Tsar
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.73
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TSAR is rich and powerful, a full bodied Imperial Stout. Malty chocolate, mocha and dark berry fruit-notes preside over a subtle hop profile, whilst a smooth velvety texture in the mouth gives way to a lingering bitter, dark chocolate finish.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black oily pour, big brown foamy head. Aroma of chocolate, red fruit and sourish oak. Mouthfeel is smooth and velvet. Taste of coffee, pure cacao, red fruit, bit of milk and a bitter grassy finish. Tasteful, as always with buxton beers. Fruity and hoppy, like a black imperial ipa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2015
at 16:50
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle at the Local Pub, Athens. Black color with big beige brown frothy head. Aroma is roasted malty, coffee, light chocolate, very hoppy, pine, grassy, floral notes. Sweet and bitter like the aroma, lot of hoppy bitterness. Medium oily body with soft carbonation and bitter hoppy finish. It’s like a black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2014
at 05:36
8/10
Tried
on 13 Dec 2014
at 13:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Great stuff. Thick dark pour with great head and carpet lacing. Lots of roast and chocolate and well-balanced overall. Bitter finish. Pungent roast - gets into your sinuses. Creamy texture. Wonderful. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2014
at 07:06
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 7
Draft at Birch & Barley courtesy of solidfunk, thank you. Dark brown color, thin tan head. Aroma of cocoa, coffee. Taste has espresso and smooth milk chocolate. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2014
at 05:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle I picked up a while back pours a translucent, nearly opaque black with brown edges and a ringing of beige head. Nose has a mix of roasted malt and molasses along with with lots of dark and dried fruit, prunes, raisins, mission figs, licorice too, a little bit of rubber, some booze too. Flavor has some candlewax, molasses, very heavy licorice, prunes, raisins, cherry cola, chocolate. Full bodied, sweet finish. A bit of roasty bitterness on the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2014
at 18:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours near black with a thick light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, rich caramel, some dark fruit. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
on 09 Nov 2014
at 05:36
8/10
Tried
on 19 Oct 2014
at 01:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle at home. Pours jet black with a long-lasting tan head. Aromas of red fruit, dark chocolate, black coffee. Taste is roasted bitter, more red fruit, smoke coming through, charcoal maybe. Oily mouthfeel, medium body. Long, long finish. Mmmm.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 06:34
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with thick, average to huge, creamy, fairly lasting and lacing, tan head. Surprising aroma has notes of woodruff, mint, aniseed, sweat and smelly feet, hardly detectable minimally roasty, dark malty background. Taste is dry, unpleasantly extremely bitter, roasty dark malty, soapy, herbal, a touch of lavender, woodruff, aniseed, peppermint and eucalyptus, metallic as well, very subtle dark malty hints of coffee. I’m baffled: oxidised hops? Kind of far out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2014
at 18:23