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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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
BrewDog Bar Manchester 24 Jan 13. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget skum. Litt lacing. Sterk & god sjokoladearoma. Smaken sammensatt av sjokolade & lakris. Behagelig. Forsiktig bitter avslutning. Alkoholen godt kamuflert.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 13:10
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at The Ale House, Chelmsford. Pours black with a small tan colour head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. Rich, medium/full body, minimal carbonation, slightly bitter cocoa finish. It’s good...
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2014
at 11:01
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tasted on draft. 07/02/2014. The colour is very dark and the head too. Little smell of coffee with choco notes. The taste is acentuated dark chocolate but soft palate. Nice beer. Next one please.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2014
at 12:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled 330ml. -from Magic Beer Room Zagreb. Deep black coloured, medium sized brown head, dark chocolate in the nose. Roasted malt, chocolate, some coffee and alcohol with not so strong cocoa powder presence. Some late burning alcohol in the aftertaste. One-dimensional and big disappointment for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2014
at 15:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle at Cardinal. Dark, dark black. Dark beige head. Dark chocolate, dark malts and coffee in taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2014
at 13:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle poured into a snifter. Batch 281, best before 11/18/2020. Pours a thick motor oil jet black with about a finger of dark tan head. Aromas of milk and dark chocolates, roast, coffee, espresso, a little vanilla. Tasting notes of big burnt coffee and espresso, roast, dark chocolate, slight peat. The burnt coffee notes seem a bit overbalanced. Nice full body with a thick mouthfeel, semi-dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 21:53
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 8
Tap at the Jeffrey because in my depression from games outcome I needed an imp stout to drown sorrows. Pours deep brown with one finger head. Nose of chocolate and smoke. Tastes of chocolate, bitter espresso, earth, and ashtray. Kinda harsh and weird palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jan 2014
at 08:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours black oil with brown head. Nose and taste of cocoa, sea weed, smoke, oak chips, coffee, vanilla bean and dirty earth. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2014
at 19:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
With a name like that, I just had to get it. Pours with an extremelly deep black color and a very small chocolate colored head. The aroma is quite strong - there is roasted smell and coffee as well. I was missing some chocolate aroma perhaps. The taste was a kick in the head. A very strong and extra bitter roasted and coffee taste. Personally, a bit too strong, and too much coffee (not a fan of it) and not enough (or at all) chocolate. Just a hint of it in the aftertaste, maybe. Definitely not a bad beer, but it just doesn’t suit my style. It would be much better with more chocolatey taste.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2014
at 11:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 33 cl bottle shared at home. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of toffee. Flavors of cocoa, some vanilla and roasted notes. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2014
at 17:06