Game of Thrones: Castle Black Stout
Mikkeller Brewing San Diego in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.87
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Produced special for HBO and the Game Of Thrones collaboration project, ‘Castle Black’ demonstrates wisdom and heart. A deep, dark, cold Imperial Stout, aged in a blend of bourbon barrels and treated with vanilla. Warmth, and spiced cookies, cocoa beans and coffee, Castle Black showcases complexity and strength. Perfect for standing by the fire, in the snow, with your mates.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from a trade in San Diego - many thanks, Jonathan C.!
Cloudy black, stable, small, brown head. Aroma of vanilla bean, chocolate ice cream, dark fudge, pralines, soy, beef jerky, bourbon. Taste has sweet date & plum in a thick dark-chocolatey malt body; notes of fudge, vanilla cream & cappuccino, bit salty-umami. Peppery hoppy finish offering vanilla, fondant & warming bourbon alcohol. Full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Rounded vanilla Stout. Great!
Cloudy black, stable, small, brown head. Aroma of vanilla bean, chocolate ice cream, dark fudge, pralines, soy, beef jerky, bourbon. Taste has sweet date & plum in a thick dark-chocolatey malt body; notes of fudge, vanilla cream & cappuccino, bit salty-umami. Peppery hoppy finish offering vanilla, fondant & warming bourbon alcohol. Full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Rounded vanilla Stout. Great!
Tried
on 28 Jan 2023
at 16:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
(Draught at Mikkeller Bar Södermalm, Stockholm, 22 May 2022) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of sweet espresso, dark chocolate, treacle and sweet liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with sweet espresso, dark chocolate, treacle, toffee and a mild roasty bitterness in a sweet and vinous finish. Full body, quite sweet. Thick and powerful, really rich and tasty. Great beer.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2022
at 21:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Lulu's draught, 7/12/22. Undetermined ebony. Neat, dark beige head, moderate retention. Sweet, vanilla rich nose with moderate bourbon spice and dark chocolate. No sign of the alcohol. Not too sugary, it would seem. Indeed, it's sweet but not too much so. Soft vanilla, milk chocolate and balancing roast and bourbon dryness. Not super complex but focused, balanced, vanilla-bourbon-fudge excellence.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2022
at 20:25
7.6/10
Nice rich beer. Not pastry-like. Just a big stout that’s drinkable. Mikkeller ams
Tried
on 05 Mar 2022
at 19:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a pitch black with a finger of nice tan head that lingers. Big aromas of treacle, molasses and cacao on the nose. Some faint vanilla as it warms up. Palate is very similar and very one-note. OK, I love Mikkeller, but I get 0 bourbon notes in this. Tastes like Black from back in the day. Not bad, but I don't get any barrel presence in this one.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine
on 06 Feb 2022
at 00:41
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
(11.3% ABV) Svart med ett litet skum. Doft av rostad malt, saltlakrits, choklad, vanilj och ekfat. Mjuk och len smak av choklad, vanilj och saltlakrits. Torra ekfat på slutet. Alkoholen värmer.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2022
at 15:56
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 11.3% from Mikkeller Christmas calendar, #23. A black and viscose beer, a head is medium and dark brown. Aroma is powerfull, it has liquorice, salt liquorice, chocolate, richness of maltyness, some bourbon, vanilla, hint of dried fruits. Taste has salt liquorice, caramel, some balanced bourbon and vanilla, quite sweet. Full bodied, slight stickyness, smooth. This is big and brilliant beer, very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2021
at 11:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Draft. Black beer with a tan head. Caramel and chocolate aroma with toffee. Chocolate and caramel flavor with toffee. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and caramel linger with toffee
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2021
at 18:24
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap @ Mikkeller Helsinki. Poured pitch black in color. Vanilla aroma, notes of bourbon. Milky sweetish with light bourbon touch in flavor. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2021
at 10:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught, half pint. @Mikkeller Viktoriagade, Copenhagen (Denmark). 24/10/2021 [#4.562 Global - #597 United States of America - #8 Mikkeller San Diego] Pours black with a beige head. Vanilla, cocoa beans, bourbon, dark chocolate and spiced malts. Long warm and spiced finish. Next one please!
Tried
on 30 Nov 2021
at 20:50