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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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at the st Albans beer festival. Rich sark black coloured pour with a lasting loose dark tan head. Aroma is rich birter sark roast, burnt cocoa, pone needle, lemon. Flavour is follows with burnt pine, rich dark grains, hint of cold coffee. Assertive bitter piney hop, pretty smooth. Palate is medium full and rich, moderate carbonation. Bitter lingering Roasty finish. Really solid rich black IPA.
Earlier Rating: 2/8/2015 Total Score: 4.1
Bottle share at Bruce’s birthday drinks craft beer co. Many thanks to Leighton. Dark black / reddy brown coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head. Aroma is smooth Roasty, sharp lemon hop, dark choc, little pine. Is this a black IPA. Palate is full and smooth, moderate carbonation. Flavour is nice clean sharp lemon hop, little pine, dark choc, roasted barley. Tangy bitterness, long lingering dark choc. Velvety on the tongue.
Earlier Rating: 2/8/2015 Total Score: 4.1
Bottle share at Bruce’s birthday drinks craft beer co. Many thanks to Leighton. Dark black / reddy brown coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head. Aroma is smooth Roasty, sharp lemon hop, dark choc, little pine. Is this a black IPA. Palate is full and smooth, moderate carbonation. Flavour is nice clean sharp lemon hop, little pine, dark choc, roasted barley. Tangy bitterness, long lingering dark choc. Velvety on the tongue.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2015
at 12:42
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Gravity cask at St Albans beer festival courtesy of chriso, thank you! Deep purple maroon color, lively beige head with good retention. Aroma is roasty and hoppy pine resin. Taste has roast and dark fruit, bitter finish. My favorite at the festival.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Oct 2015
at 04:44
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Gravity cask at the 2015 Red Lion Beer Festival, Histon. Jet black and impenetrable. Bit of khaki head. Malt dominates the nose, but there are bags of sea salt, pine, pineapple and grass. Taste is gorgeous, bittersweet with a tangy hop kick at the end. Full milky palate. An incredible beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Sep 2015
at 15:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
8th December 2013
Opaque black - brown beer with a good dark tan head. Palate is smooth and soft and has body. Rich creamy dark malt, good coffee. Touch of dark fruits. Nice smooth piney hops and lesser fruity hops. Mild dark chocolate. Finishes smooth. A rich and satisfying black IPA. Very nice!
Tried
on 06 Sep 2015
at 05:21
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
On tap at Wetherspoons, Wolverhampton. Almost jet black with a milk coffee coloured head. Malty choclate aroma with slight hoppy overtones. Nice and viscous with soft cabonation and a long finish. I’d gladly drink this all day, but I’m not sure it’s hoppy enough to be called a black IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Sep 2015
at 09:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Shrewsbury Folk Festival, picked up from Appleyards Deli’, in town and consumed the same day Saturday 29th August 2015 Pours black with a large frothy Marge Simpson style hairdo, it’s a huge billowing beige head (not yellow) , really large head. Strong roasty nose. Malty, coffee but also fruity and hoppy. Taste is roasty, the coffee slips back a little, nice tangy fruity edge but very solid and impressive malty backbone. Some woodiness also showing and the hops in the form of a pithy grapefruit flush are also at the party. Great beer. A6 A7 T5 P8 Ov15 3.9
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2015
at 00:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at CBC StG - London. Pours deep black-brown with a lasting, frothy beige head. Great aroma with strong roast, cocoa, some burnt meat. Medium sweet flavor with accents of licorice, more hearty roast, bittersweet chocolate, burnt earth, burnt meat, ripe orange, mellow grapefruit. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes resinous, with oily but burnt pine, more cocoa, roast, charred wood, a bit of smoke, ripe and lightly gooey citrus. Quite robust. Very good on all fronts.
Earlier Rating: 2/6/2015 Total Score: 3.9
Bottle shared during Bruce’s birthday in London - picked up at Utobeer...maybe. Probably vintage 2013. Pours deep black-brown with a dense brown head; looks like a helluva beer. The nose has a lot of heavy roast, burnt pine, cocoa. Medium sweet flavor, nice ashy roast and scorched pine, bitter dark chocolate, slight minerality. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lots of bittersweet dark chocolate, burnt pine and grass, some boozy warmth, drying minerals, scorched earth. Very solid. Very robust.
Earlier Rating: 2/6/2015 Total Score: 3.9
Bottle shared during Bruce’s birthday in London - picked up at Utobeer...maybe. Probably vintage 2013. Pours deep black-brown with a dense brown head; looks like a helluva beer. The nose has a lot of heavy roast, burnt pine, cocoa. Medium sweet flavor, nice ashy roast and scorched pine, bitter dark chocolate, slight minerality. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Lots of bittersweet dark chocolate, burnt pine and grass, some boozy warmth, drying minerals, scorched earth. Very solid. Very robust.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2015
at 11:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; dark brown pour with a big frothy tan head, aroma has dark roast, charcoal and some decent resinous hop action, taste has chocolate, roast, pine needles, bitter plain chocolate, copper coins, decent.
Earlier Rating: 10/31/2013 Total Score: 3.8
Cask at Brum Beer Fest; dark brown pour with tan head, fruity aroma, sweet dark fruit taste, plums with a hint of piney hop, chocolate and a bitter finish.
Earlier Rating: 10/31/2013 Total Score: 3.8
Cask at Brum Beer Fest; dark brown pour with tan head, fruity aroma, sweet dark fruit taste, plums with a hint of piney hop, chocolate and a bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2015
at 15:29