Alvin
Basqueland Brewing in Hernani, Basque Country, Spain 🇪🇸
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.56
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This Stout will only improve with age (bottled Feb 6, 2016). It is infused with freshly toasted coffee beans and dried coffee skins from Sakona Coffee Roasters (Irun) along with split vanilla beans.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2026
at 08:36
4.8/10
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2026
at 20:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can shared by omhper.
No head. Very dark color.
Much roasted hazelnut aroma with coffey and vanilla.
Big sweet chocolate taste.
No head. Very dark color.
Much roasted hazelnut aroma with coffey and vanilla.
Big sweet chocolate taste.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2026
at 19:08
5.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Canned, from Brno. Black, dark beige head. Aroma of cinnamon, treacle and toffee. Sweet with full bodt and rounded mouthfeel. Treacle, syrup, nuts and chocolate. Syrup and chocolate. Sticky warming finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2026
at 19:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
(Draft at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 21 Aug 2025) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of black coffee, dark chocolate and liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with black coffe, dark chocolate, liquorice, soy sauce and a balanced coffee bitterness. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Rich and powerful, with lots of fresh coffee, a touch of alcohol and a balanced sweetness. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
at
Oliver Twist
on 09 Dec 2025
at 20:32
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2025
at 00:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
very dark brown with a creamy smooth brown head. looks awesome
aroma is dominated by roasted coffee and hard roasted malts, the malt aroma is similar to lomfjordsporter so also some smoked notes. dark chocolate.
flavor is chocolate, roasted malts, bitterness from alc, bitterness from a spicy herbal hopping (i think). decent but a tiny bit strangely herbal - could be coffee or something else.
aroma is dominated by roasted coffee and hard roasted malts, the malt aroma is similar to lomfjordsporter so also some smoked notes. dark chocolate.
flavor is chocolate, roasted malts, bitterness from alc, bitterness from a spicy herbal hopping (i think). decent but a tiny bit strangely herbal - could be coffee or something else.
Tried
from Can
from
Kihoskh
on 22 Jul 2025
at 12:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is beany coffee with roasted malt, dark chocolate, espresso, some vanilla, touch of mocha. Flavour is medium sweet and bitter. Full body. Very good with loads of coffee in particular, bittersweet and roasty, I really like this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:59
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate
Tried
on 06 Aug 2022
at 06:48