Half Bastard
Nickel Brook Brewing Co. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Stout Regular|
Score
6.50
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Packed with rich chocolate, light roast and sweet maltiness. This beer is incredibly smooth and drinkable.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle. (4.5% ABV) Pours an opaque black with a large, frothy, long lasting, tan head that leaves curtains of lace. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Sweet flavour of roasted malt, dark chocolate, toffee, tobacco and a hint of vanilla with a dry, bitter coffee finish. Medium body with a watery texture and average carbonation. Pretty descent considering the low ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2017
at 01:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Canned, 473 ml at Svijet Piva. Courtesy of and shared with JFK10000 and rest of the guys. Pours black with medium beige head. Chocolate, some cocoa, sweet, some milk, low to medium carbonation. Bitterness in finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
at
Svijet Piva
on 25 Sep 2017
at 16:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can [labels says 4.5%] brought from home, consumed on family holiday. Opaque brown color, medium sized light brown head. Aroma is malts, some coffee and chocolate. Taste malts, brown malts, coffee and some cocoa powder, sweetish milk chocolate, moderately bitter. Decent to medium body, suitable decent carbonation. I really like this beer. Incredibly flavorful especially for a 4.5% ABV beer. Very nice!
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2017
at 13:22
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can, 4.9% abv i think?! (thanks fatphil). Straight from the can. Aroma is roasty, malty. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, malt, coffee. Overall: good.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2017
at 11:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
At libf 2017. Thnx to ships for sharing ! Pours lack, small grey head. Smell is roasty, bit sweet. Taste is dark malts , grainy, roast, chocolate. Ok.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2017
at 11:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From the tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours almost completely black with very low foam, cappuccino colored. Aroma is coffee and chocolate, delicate. Body is relatively dense, very smooth in the mouth, low carbonation. Taste has some sweetness, with a small final bitterish feeling, probably from roster malts. Finish is average.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2017
at 13:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
473 ml. can shared @ LIBF 2017. Black, little mocha head. Nose is mocha, soy sauce, nuts, empty, bark. Taste is grainy, low ashes, cheap chocolate, mocha, chicory coffee,.. Body is empty cheap chocolate, ashes, grainy,... Okay but not the most impressive with these notes, passable for the ABV I suppose.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2017
at 14:26
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can sample @ LIBF’17, thanks 77ships for the share. Brune foncée, col beige. Arôme au nez un peu fin, stout classique avec rétro malté, fin chocolaté effet un peu pâle et léger houblon en amérisant. Palais est léger, café, grains concassés avec un petit rétro épicé, et grillé persistant. Amertume reste modérée et offre une bonne balance, plutôt noble par rapport au malt.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jun 2017
at 04:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Imported from my RateBeer account as Nickel Brook Half Bastard (by Nickel Brook Brewing Co.):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5
5/VI/17 - 1Pt. can @ LIBF 2017 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2017-743) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the can!
Clear dark brown beer, beige creamy irregular head, dissipates quickly. Aroma: coffee, pretty roasted, bit sweet, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very roasted, bitter, soft sweetness. Aftertaste: bitter, hoppy, very roasted.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 12/20, MyTotalScore: 2.9/5
5/VI/17 - 1Pt. can @ LIBF 2017 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2017-743) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the can!
Clear dark brown beer, beige creamy irregular head, dissipates quickly. Aroma: coffee, pretty roasted, bit sweet, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very roasted, bitter, soft sweetness. Aftertaste: bitter, hoppy, very roasted.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2017
at 17:12
Tried
on 01 Apr 2017
at 15:17