Caribbean Chocolate Pancake Stack
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Smoked Special|
Score
7.68
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Our most extravagant beer meets the most extravagant breakfast in this year’s Caribbean Chocolate Cake twist. We’ve adjusted the base here a little to allow the pancake element to come through. We’re layering maple notes from syrup to wood, maximising depth of flavour. A small amount of smoked malt, working in tandem with bourbon maple staves and the sweet, sticky undertone adds a delicate aroma akin to the impact you’d get from perfectly prepared streaky bacon. A generous helping of cacao and a dusting of spices, in part from the expressive Amburana wood, completes this liquid guilty pleasure.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 330mL can (bb 10/11/21). Jet black with tan head. Cocoa and cinnamon dominate with light roast and maple, touch of nutmeg. Pretty good, especially for the ABV, but which the cocoa was slightly less powdery.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2021
at 09:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours black, small tanned head. Scent is tad herbal almost, trough the combo of coffee and maple. Taste is full, smooth, mild bitterness. Sweet, but not as sweet as expected. Cinnamon, maple is hidden. Somewhat of the green coffee I also found in the 2020 base version. Would have enjoyed more maple, if you use that in the name of the beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Caribbean White Chocolate Pancake Stack on 29 Nov 2021 at 12:10 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Pours clear, slightly darker gold to copper. Scent is coffee, heavy roasted. Taste is medium full, roasted coffee. Medium body. Mild bitterness.
Tried
on 14 Sep 2021
at 09:13
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Aus der Dose (bbe 20.11.2021) im 2021-08 getrunken. Dieses Stout entwickelt im Glas sofort ein kräftiges Mokkaaroma, was aber bald hinter einer kräftigen Schokoladenaroma verschwindet. Dazu ist ein Marziphan/Amaretto-Aroma zu entdecken. Am Gaumen ist es wunderbar balanciert und das Schokoladen/amaretto-Aroma macht einfach nur Spaß weil es gleichzeitig das Stout nicht dominiert. Lecker!
Tried
on 28 Aug 2021
at 19:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black. Thin head. On the nose, Has that sticky richness, maple for sure, and some nutmeg. It's similar on the palate, and damn sticky. The spice plays a background role along with the maple...oh I read the ingredients! That je ne sais quoi spiciness is the amburana. That's an awesome wood to use here. There's still elements I barely notice - even the cacao blends in with the usual stouty goodness.Impressively rich for a beer that isn't even that strong.
Tried
on 26 Aug 2021
at 06:16
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330ml can - Pours black with a small tan head that settled. Aroma is chocolatey, cocoa, maple syrup and sweet spice. A light sweet taste, sweet pastry, cocoa nibs, cinnamon and maple syrup flavours with a sweetish roasted finish.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2021
at 20:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330mL can, pours jet black with a small tan head. Nose is deep, with lots of cocoa and cinnamon upfront, followed by maple syrup and a hint of wood. Flavour pounds you with lots of cinnamon, maple syrup, and cocoa nibs in beautiful cohesion. The palate is medium thick, again with excellent cohesion. Not too sweet, not too spicy. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jul 2021
at 04:33
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
330 ml can. Pours black with full tan head. Aromas of maple syrup, vanilla, dark chocolate, a bit of spicy oak, and slick roasted malts, Flavors of dark cocoa, green oak, soft sweet maple syrup, and oily roasted malt with a little cinnamon. A really nice mix avoiding an overly sweet brew, and super tasty for the ABV
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2021
at 00:06