Papa Steve
Bexar County Brewery in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.48
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An Imperial American Stout, this extremely limited edition beer is packed with flavours of burnt toast, dark chocolate and hints of toffee with an impeccably smooth finish. The name Papa Steve will not be seen on the front of the bottle, but will be known as being so because of the Red Cap. This is a very limited run and all bottles have been hand signed and numbered.
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8.5/10
Roasted malty bitter cocoa and slight sweet. Slight Belgian yeasty. Maybe the last place ever serving the last vintage of this.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Stoneworks
on 08 Apr 2022
at 12:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured pitch black with brown edges, not a lot of head bubbles. Aroma is dark fruit, candy, chocolate, light smoke, roasted malts. Taste has a card smoke, roasted malts, coffee, interesting bitter chocolate and fruit mix.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2020
at 21:05
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
17/01/2020. Cask at the 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. In the programme as the original and only recipe Steve was on-hand to confirm this has gone back to its origins. Pours opaque black with a small beige head. Aroma of toffee, dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, biscuit, dried fruits, touch of nut and molasses. Medium sweetness and moderate to medium roasted bitterness. Full bodied, slick texture, soft to flat carbonation. Toasted, dark chocolate, moderately bitter, warming finish. Yep, this is good.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jan 2020
at 20:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the 9th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours black with a maroon tint and a bubbly tan coloured head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted coffee, malt, fruit, berries and a little smoke. Light sweetness, heavy bitterness. Full bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2018
at 23:22
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
New version on tap at the Stoneworks Peterborough. Jet black colour with a thick tan head, that remained to the bottom of the glass. Rich chocolate malty and coffee aroma. Taste coffee roasted bitter, to bittersweet balance. Thick full body, that feels well below 9%.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2017
at 23:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Gravity cask at Cambridge Beer Festival 2017. Dark brown, bordering on black. Bubbles of tan head. Coffee, coffee, charcoal and coffee in the aroma. Sweet tastwith fudge, cortadito, some yeast extract. Finish is notably more bitter and the body is slick and oily. It’s a good cask imperial stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2017
at 17:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Backlog rating. From cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer & Cider Festival, February 2016.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Nov 2016
at 12:14
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried at the Stoneworks, Peterborough. Rich black colour with a thick ran head. Roasted malt and fruity aroma. Taste roasted, chocolate coffee and dried fruit. Thick body. Decent beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2016
at 23:00
7/10
Tried
on 23 Feb 2016
at 14:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle tastes at Craig’s. pours deep black with nose of cola and roasted malt. Tastes of mostly cola, some licorice, roasty, and some cheap chocolate. smooth palate and not cloying
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2014
at 15:19