Tsar
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Black with a dark brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee and a light spicy honey notes. I wonder where that came from? Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. 100613
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2013
at 13:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Black with medium light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee and a little liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, medium sweet, hop, liquorice and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2013
at 12:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Nice head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice, nuts and hops. Nice and smooth. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2013
at 12:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled@vPBFII. Black colour, small brown head. Liquorice, some alcohol and mild nutty notes. Flavour is ashes, liquorice, some alcohol and mild rupe fruits. Strong and thick stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2013
at 13:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33 cl bottle @ wPBFโ13, BBE 03/2014
Aroma has cocoa, coffee notes, and salty licorice. Flavour has salty licorice, some hay, coffee notes and semiโdark chocolate. A bit too salty but not bad still.
Aroma has cocoa, coffee notes, and salty licorice. Flavour has salty licorice, some hay, coffee notes and semiโdark chocolate. A bit too salty but not bad still.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2013
at 13:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours with a thick essentially black hued pour with a small and thin late to form and quick to fade brown head. Decent lace though. Aromas are are resiny and fruity. Hoppy with slightly lesser notes of chocolate, burnt toast, medium ester and toasty malt. Raisins, currants, figs, milk chocolate and tar. Flavors are hoppy, medium herbal but not too bitter. A bit woody. Lots of roasted malt, dark fruit, tar and iodine. Big chocolate hit. Woody, herbal, licorice, biscotti, marcona almonds. Nougat. Rich but tempered with the bitterness. Although a slightly sweet overall balance. Smooth malt, marshmallow, soil. Feels a bit aged, although I think it is a relatively fresh bottle. Nothing stands out too much, but it tastes good and seems well made. Velvety body with medium-low carbonation. A touch warming. Thick. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2013
at 22:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Buxton Tsar (by Buxton Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
4/IV/13 - 33cl bottle from Chris Wines (London) @ home - BB: III/2014 (2013-305) Thanks to Akke for sharing the beer!
Clear very dark brown to black beer, solid creamy dark beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: caramel, sugary, some vanilla, fruity, red fruit jam, some overripe fruits, very sweet smell. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: chocolate milk, caramel, bit sugary, traces of hops, sweet. Aftertaste: soft bitter hops, caramel, mocha, chocolate, red fruits jam, sweet touch. Very decent stuff.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
4/IV/13 - 33cl bottle from Chris Wines (London) @ home - BB: III/2014 (2013-305) Thanks to Akke for sharing the beer!
Clear very dark brown to black beer, solid creamy dark beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: caramel, sugary, some vanilla, fruity, red fruit jam, some overripe fruits, very sweet smell. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: chocolate milk, caramel, bit sugary, traces of hops, sweet. Aftertaste: soft bitter hops, caramel, mocha, chocolate, red fruits jam, sweet touch. Very decent stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2013
at 11:01
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar. Now, to be clear Iโve always loved British stouts. Something about the robust roast, the mellowness and refined nature, maybe a bit of my find memories of years spent on an area between the North Sea and the North Atlantic? Anyway, this is solid. Pours a pure black color with a thick brown head. Drank at cellar temperature. A roasty nose with some smoke. The comes together with dark fruit, smoke, sweet vanilla, a big creamy body, long earthy finish with more vanilla and cake and big earthy shovels of minerals and roasted malts. Superb. Metallic high levels of roast and hops. Lovely. Reminds me of a bigger better Guinness FES. Iโd love to visit Buxton and the Mountains near there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2013
at 22:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from courtesy of Mike; deep black pour with light brown head, glorious dried fruit aroma, rich earthy malt taste fruity chocolate malts a star of a beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2013
at 16:01
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
33cl bottle, Gallows bird. Pitch black, brown head. Licorice, roasted malt, strong coffee aroma. Inviting, tempting. Flavor has roastedness, licorice, coffee, salt, hops. Wonderful finish, roasty, espresso feeling. Full bodied. IS the way I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 07:35