York Chocolate Stout
Rudgate Brewery in Tockwith, North Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.76
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A deep rich and satisfying premium stout with complex balanced flavours and a warm subtle chocolate finish.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, third pint at Mr Foley’s in Leeds. Creamy, tan-coloured head blanketing the glass. Almost black in body appearance. Caramel and liquorice on the nose, semi-dry. Dark chocolate, wood and caramel flavours. Soft on the swallow. Appreciated (08.07.2014).
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Aug 2014
at 00:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle from Booths. Very dark, no head. Has lots of chocolate malt in the nose and a light smattering in its taste, all in a fine body. Also tried the cask version at the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, although this was to make up a third as opposed to being a fest brew. Less stated in this instance but better looking.
Tried
from Cask
at
Lord Rosebery (JDW)
on 21 Jan 2014
at 14:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Medium beige head doesn’t last. Nearly opaque black body goes deep dark brown at edges. Roasty dusty chocolate aroma with toast notes. Dry-sweet roasty chocolatey earth taste with toast and toffee notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dry roasty chocolatey honey aftertaste with earthy rye crisp bread notes. Lovely. Highly drinkable, full of flavour, and complex. Very harmonic, too. (0.5l bottle, from House of Trembling Madness, York.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 02:27
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Swan, Hammersmith, 15/06/13. Clear dark mahogony brown with a light tan head. Nose is chocolate, dark malts, light roast. Taste comprises chocolate, dark fruits, dark malt, plums. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dryish dark fruit infused finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jun 2013
at 05:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Haymarket, Edinburgh [200312]
Very dark brown, ruby red edges on glass, thin tan head, good lacing
Aroma of soft roasted malts, hint of chocolate, bit of coffee
Taste as aroma, dark malts, soft roast, some mocha coffee, only hint of chocolate
Palate - Medium body, good mouthfeel. Finish has some soft bitter coffee.
Overall - Not getting much chocolate, still a fairly good stout. Best named just ’York Stout’
Very dark brown, ruby red edges on glass, thin tan head, good lacing
Aroma of soft roasted malts, hint of chocolate, bit of coffee
Taste as aroma, dark malts, soft roast, some mocha coffee, only hint of chocolate
Palate - Medium body, good mouthfeel. Finish has some soft bitter coffee.
Overall - Not getting much chocolate, still a fairly good stout. Best named just ’York Stout’
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Mar 2013
at 17:27
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark red brown colour with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, cacoa, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120503]
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2013
at 11:26