Exeter Brewery Darkness

Darkness

 

Exeter Brewery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout Regular
Score
6.82
ABV: 5.1% IBU: - Ticks: 41
Darkness – The Prince of Ales lives up to its name; black as midnight, this is a well balanced but complex chocolate stout. Deliciously smooth, made with English Goldings hops, Chocolate malt, Roasted Barley and rich dark molasses.

The rich bitter-chocolate taste of Darkness® is created using a complex mash of premium malts including Chocolate Malt, which derives its characteristic coffee/chocolate flavour and aroma from subtle roasting during the malting process.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Old rating from 07-01-15 - 500ml bottle from the brewery. Pours black with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, chocolate, vanilla, toffee, plums & roasted malt. Medium body. Slight bitter finish. Enjoyable

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2025 at 16:04


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, half pint. @"The Flying Horse", Gatwick Airport (England). 25/05/2025
[#8.476 Global - #1.107 England - #1 Exeter Brewery (My English brewery #345)]
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, nuts and chocolatey malts. Taste: chocolate malts and nuts. Medium bodied. Malty.
Next one, please!

Tried from Cask at Flying Horse (JDW) on 25 May 2025 at 06:31


6.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Tried from Cask at The Barrel Vault on 14 May 2025 at 09:12


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask, pint at The Justice Mill, Aberdeen. It pours black with a sturdy tan head. The aroma is smooth roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, light umami, liquorice and coffee. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, dark roasted malt, charred, toasty, some milk chocolate, coffee grounds,.touch of nuttiness & praline and mild acidity. Finish is smooth and roasty. Average body and smooth, velvety carbonation. Rounded and very drinkable. Suits cask well.

Tried from Cask at Justice Mill (JDW) on 08 May 2025 at 11:40


8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] An opaque peaty brown pour with a tight light tan coloured head, and an attractive ruby red gleam; aroma of red fruit and chocolate; silky soft in the mouth with a red berry taste to start, then some milky chocolate; followed by a smooth fruity finish. An excellent stout.

Tried from Cask at Back of Beyond on 22 Apr 2025 at 15:11


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Prince of Wales, Farnborough. Aroma has sweet creamy chocolate and malts with a berry and light coffee edge. Opaque darkest brown. Foamy dark beige head. Flavourwise the spur berries dominate. Underlying creamy mocha. Tangy. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish..decent characterful Stout.

Tried from Cask at Prince of Wales on 07 Mar 2025 at 12:36


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at Lyric Piccadilly. Black beer Solid stout. Good mouthfeel. More of a dry stout. Some chocolate some blackcurrant flavour. Lasting tan head. Yes good. Bit of lactose maybe.

Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2024 at 13:32


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pours a clear mahogany brown colour with a small creamy, lasting, beige head. Aroma is coffee, light roasted dark malts, with a light char note. A sweetish and light roasted malt taste, dark roasted malt, brown bread, coffee, and chocolate flavours with a light sweet roasted finish.

Tried on 27 Apr 2024 at 13:58


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at Ale House, Taunton. Pours dark brown with a ruby hue, beige foam. Aroma: fruity, dark berries, mocha, cola hints. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, roast malts, light coffee, liquorice hints. Dry-ish finish. Medium body with soft carbonation. A tasty drop in fine condition.

Tried from Cask on 27 Apr 2024 at 09:49


6.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from, I believe, Hops and Craft, Exeter. Drunk after a ride with Soph around the Stiperstones. Pours a cola brown, not much of a head and what is there doesn't stick around, no lacing. Aroma has hearty dark malt and toffee. Flavour profile has pleasant chocolate malt and soft roast with a gentle chocolate sweetness coursing through, modest roast with a hoppy bitter finish. Medium to light bodied. Simple, light quencher, enjoyed it.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2024 at 17:01