Big Trouble Al'owa
By The River Brew Co in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
Collab with: Wylam BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.83
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Whey, the trouble started in The Heed then crept its way into The Toon... An incestuous collaboration from the dark heart of the danger zone... A behemoth of an imperial stout mashed in with toasted malted oats, toasted wheat, malted rye, manuka raisins, black currants, figs and pecan nut. Fermented out using dark Canadian maple syrup with a late addition of toasted coconut flakes and dark cacao. Monumentally monstrous with chewy notes of mixed granola, vintage fruit cake, port wine, dark chocolate torte, coconut and roasted pecan nut.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Has a dark brown to black colour with a very small beige head. Aroma of oak, tobacco, honey, dark chocolate, moss, liqour, currants, cocoa and port wine. Flavour of roasted malt, liqour, rubber, licorice and some dark chocolate. Lots of warming alcohol in the end. What a multilayered, and complex aroma! Has a slick and a little silky mouth feel, full-bodied and a light bitterness. Rich but surprisingly not very complex flavour.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2021
at 18:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
440ml. can. @home, 21/09/2021 [#4.235 Global - #467 England - #1 By The River Brew Co. (My English Brewery #166)] Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma: caramel, vanilla, toffe and maple. Taste: figs, chocolate fudge and walnuts. Full bodied, easy drinking despite 14%. Next one please!
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2021
at 10:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 440ml @ home
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, nutty, maple syrup and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, nutty, caramel and maple syrup finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, nutty, maple syrup and alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, nutty, caramel and maple syrup finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2021
at 19:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
440ml can. Jet black colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. Sweet-ish, dark malty and fruity, slightly nutty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, hints of honey, tonka beans, pecan nut, plum, raisin, black currant, fig, maple sirup, whiffs of alcohol. Taste is sweet, chocolately, dark malty, fruity and slightly nutty, notes of dark chocolate, tonka beans, hints of cinnamon, vanilla, honey, dark honey, pecan nut, a touch of plum, fig, black currant, some rye spiciness; lingering, minimally warming, alcoholic finish. Surprisingly light body and rather watery texture with creamy and viscous strands, smooth and cloying, carbonation disturbed palate, medium, prickly carbonation. Relatively well hidden alcohol, surprisingly light due to the carbonation, complex but homogeneous; a tad too turbulent to be a soporific sipper - delicious.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2021
at 20:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Black with medium brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, dark chocolate and maple. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, caramel, sweet, warming, maple, little dark fruit, dark chocolate and a little bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2021
at 19:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Solliveien 130521. Black color with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Flavor is alcohol, roasted malt, sugar, chocolate, coffee, caramel, maple, raisin, dried fruits, oats, rye. Complex nice beer.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2021
at 04:58