Dark & Perilous Nights
(has 1 batch)
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: J. Wakefield BrewingStrong Ale - American Regular
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Score
8.24
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An extraordinary collaboration with Florida's J. Wakefield. Expect rich aromas of dark sugar and toffee, with a comforting chocolate fudge flavour profile, warming spirit complexity and a slick mouthfeel.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, from Rad Bier online thanks to Danny-Boyo for the tip off on this want, 19/01/24. Black with a tan head that thins to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, dark fruit rinds, bourbon soaked oak, toffee fudge, spice. Taste comprises dark malts, brown sugar melt, molasses, spice, toffee fudge, chocolate, fruit cake mix, booze tunes. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of alcohol. Solid BA impy stout. Well balanced with nuanced barrel tones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2024
at 22:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Rusty cap inside, uhoh. Black, small tan head. Smells rich bourbon, dark chocolate, smth damp cellar behind it. Medium thin body, but smooth, and definitely some alcohol. Taste is buckets of bourbon, sweet, rich, followed by fudgy chocolate, heavy boozy. Really delicious, but too much bourbon for me to really appreciate to its fullest potential.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2021
at 22:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle picked up from Beyond Beer, Hamburg, Germany. Consumed at home Sunday 10th January 2021 we had Beef with apricots and prunes and spiced pecans, listening talking to Scott and Mandy via Zoom. Pours dark brown edging towards black with a tan head. Aroma is fruity mostly dark dried fruits, some chocolate and coffee also. Plenty of molasses in the mouth, in fact this is very sweet, dark fruits again, plus some vanilla, chocolate, a little boozy. I have to say I thought that when I saw that this was described as a Belgian Dark Strong Ale on here, I was unsure that I was drinking the same beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2021
at 12:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Oct 20. Pitch black pour, lasting deep brown head. Aroma comprises roasted malt with rich muscovado and cassonade. Taste builds on this, oily sweet, viscous with dark malts and captivating bourbon nuances. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2020
at 22:29
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Monday 26th October 2020; Shrewsbury Monthly Beer Share, in Chez Sophie. Five beer geeks, one aim! Cheers Simon for the 375ml bottle of this. As the name suggests, this is a dark brew and pretty perilous if you don't like malty sweet beers, luckily I do. After half an evening of sour/wild beers this came as a real relief to me and my sweet tooth. Malty molasses rule the nose and flavour of this lovely strong beer, smooth, rich and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2020
at 09:11
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
19-10-20 // bottle shared. From BeyondBeer. Very dark black to brown. Brown lacing. Complex lovely nose. Dried fruit heavy boozy nose and loads of barrel. Thick oily mouthfeel but light drinking. Rich rich aromas. Coffeechoco sweet. Bourbon. Fantastic. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2020
at 11:08
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home picked up from Siren online. A dark mahogany brown black coloured pourw ith a loose fine light tan head. Aroma is robust earthy salty roast, liquorice, meaty bovrille, bark, burnt sugars. strawberry shortcake. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, burnt brown sugars, golden honey, jammy fruit, sherry, brandy snap sugars, / Palate is medium sweet, sticky, oily, mellow carbonation . Boozy. Closer to a barley wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2020
at 23:30