Mocha
Batemans in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular|
Score
6.55
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Mocha is a coffee and chocolate stout sensation. It’s brewed with genuine Arabica coffee, fine Belgian chocolate and locally grown, roasted barley malt. Rich, enticing and well rounded, the coffee and cocoa notes are certain to give your nose and tastebuds a welcome wake-up call.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Chestnut brown with a thin head. Aroma is mocha, naturally. Flavor is coffee caramel, sweet, vanilla on a smooth base.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2014
at 13:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Sainsburys, Kidlington, Sunday 20th October 2013 consumed the same day. Pours brown with large foamy tan head. In the mouth this is chocolate and milky coffee, mmhh.. a touch artificial and not exactly subtle. Its easy drinking, sweet with some bitter cocoa, but all told it is a bit OTT, still it was reduced to £1.39 a bottle so I’m not complaining. Fine. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2013
at 23:09
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle: The label makes a big play of the nose... Smells of of oak, a touch of coffee and cheap milk chocolate. There is some smoke in the mid range. Taste is... cheap milk chocolate, which seems to be the fashion for British chocolate beer who seem to think Nanny’s Easter egg is the height of coco tastes. There is some latte underneath. Mouthfeel is much to thin for the style. Must try harder, and unfortunately the American’s do this type of beer a million times better. Edit: Read the bottle, the idiots have added flavour rather than used the malt and hops. No wonder it’s rubbish. Lose another point for trying to take shortcuts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2013
at 12:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap @ Setka Pub, Poznan, Poland. Pours cloudy dark copper brown with small light tan head. Clear aroma of coffee and sugar with notes of chocolate. Sourish and bitter taste of coffee with touches of caramel and dark chocolate. Sourish aftertaste. Nearly no carbonation at all. More interesting than good but drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2013
at 12:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Sainsbury’s in South Ruislip. A dark brown/ruby coloured pour with a thin off white head on top. Rich sweet, chocolate, mocha aroma. Tastes of coffee and rich mocha chocolate. Prefer it on cask but still a decent drop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2013
at 14:38
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4
[Cask at the Monk’s Retreat (JDW), Reading] Deep brown with a thick tan head. The aroma is dominated by fake chocolate - like that "chocolate candy" that masquerades as chocolate in kids’ pick ’n’ mixes & in the US. On tasting candy cigarettes (or whatever polictically correct name they’re called now) are to the for, with just a hint of roasted malt behind. It’s redeemed a little by a mouthfell that is rich and smooth without being sticky. Some decent black filter coffee shows up in the aftertaste but it’s far too late to compensate for the sickly candy flavour that still lingers. Not a great beer at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2013
at 15:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsbury’s [230413]
Dark chestnut brown, tan frothy head that dissipates to a thin froth, little lacing, cola-like appearance
Aroma - sweet dark chocolate syrup, soft instant coffee, sweet dark malts, slightly artificial but it’s fine, not complex
Taste as aroma, getting some Bateman’s yeast in there, touch of minerals, soft instant coffee, and chocolate syrup again...yeah the coffee and chocolate doesn’t taste high quality but it’s ok overall
Palate - Moderate carb, thin to medium body, fairly smooth texture, but is over carbonated. Finish as main flavour, soft coffee and chocolate linger
Overall - The cask was better at Spoon’s and was smoother, seemed to have more body too. Despite the bit artificial coffee and chocolate it’s one of their best beers.
Dark chestnut brown, tan frothy head that dissipates to a thin froth, little lacing, cola-like appearance
Aroma - sweet dark chocolate syrup, soft instant coffee, sweet dark malts, slightly artificial but it’s fine, not complex
Taste as aroma, getting some Bateman’s yeast in there, touch of minerals, soft instant coffee, and chocolate syrup again...yeah the coffee and chocolate doesn’t taste high quality but it’s ok overall
Palate - Moderate carb, thin to medium body, fairly smooth texture, but is over carbonated. Finish as main flavour, soft coffee and chocolate linger
Overall - The cask was better at Spoon’s and was smoother, seemed to have more body too. Despite the bit artificial coffee and chocolate it’s one of their best beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2013
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Paramount, Manchester. Deep coffee aroma. Black with an off white head. Has a full coffee taste.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Apr 2013
at 14:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Penderel’s Oak, JDW - London. Pours clear, red-brown with strong, creamy beige head. Lots of cheap cocoa in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with lots more of this cheap, quasi artificial chocolate character, light roast, faint earth. Light bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Sweet finish with more sugary and cheap cocoa. Yeah, lots of this low-quality, fake cocoa. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Apr 2013
at 04:47
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Dark brown. Creamy white head. Very smooth beer. Bitter aroma with notes of roasted coffee and sweet chocolate. Too much sweet chocolate flavour for me. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2013
at 01:27