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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8/10
Roasted malt, coffee, licorice, light bitter cherries, ash, coffee. Intense, dense, tchick, viscous. Quite nice. 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2018
at 15:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at Craftbeer Corner, Cologne. Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty aroma, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, coffee. Sweet and moderate bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2018
at 08:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from 3er Tiempo Tienda de Cervezas, Santander consumed at Camping el Rosal, San Vicente de la Barquera Spain, Tuesday 3rd July 2018 on the day England play Colombia in the WC. Pours black with a light tan creamy textured head, looks good. Some coffee and chocolate on the nose. Smooth in the mouth, coffee very noticeable, creamy mouthfeel, chocolate again. This is a really nice beer. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2018
at 03:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home from Wine Rack Henley, 23rd June 18. Pours black and viscous. Aroma is dark and milk chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Taste is coffee, chocolate, cocoa, bittersweet, dry, hint of vanilla. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2018
at 13:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ tasting with Joen and Niilstrong. Opaque black color, decent sized light brown colored head. Smell and taste malts, coffee, vanilla, some roast. Quite a nice mix! I like this one. Decent body, medium carbonation. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2018
at 11:02
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2018
at 22:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Stark kaffeeartiger Beginn. Milde Süße, geringfügig Vanille, harmonisch und intensiv. Vollmundig, vllt. einen Ticken zu süß. Langer Nachgeschmack. 10/10/9/10//10
Tried
on 19 May 2018
at 21:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
keg at cloisters... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet chocolate roast malts nose... Over cold.. Little over fizzy.. Dry bitter chocolate front.. big chocolate.. rich roast.. Long bitter chocolate.. Light burnt coffee edge
Tried
on 15 Apr 2018
at 15:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at cloisters. Pours black, nose is caramel, raisin, liquorice, chocolate, taste is similar, light smoke, sugary.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2018
at 18:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black, small tan head. Aroma has coffee, roast and notes of vanilla. Bittersweet flavour, coffee, licorice, chocolate and roasted malt. Rich and smooth with warm alc bite.
Tried
on 20 May 2017
at 03:40