Nickel Brook Brewing Co. Half Bastard

Half Bastard

 

Nickel Brook Brewing Co. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

  Stout Regular
Score
6.50
ABV: 5.3% IBU: 35 Ticks: 35
Packed with rich chocolate, light roast and sweet maltiness. This beer is incredibly smooth and drinkable.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can on the bus. Black with airy beige froth. Chocolate, roasted malt and coffee aroma. Similar flavour, sweetish yet dry, roasted. Has a little fruity hops in the finish. Feels a little light but packs a good deal of flavour.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2018 at 08:03

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Leider etwas wässrig, auch im Aroma schwer auszumachen. Sehr leicht, schwache Röstnoten.
Tried on 05 May 2018 at 17:42

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 3
355 ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with full head. Aromas of sour coffee, metal, and toasted malts. Flavors of same with additional chocolate but also with much more sour vinous notes
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2018 at 03:47

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
There is certainly an unwanted sourness in this, however it actually works with the beer. The carbonation is far too high when cracked from the infection. 2017 advent calendar.
Tried on 31 Dec 2017 at 15:24

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
(Bottle) clear, very dark brown colour with a medium tall brown head; aroma of sour fruit jam; lightly sour flavour with a long, light sour and medium strong mineral, ashy, bitter finish; smooth palate; strange but not as horrible as many make it sound
Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2017 at 13:07

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can from Beautiful Beers, Bury St Edmunds. Dark brown, only very slightly translucent, with a ring of khaki head. Chocolate malt, some light smoke and liquorice, blackberry on the nose. Sweet taste turning slightly bitter/sour on the finish. Harsh and slightly astringent aftertaste. Oily body, low carbonation. A mixed bag but good overall.
Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2017 at 18:16

3.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2
Craft Beer Advent Calendar 2017
Black color, suspect large head. Smell of wet cardboard, sour. Sour and roasty flavor, some ashtray, yoghurt.
Infected, terribly bad.
Tried on 01 Dec 2017 at 13:52

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle - Cocoa and a light dark fruit notes. Jet brown with a very frothy and rich light brown head. Soured cocoa, very carbonated an$ not quite right.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2017 at 22:11

3.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2
355mL bottle, pours black with a very large foamy tan head, hinting at a disturbance with the bottle. Aroma is metallic, with bitterness, earthy notes, and a touch of toasted malt. Flavour is infected, with unpleasant sourness and messy yeast. Undrinkable infected beer.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2017 at 22:10

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Dark brown. On the nose, just a thinnish chocolate sort of thing. High carbonation, that kills the taste, but the taste is basically just not happening...it's got a touch of sweetness but that's it. No complexity but the fizz would kill that anyway. Well, this just didn't work out.
Tried on 30 Nov 2017 at 22:10