My Continuous Improvement (MCI) #5 - Black Forest
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series|
Score
8.04
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magine baking a Black Forest gateau with our much loved double-chocolate My Continuous Improvement Imperial Stout, and then brewing an Imperial Cake Ale with cake after cake after cake, layering up sweet chocolate, cherry, tonka, and vanilla
It’s been an awful year. Take a moment to treat yourself to the indulgent 11% ABV drinking cake.
It’s been an awful year. Take a moment to treat yourself to the indulgent 11% ABV drinking cake.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Canned 440ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, medium sized brown head, chocolate and cinnamon in the nose. Chocolate, chocolate cake, light griotte, notes of spices and touch of tonka and alcohol with sweetish spicy finish. Really great.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2021
at 20:53
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Can. Beer Stop, Dronfield. Thick and slick pour sits black in the glass. Slim halo of tan. Solid legs. Wow, this is absolutely ridiculous. Melted quality chocolate and bittersweet dessert cherry. Smooth and slick and just the right side of sticky decadence. Stupid easy drinking. Nice tartness too, off the cherry. Unputdownable.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2021
at 21:41
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sample thanks to Cloin: Poured a pitch black with a brown head, left ring around the glass. Aroma is huge pastry, cake, cherries, chocolate, spices, roasted malts. Taste is boozy, cherry, chocolate, warms the palate, smooth tho, rich malts.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2020
at 21:40
8/10
Liquefied cake, cherry, chocolate, richness
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2020
at 00:03
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
440ml can. Pitch black, dark brown head. Aroma of chocolate and cherries. Taste is rich, sweet, Black Forest Gateaux, chocolate, cherries, tonka, vanilla. Thick full bodied, very smooth, well hidden alcohol. Stunning. Yet, as amazing as this is, still can't beat the first one in my opinion.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Dec 2020
at 23:50
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at home. Pours black, nose is cherry, chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, berries, liquorice, taste is similar, rich, sweet and fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2020
at 19:24
9.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from Park Fever, Hither Green. Black pour with a tan head. Nose is sweet tobacco,butterscotch,liquorice toffee,black cherries,Bounty bar.Taste is black cherries,sweet tobacco,milk chocolate Bounty bar, cappuccino, blackberry jam, more liquorice toffee.Sweet,soothing shoulder caressing warming finish. Fantastic!
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2020
at 14:28
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Can at home, from CW online, 05/12/20. Pitch black with a big old dirty tan head that stays for a while then dissipates to a swirl and edging. Nose is decadent chocolate, cherry stones, molasses, vanilla, nutty tones, faint coffee, brown sugar melt. Taste comprises liquid Black Forest Gateaux, molasses, chocolate dipped cherries, brown sugars, cherry syrup, toffee fudge, light honeycomb. Full bodied, oily slick feel, fine massaging carbonation semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. This is a world class impy stout ... CW have truly nailed the style with the MCI series ... they just keep getting better and better!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Dec 2020
at 21:52