost like eating cocoa powder. Dry long sweet chocolaty finish. Heavy stuff. Tad too sweet for me though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2014
at 10:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Very dark. Good hearty aroma with roast, choc, and maybe a little bit of peanut butter. Very sweet, lots of brown sugar, molasses...rich thick and sweet.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2014
at 11:10
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Botella de 33 cl lote 049 hasta 10-03-2014. de 2d2dspuma tomada en 15-03-2014 en el momento. Color negro intenso con bastante espuma al servir y muy oscura, poco persistente luego hasta desaparecer por completo a mitad de vaso. Aromas intensos a maltas tostadas, algo de especias y chocolate con leche y bastante café torrefacto. Sabores intensos también de maltas tostadas algo especiadas,, vainilla y ligero cacao,, y finalizando con un buen regusto de café torrefacto combinado muy bien con ligero amargo. Cuerpo medio - fuerte de 10 vol. no muy denso y ligeramente cremoso que hace que se beba bastante bien. Aumento de sensación alcohólica a medida que toma temperatura. Bastante bastante buena, una buena dosis de café y cacao con cuerpo y buen volumen de alcohol para la boca. Para repetir sin duda.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2014
at 13:16
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tap at RJ. Aroma dark malts, raisins, tobacco, dark chocolate. Dark brown stable head. Almost black colour. Taste is initially deliciously sweet grape chocolate. Heavily roasted with no astringency at all, only smooth creamy chocolatey goodness. Pleasant dark cofeeish chocolatey finish, long duration. Alcohol absolutely hidden. Easily drinkable. Killer beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2014
at 13:22
5.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
33 cl. bottle split costs & contents with Kogymo. Procured from Willems. Looks gorgeous, black, thick dark mocha head which sadly doesn’t really last but otherwise picture perfect. Smells like sour coffee beans & grounds, ashes, herbal, tart red berries. Taste is sour coffee beans and grounds, dash vinegar, berries, herbal, ash in the back, roast & faint cocoa. Ashes & grounds body, lighter than usual for the syle. The sourness of the beans, the ash etc. This one doesn’t feel like coffee RIS should feel like. Not all that enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2014
at 00:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(tap 0,3l @ OP (Brno))
Aroma : Cocoa, roasted malt, light fruity.
Appearance : Opaque black color. Medium, dark brown head.
Taste : Medium sweet, roasted malt, alcohol.
Palate : Alcohol warm, astringent, dry.
Overall : Interesting, very alcoholic.
Aroma : Cocoa, roasted malt, light fruity.
Appearance : Opaque black color. Medium, dark brown head.
Taste : Medium sweet, roasted malt, alcohol.
Palate : Alcohol warm, astringent, dry.
Overall : Interesting, very alcoholic.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Mar 2014
at 03:07