Bearded Lady
Magic Rock Brewing in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
7.54
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Say hello to the Bearded Lady, our uncompromisingly big and beautiful Imperial Stout. Born from our Dark Arts recipe, she uses masses of magical malts to deliver deep chocolate, rich coffee and vinous berry flavours, all complemented by a balanced yet subtly spicy hop profile. Powerful, robust, intriguing: yet decadently smooth and sumptuous, the lady demands respect.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2012
at 06:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Bottle Shop Canterbury. Black beer with lasting beige head. Strong intense malt on aroma. Tarry. Nutty, Molasses. It’s a big monster of flavours, but the heat doesn’t come through too much, it’s all well hidden. Quite smooth in mouth. Good wide mouthfeel. Coal aroma. Flavour has some good intense dark fruits blackberry and dark plum juice. Big hairy beer. Compared to something like De Molen, the complexity of the malts isn’t really there, but as a drinkable impy stout, it’s pretty damn good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2012
at 11:01
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
330ml bottle. Opaque black with small beige to brown frothy lacing head. Aroma is initially ruled by grassy hop, in parts displaced later by roasty dark malt notes, resulting intermediately in a mixture with a vegetable character, carrot, celery. Smooth, a slighty sweet taste only in the ultimate beginning, completely replaced by salty notes, roast, lots of hop. Definitely a beer you have to learn to like, ’cause it doesn’t seduce with an easy going flattering taste due to the abandonment of sweetness; comparable to capers or blue mould cheese - but then... awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2012
at 14:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Dark brown pour with a tan head. Brown sugar, tobacco, malt and chocolate aroma. Toffee and caramel flavour. Dry. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2012
at 06:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Beer Ritz, Leeds. Deep dark brown pour with a plump tan head. Cracking nose of sweet chocolate, cookie dough along with some skunky fruity hoppage. Decent fullish mouthfeel. Flavour was along the same lines as the nose with notes of roasted malt and coffee. ABV (didn’t he just get the boot from Chelski?) barely poked its head above the parapet. Smooth, rich and very tasty stuff. Another Magic Rock win.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2012
at 12:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of anders37. Pours an opaque black with a small, rough beige head. Roasty nose with a smoky touch. Solid body, heavy roast, quite some dark fruits and a rather bitter finish from both malts and hops. Serious stuff, and distinctly not US style. 030312
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2012
at 10:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home, 18th February 2012. First of all I have to comment on what a good looking bottle of beer this is, very compelling. Pours a jet black, nice head, which lasts a short time. Aroma and taste are good, leather malt, biscuit, not so much coffee and liquorice as other Imp. Brown Stouts I have had. Drinks very smoothly, well below its ABV
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2012
at 00:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. Pours brown with a chestnut hue and a fawn creme. The nose has ginger biscuits with some toffee on top. The taste has crushed dark chocolate digestive biscuits. The palate is rich and full in structure and texture with a clean zing on the finish. Overall, delicious, rich and well balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2012
at 14:10
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Pours black with a large head. Aroma is roasty, beefy, yeasty, some slight citrus hops underneath. Taste is roast, yeast. A bit beefy. Lots of roast coffee on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2012
at 15:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg @ Free Trade Inn, Newcastle [280213]
This just isn’t hitting the top spot for me, it’s very good just not fantastic 8/4/8/4/16 4.0 ---- so adjusted to 4.2
Keg @ The York Tap, York 9/4/9/4/18
Appearance Black...frothy tan head...good lacing to the glass bottom
Aroma Complex aroma of roasted malts, some coffee, bit of chocolate, pine hops, citrus hops, resin. grapefruit, superb fresh aroma
Taste Rich dark roasted malts, espresso coffee, some chocolate, lots of hops - citrus, resin, spicy, piney. Superb flavour, dangerously moreish and enough stout character to make it an imperial stout and not a black IPA.
Palate carbonation perfect for the abv......great mouthfeel...full bodied...rich..complex. Finish - bitter..roasted malt...hoppy...piney.
Overall This is simply world-class. A wonderful imperial stout, the hoppy character blending well but still very much a stout. Myself and my friend were immensely impressed with this beer. A stunning achievement by Magic Rock.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jan 2012
at 09:28