Cwrw Craig Ddu (Black Rock Stout)
Bragdy Mŵs Piws (Purple Moose Brewery) in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.86
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Black Rock Stout is a smooth, rich stout with a sweet malty foretaste and a hint of bitterness in the finish.
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8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle gift from brother – drank at home. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with medium sized frothy beige head. There’s roasted malts, chocolate and hints of coffee in the aroma. In the mouth there is a brief creamy sweetness before sharpish bitterness comes through. Flavour has roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, traditional hops, liquorice and hints of crusty bread. Finish is quite dry. This is rather nice – though tending more towards a black IPA than a stout methinks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2025
at 16:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
500ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee & roast malt. Medium body. Slightly dry light bitter finish. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2025
at 22:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hand-pulled pint in the Pheasant Inn & Brewpub, Wellington Shropshire on 15th January 2024. Black bodied, beige/lightly tanned crust. Contains Barley and Wheat according to the pump clip. Anyway it's malty, fairly dry and tasty. Can you have an easy going Stout? If so then this is one!
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2024
at 18:44
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2022
at 16:19
7/10
Tried
on 25 Jun 2022
at 15:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle picked up from a garage near Bala - Deep brown body, off white to beige head. Nose is dusty cocoa, touch of liquorice and coffee. Taste similar, bitter bite to it. Pretty dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2022
at 19:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of dry cocoa, hint of liquorice. Taste is more of the same. Dry finish. Pretty solid stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2022
at 18:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beers of Europe. Appearance - very dark brown to black. Some orangey brown chinks by the rim. Nose - burnt toffee going into molasses. Brown bread. Taste - burnt toffee and over baked bread again. Palate - crunchy texture and dry toasty finish. Medium bodied. Overall - confused as style on RB says black IPA while bottle says stout. Definitely more in stout territory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2020
at 22:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ Salopian, the pub. Pours dark ruby, aroma has gently sweet dark malt. Taste bears chocolate with coconut hints, light roast, dark malts. Body seems quite smooth and oily perhaps. Tastes like it's probably at the end of the barrel, so scored objectively.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2019
at 15:59