Black Knight
Ludlow Brewing Co. in Ludlow, Shropshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.70
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This porter has a ruby black complexion with a smokey, liquorice aroma. Black Knight is a trifecta of sweet, nutty and roasted flavours.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of roasted barley. Has a black body with little head. Flavour is good barley with hints of biscuit and shellfish. Okay finish. A good dark beer, but not too intense.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2016
at 16:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up from the brewery cheers Deb; dark opaque brown pour with a creamy light tan head, aroma has dark fruits and roast malts, taste has smooth malts, chocolate, a hint of liquorice, foraged dark fruits quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2016
at 15:02
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
23rd October 2014
Clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light, semi dry and minerally crisp. Very mild and thin dark malts. Super mild coffee and tang. Modest dark fruits before a light crisp finish. Mild malty caramel linger. Very lightweight.
Clear deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is light, semi dry and minerally crisp. Very mild and thin dark malts. Super mild coffee and tang. Modest dark fruits before a light crisp finish. Mild malty caramel linger. Very lightweight.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2014
at 10:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from a Worcestershire petrol station. Colour is cola black with no real head. Aroma is is bitter, roast malt, with some coffee. These are also the predominant flavours. Higher than expected carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2014
at 07:24
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Appleyards, Shrewsbury. Pours black with thin white head. Sweet malt nose, taste brings smokey roasted malts and underlying plums, dark fruits and a touch of molasses. Quite flavoursome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2014
at 12:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
50cl bottle cortesy of and shared with JMGreenUK. Thin off white head. Clear deep amber pour. A nice smooth stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2013
at 14:28
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Connolly’s Wines, Solihull. Poured a dark mahogany with a thin tan short-lived head. The aroma is of butter and malt. The flavour is medium bitter with liquorice, chocolate and a creamy, fruity, smooth palate. One of the nicest stouts I’ve tasted for sure. Well done Ludlow!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2013
at 16:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Hand pulled half pint at The Cock Hotel, Wellington Nov 2011: a well known real ale pub in Shropshire. Lovely dark body, almost jet black: on top a thin head of tan coloured foam, the head staying as it left lacing down the glass. Sweet chestnuts roasting over an open fire? Well almost, it did have a roasted nutlike aroma with some dark chocolate stirred in. The taste was a good blend of flavours, that dark chocolate again, some liquorice and malty molasses, all very slightly smoked. Not a sweet stout, but although it had a dry finish you wouldn’t call it a bitter stout either, an in between one then! Body could have been richer and deeper, but at 4.5% ABV it held its own, just. A pleasant night cap on the evening it was reviewed, not sure I’d have a session on it though.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2012
at 07:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/09/2011. Near black with a slight tan head. Dark chocolate and roasted malt aroma with a touch of fruit. Easy drinking, with more chocolate, liquorice and a dryish finish. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Sep 2011
at 02:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Seven Stars, Kidderminster. Pours near pitch black with a medium head. Aroma is is bitter, roast malt, with some coffee. The bitter coffee starts on the tongue and the finish is also very bitter, with some dark chocolate. It was a little watery, could do with a slightly fuller mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2010
at 02:39