Dragon Smoke Stout
Beowulf Brewing in Brownhills, Staffordshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.96
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Has been proclaimed CAMRA’s Midland stout of the year repeatedly. Dark malts and roasted barley combine to produce a smouldering “chocolate” flavour followed by a mouth embracing bitterness. It’s really bitter and black.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Birmingham Beer Festival 2016; dark brown pour with a bubbly tan head, aroma has dark malts, taste sweet malts, liquorice, dark fruits.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2016
at 11:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is light roast chocolate, tase is quite sweet and thin, dry smoky finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dragon Smoke on 20 Apr 2013 at 21:17 - Score: 6. Original review text: Bottle. Quite sweet and thin, dry smoky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2015
at 07:14
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask @ PO Vault, Birmingham. Smooth and dark beginning, fresh, smooth, roasted. Dry, fresh, smooth. Roasted-malt, bitter till the end, nice and smooth! The aftertaste is roasted, smooth, nicely bittered, chocolate/Espresso. A great brew!!
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Aug 2014
at 04:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On cask at The Holy Inadequate, Etruria. Jet black body with a dark tan head. Lovely and toasty and smoky coffee on the nose. Sweet chocolate malt taste, nice rich and warming. Quality and highlight of the day.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2014
at 14:29
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Milton Keynes Beer Festival 2013. Poured a very dark, near black colour with a tight, thin tan head. Aroma of smoked meat, prunes and earthy notes. Full, creamy mouth feel. Roast malt flavours with dried fruit and tobacco. Palate is very dry with bitter burnt malt. Very smooth.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2013
at 12:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Deep ambery brown colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, with coffee, chocolate and some slight burnt wet wooden notes. Flavour is coffee, chocolate, mild liquorice along with some tobacco and quite big bitterness in the finish. Wellbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2013
at 22:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington - Birmingham. Pours deep brown with a creamy beige head. Dirty roasted malts in the aroma. Light sweet flavor with dominant bitter cocoa and moderate earthy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Bitter roasted malts to finish with earth and baking cocoa. Fair.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Aug 2013
at 03:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington, black country beer bus bash. Opaque black with a loose tan thin head. smooth roast caramel aroma. Some fruit esters and grassy hop in the finish. Some astingent roast.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2013
at 07:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Beer Hive, Edinburgh [280513]
Jet black, brown cola-like bubbly head dissipates to no head at all
Aroma - Lots of roasted malt, coffee grounds, burnt notes, some chocolate
Taste of burnt roasted malts, roast coffee, chocolate, bit yeasty, treacle, thinnish dark malts, soft smoke
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish - initially rather dry, thie becomes sweeter with the drinking, dark chocolate, bit smoky, bitter roast linger, burnt cocoa
Overall - A reasonable stout, shame there was no head from the bottle. probably better on cask
Jet black, brown cola-like bubbly head dissipates to no head at all
Aroma - Lots of roasted malt, coffee grounds, burnt notes, some chocolate
Taste of burnt roasted malts, roast coffee, chocolate, bit yeasty, treacle, thinnish dark malts, soft smoke
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish - initially rather dry, thie becomes sweeter with the drinking, dark chocolate, bit smoky, bitter roast linger, burnt cocoa
Overall - A reasonable stout, shame there was no head from the bottle. probably better on cask
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2013
at 13:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Stirchley Wines and Spirits, Birmingham. Poured a dark mahogany with a frothy tan head. The aroma is malty and unsurprisingly a little smokey. The flavour is rich bitter, with liqourice, malt and spice. It’s best served warm. Coming straight out of the fridge does it no favours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2013
at 18:07