Dark Night
Independent Lakeland Breweries in Keswick, Cumbria, England 🏴
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7.08
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Old Review from 16/06/2014. A bottle from the small shop in the foyer of the Wheatsheaf Inn, in Lorton, Cumbria. Part of the Independent Lakeland Breweries range from a few small, but quality Cumbrian Breweries. Bottle description- Dark Night stands out by it's deep dark colour & beautifully balanced flavours. Achieved by the masterly blending of chocolate & crystal malts as well as de-husked carafe malt. For me it's one of the better chocolate stouts I've had, with the chocolate coming across not to strong.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cask. Brown pour. Aroma of chocolate, caramelised malt and hopjesvla. Taste has smooth hopjesvla, caramelised malt, creamy mocha and chocolate. Love it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Bridge Hotel, Buttermere. Brown-black with an off-white head. Roasty malt is the name of the game here with a hint of ash and some milk chocolate. The mouthfeel is maybe a little too smooth for its own good; it felt it needed a little more roughness for character. Nice enough though. Surprised that it's been entered on here as an ESB; for me it was somewhere between a stout and a mild.
mike_77 (15880) reviewed Dark Night from Independent Lakeland Breweries 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Very dark brown with a red hue. Thick, long lasting head. Really smooth and rich feeling. Lots of bittersweet chocolate, cocoa flavour with a very long lasting roasted bitter aftertaste.