Helter Skelter
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.75
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Fresh out of barrel the beer is full of chocolate notes, which Helter Skelter turns into a full-on chocolate orange experience. Hand-peeled orange zest is swirling in vibrant oily flavour which goes on a ride with the sweet chocolate base beer. In order to keep this in check, additional oak will give you subtle vanilla wafer notes but also enough drying finish to keep you going back to the start. This is a playful beer that we hope will put a smile on your face.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle. Sweet, milky and creamy with some chocolate, coffee, licorice, orange zest, Jaffa cookies, bourbon and toffee. Heavy and sweet, too much lactic notes
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2021
at 11:54
8/10
Tried
on 06 Mar 2021
at 22:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
27/I/21 - 37.5cl bottle @ ElManana’s place, BB: n/a, bottled: XI/2020 (2021-91) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small aery irregular to creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of whisky, good roast, oranges, alcohol, some oxidation notes, dusty, bit peppery, soy sauce, very nice! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and sugary start, very oxidized, nice roast, dusty, some orange peel, soft acidity, sugary notes. Aftertaste: bitter, bit oxidized, sweet, malty, sugary, soft acidity, good roast, alcohol burn, nice oxidation, some candied orange peel, sugary, good stuff!
Clear dark brown to black beer, small aery irregular to creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: lots and lots of whisky, good roast, oranges, alcohol, some oxidation notes, dusty, bit peppery, soy sauce, very nice! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet and sugary start, very oxidized, nice roast, dusty, some orange peel, soft acidity, sugary notes. Aftertaste: bitter, bit oxidized, sweet, malty, sugary, soft acidity, good roast, alcohol burn, nice oxidation, some candied orange peel, sugary, good stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2021
at 20:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from Siren online A jet black brown coloured pour with a lasting fine dark tan head. Aroma is big bozzy alcohol, woody oak, oily, chocolate. Flavour is composed of rich cakey malts, mellow raost, white raisin, boozey fruit cake, lactose, some vanilla, oily orange zest, chocolate, little harsh alcohol, little custard. Palate is thick, full bodies, fine carbonation. Oiy. Boozy. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2021
at 00:27
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2021
at 21:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Etre. Black with tan head. Heavily boozy nose, some wood and roast. Some subtle vanilla.Soapy coconut taste with some chocolate, light coffee and oak. Not much orange for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2021
at 21:04
8/10
bottle at home....Jan 2021... Joe's zoom... dark black.. thin tan lacing lacing... dark chocolate roast malts.. heavy roast malts nose... dark boozy chocolate roast.. Light orange.. heavy malts... big boozy orange
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2021
at 20:33
8/10
Tez jest aldehyd. Ale poza onem ryli czad - czekolada z pomarancza i jakas orzechowoscia plus wanilia? Jakim cudem te sireny sa takie ko systemtne w temacie aldehydu? Ale na szczescie tu nie wadzi zabardzo i znika szybko
Tried
on 29 Jan 2021
at 23:54
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sample thanks to Cloin: Poured a deep black with a light brown head. Aroma is boozy af, woodsy, roasted malts, light vanilla. Taste is light orange, toffee, chocolate, vanilla, boozy, dark malts.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2021
at 19:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: roast malts, dark chocolate, orange, caramel, molasses, vanilla. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, dark chocolate, orange peel, caramel, toffee, light coffee, oaky bourbon hints, spicy. Full bodied with fine carbonation
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2021
at 22:41