Polygraph
Salopian Brewery in Hadnall, Shropshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.76
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Polygraph is a full flavoured stout with toast, liquorice, hints of dark fruit, chocolate and mocha that are tempered by crisp tart bitterness and a smooth velvety texture.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On keg at the Hanging Bat. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - pine and a touch of pith. Then the chocolate slowly follows it in. Taste - burnt toast and chocolate. Kiwi and molasses at the back. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long elegant finish. Overall - decent black ipa but edging in style towards a stout.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2016
at 09:32
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330 mml bottle as part of the European Local Swap 3/2016, many thanks minutemat. Tasted on the 29/10/2016. Intense dark brown colour with a huge beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, hops, coffee, chocolate and berries. Taste is intense roasty with high hop bitterness. Some liquorice on the aftertaste. Next one please!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2016
at 07:07
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Odfellows. Black body with a lasting beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of treacle, butterscotch and berries. Flavour of liquorice, blackberries and Ribena. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Rich and flavoursome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2016
at 08:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle from minutemat, many thanks. Dark brown color with huge beige head. Dark malt, citrus hops in aroma. Taste, starts with roasted malt, light roasty notes with citrus hops. Long citrus hoppy bitter finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2016
at 14:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Kuikka, 20151014) The beer poured black. Its head was small, frothy, lightly brown and it lasted long. Aroma had roasted malts, coffee and liquorice. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, sweetness, liquorice, herbalness, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste was ashy, hoppy and bitter. A very tasty hoppy dark ale. Unfortunately the finish was too burnt.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2015
at 14:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle at home courtesy of minutemat, big thanks. BB 07/2017. black color, rather big dark coffee-colored head. smells of roast, pines, spices, earthy, coffee, light fruit notes, light smoke, some coal notes. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, charcoal, some ash, peat, some underlying fruity hops, light alcohol, some roast, spices, some herbs, grapefruity. finishes with roast, spices, and some underlying fruity / hoppy notes. interesting how the hop and charcoal notes blend together, tastes a bit messy, but I like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2015
at 11:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at St Albans beer festival 2015, St Albans, Herts. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, malty, coffee, dark fruit aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, malty, coffee, dark fruit, slightly bitter. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Oct 2015
at 05:51