Old Man Winter is well and truly upon us like a shithead following us around the brewery so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to make something we’d always wanted to drink when we’re on the sesh in the cold season. A proper Nitro Stout. Slow Life is all about malt, nuance and balance – taking a simple grist of Floor Malted Pale Malt, Brown Malt, Aromatic and Chocolate with a dash of Columbus in the boil. Fermented on WLP007 and then left the fuck alone. We take pride in this lad being a beautiful mug of absolute pint fuel and while she’s easy drinking you get a beautiful complexity of roasty, bready coffee and soft malt sweetness with an un-apologetic bitterness to balance out the whole affair and leave you waiting for your next gulp of soft creamy chocolaty goodness.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Olmost black with large light brown head - Roasted malt aroma - Roasted malt body with bitterness and some chocolate flavours - Malt finish with some roasted flavours and some chocolate as well - This was nice
Tried
from Draft
at
Gullkorn Ølbar
on 07 May 2026
at 10:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black color with three fingers of creamy tanned head, excellent retention. Coffee and bready aroma. Roasty, bready and coffeish flavor. Balanced bitterness. Light bodied but creamy, smooth mouthfeel. Great!
Tried
from Draft
from
Ambasada.
on 31 Mar 2026
at 15:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Chester Station Tap. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a medium sized foamy cream head and good lacing. The aroma is subdued – just hints of malts and caramel. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but also slightly watery. Flavour is basically roasted malts, but with hints of ginger and (later) liquorice and vanilla. A little bitterness in the dry finish. This is decent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Chester Station Tap Room
on 05 Nov 2025
at 16:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft, taster. @"Mash 2025", Barcelona (Spain). 24/10/2025
[#8.705 Global - #175 Ireland - #38 Whiplash]
Pours pitch black with a lacing tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, coffee beans and rich dark chocolate. Taste: medium roasty leading to a coffeish palate. Dry palate.
Next one, please!
[#8.705 Global - #175 Ireland - #38 Whiplash]
Pours pitch black with a lacing tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, coffee beans and rich dark chocolate. Taste: medium roasty leading to a coffeish palate. Dry palate.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Oct 2025
at 18:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On keg at Maison du Biere, Elsecar - Jet black body with a firm tan head. Chocolate dominates, bit of black coffee bitterness, some burnt malts.
Tried
from Draft
at
Maison Du Biere
on 12 Sep 2025
at 16:39
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Sort med glatt beige, fyldig topp som blir liggende.
Aroma; malt, sjokolade, rosiner, svak eim av urter, humle
Smak; malt, rosiner, grannål, humle, karamell.
Silkemyk, balansert. Litt kort ettersmak.
Aroma; malt, sjokolade, rosiner, svak eim av urter, humle
Smak; malt, rosiner, grannål, humle, karamell.
Silkemyk, balansert. Litt kort ettersmak.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cafe Sånn
on 03 Sep 2025
at 15:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Two 330ml glasses, draught at Cafe Sånn. Deep black body, covering beige head, scattered lacing. Nicely roasted dark malty aromas. Dark malt-forward taste with black chocolate, hints of dark bread, and a note of liquorice. Rounded, slightly roasted malty tail. Drinks very well. In friendly company with Haakon. (Tromsø, 01.09.2025).
Tried
from Draft
at
Cafe Sånn
on 01 Sep 2025
at 17:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 7
(Draft at Beer Merchants Tap, Hackney Wick, London, 30 May 2025) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark chocolate, black coffee and dark bread. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, dark chocolate, ashes, roasted grain, dark bread and a balanced coffee/cacao bitterness. Medium body, dry. Classic dry Irish stout. Nice one.
Tried
from Draft
at
Beer Merchants Tap
on 24 Jun 2025
at 20:50
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2025
at 15:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Dark with a creamy tan head. Roasted, coffee, cocoa, wort, light vanilla. Full body. Very solid.
Tried
from Draft
at
Fidelity Bar
on 21 Jun 2025
at 23:35