Black Forest Imperial Cherry Stout
Vocation Brewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special|
Score
7.40
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Put on your stout boots and take a wander with us deep into the Black Forest. Brewed with rich roasted malts, then topped with tangy cherries, blackberries and muscovado sugar. It's dark, delicious and dangerously indulgent - just like a slice of your favourite cake.
Also known as "Black Forest Gateau".
Also known as "Black Forest Gateau".
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to Jadran and Lara for sharing with Višnja 666 an myself. Purplish brown, small off-white head. Blueberry, chocolate and dark fruit skins aroma. Nice tart fruit flavour, blueberry, good toasty/caramel balance. Very soft and drinkable. Slightly one sided.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2022
at 17:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can 440ml. @ home. 🏡🇩🇰 👀
[ As Vocation Imperial Black Forest ].
ABV: 10.0%. Clear dark black colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, fudge, candy, cherry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, candy, fudge, cherry, dark malt, chocolate, thick, intense, rich, cherry - raspberry. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming. [20211104]
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Tried
from Can
on 04 Nov 2021
at 21:16
7/10
Tried
on 04 Nov 2021
at 20:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of cherries, dark chocolate, and roasted malt. The flavor is very sweet with notes of roasted malt, cherries, and dark chocolate, leading to a dry finish. Like a dessert chocolate.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2021
at 11:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Frothy lightbrown fair mostly diminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Some cherries present. Moderate bitter cookie/cherry flavor. Very hard to drink. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Not my style, but ok brewed I guess.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2021
at 07:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Assembly Rooms Vocation Leeds Black beer lasting pink head. Some drying sharpness. Good glacé cherry flavour. some dark chocolate. fragile cream flavour. cherry dominates but with the crisp break of thin chilled dark chocolate flakes. pretty damn good though. cheery is too dominant and too sweet. but it's fun .
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2021
at 14:16
8/10
Dark Cherries
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2021
at 15:39
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at home, black beer, beige head. aroma is sweet, rich chocolate, malt, roast, fruit, cherry. Taste is the same, bitter, sweet, cherry, chocolate, creamy, smooth, bit of an alcohol burn, very nice
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jun 2021
at 21:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
11th April 2021
Can. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy but small dark tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation, good for the style. Smooth dark malts, mellow creamy dark chocolate. Good stuff and the perfect base for the juicy ripe cherry that he has a good weight on the intensity department. Getting slightly tart but that offsets the pastry malt base very well indeed. Touch of cherry liqueur. Smooth finish. Just right. Struggling not to guzzle this. A struggle I am losing. Lovely.
Can. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy but small dark tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation, good for the style. Smooth dark malts, mellow creamy dark chocolate. Good stuff and the perfect base for the juicy ripe cherry that he has a good weight on the intensity department. Getting slightly tart but that offsets the pastry malt base very well indeed. Touch of cherry liqueur. Smooth finish. Just right. Struggling not to guzzle this. A struggle I am losing. Lovely.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Apr 2021
at 22:46
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks zvikar. Black, tan foam. Dulche de leche, butterscotch, cherry, chocolate, sweet with cherry sourness, full-bodied, rounded.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2021
at 17:19