Babalú
Saint Mars of the Desert in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.75
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Rich stout tasting of molasses and liquorice.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. A jet black coloured pour with a halo of light tan head. Aroma is earthy meaty roast, burnt cake, dried fruits, bark, liquorice, Flavour is composed of medium sweet, jammy fruits, berries, mellow eartyhy roast, plummy fruit. Palate is medium sweet, sticky, oily, mellow carbonation. Good.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2022
at 22:01
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can at home, aged 18 months or so ... dunno why, from some online peddler 17 months or so ago ... can't recall who ... thats enuff for a raking yeah ? And not the worst I've seen my some Cuntry fucken margine! It's Friday 7th January 2022. Black with a big old khaki cap that thins but stays for the show. Nose is meaty, good roasted vibes, fruit cake, toffee, chocolate, spice, molasses. Taste comprises roasted bite, molasses, chocolate, dried fruit rinds, charr, light ashen nip, dates, figs, spice, alcohol. Full bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Doubtful in my mind that sitting on this juan for 18 months has done it any harm ... classic old skool impy stout ... meaty, earthy, umami ... balanced alcohol and a great mouthfeel ... along with the Kernel SMOD get this right more than most brewers. Good kit. Fuck you Gary ... both of you's!
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2022
at 22:30
8/10
can at home... Jan 2021... dark black... thick tan head... soft dusty chocolate roast malts nose... soft roast.. heavy malts.. rich dark.. slightly bitter chocolate roast malts
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2021
at 18:52
8/10
#bokkeonline. Delicious standard imperial stout with a good focus on malts.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2020
at 01:43
7/10
Tried
on 27 Nov 2020
at 22:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from HoTM, shared with my bro. It pours pretty much opaque black with a decent frothy beige head. The aroma is rich and toothy, deep dark roasted malt, umami, liquorice, dark chocolate, molasses, dried fruits, Eccles cake, charred, peppery spice, rocky road, florentines and nougat. The taste is dry, touch of bitterness, dark roasted malts, coffee grounds, molasses, liquorice, umami, dried fruits, fruit & nut chocolate, rocky road, burnt toast, peppery spice, dark fruits, plum and prune with a drying, toothy finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Nice to have a rich and robust impy stout without any adjuncts for a change.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Nov 2020
at 14:40
6/10
Magus, hapu, röst, kakao, marjane, kakao, alkohol. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2020
at 22:02
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from All Good Beer HD. Pours deep black-brown with a dense, frothy beige head. Medium sweet flavour, loaded with rich dark malts, toasted toffee, smooth chocolate, restrained roast, candi sugar. Medium to full bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation, velvety texture. Lightly warming finish, some sticky dark malts, gooey chocolate, some raisins, more roast, a nip of ash. Outstanding malt portrait.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Nov 2020
at 21:12
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from Park Fever, Hither Green. Black pour with a beige head. Coffee, cola, marzipan, toffee, dark chocolate, cocoa aromas. Rich, soothing - nay- shoulder massaging flavours of chocolate cake, dark roast coffee, demerara sugar, cocoa. So smooth, velvety. Rich, sweet finish. Bloody good stuff!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2020
at 10:33
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from brewery at Attercliffe. Opaque black body with a tan head. Lots of roasty coffee and rich chocolate in the nose and taste, boosted with a big oily mouthfeel and a tangible boozy xmas cake fruit kick. Dangerously good. In fact probably the best beer I've had in a few years. I likes the Babalú.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2020
at 18:37