Arran
Buxton Brewery in Buxton, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.85
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Also known as The Living End Arran
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TBone (30139) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled 330ml (Etre-Gourmet)
Almost opaque brown colour, small brownish head. Licorice, tar and peatyness in the nose. Full-bodied. Roasted, peaty, sweetish licorice. Smooth palate, oily, very sippable. Lingering roastyness and warming alcohol in the aftertaste. Reminds me about some Emelisse BAs. Quite similar and well-made. Super.
Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Tried in a bottle from BrewDog Liverpool. Oily black colour with a tan head. Aroma treacle, chocolate and a touch of peat. Taste roasted bitter malty and a touch of fruity molasses. Thick full oily body.
Garrold (11394) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Wine Rack, Sharrow, Sheffield. As "Buxton Arran". Not sure where the "The Living End" bit comes from? Anyhow, it’s very dark, cola brown. Halo and an island of super dense, dark tan head. Viscous and leggy. Nose has a pile of liquorice and black treacle. Vanilla oak. Coffee sorbet. Bitter cocoa nibs. Bit of a port wine twang. Some chocolate ice cream. Big booze in the background. Taste is very sweet, with a vanilla, oaky booziness. Some vine fruit dryness. Slick, sticky mouthfeel. Lots of warmth from the booze. Heady and rich. Sticky sweet and boozy bitter finish. Huge beer, or so it first appears, that turns out fairly easy drinking. I could have managed a share of the 330ml bottle, but it wasn’t a tragedy I didn’t get one...
Bullit (6144) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at De Kromme Haring. Black / beige. Roasted malts, coffee , liquorice, a bit boozy. Medium bodied, low carbonation. Finish is fairly sweet. Pretty ok.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty woody whisky chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate woody whisky flavor with weak smoky hints. Has a roasted malty woody chocolate whisky finish.
caesar (10848) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle @ Kromme Haring, 15 cl sample. Dark color, short frothy head. Aroma of peated whisky, lots of dark chocolate and a bit of roast. Barrel is quite present, but there is a lot of base beer left with chewy chocolate to balance it. Good stuff. --- Beer merged from original tick of Arran on 14 Jul 2017 at 07:09 - Score: 8
Fin (18365) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Beer Revolution, Hay on Wye, Powys, consumed at home Thursday 13th July 2017 Pours black as yer at’ with a beige head. Sticky, with treacle and dark, dark sugars, clingy, full on and yet hugely drinkable . This has really taken a lot from the barrel and yet it is still so moreish. Chocolate, oaky, treacle leather, peaty, (and yet I don’t like peat) this is a lovely beer. A8 A4 T9 P4 Ov17 4.2
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Pours black , small grey head. Smell is strong , oak, burnt. Taste is strong barrel aspects, wood, very mild peat. Steong dark malts.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home .. dark black .. small tan head .. soft rich chocolate ...heavy sweet roast .. big soft whisky nose (way more than the arran Swannay Orkney Porter i just had)dark chocolate .. dark chocolate malts ... sweet roast .. big whisky .. again more prevalant than the Swannay .. but full rounded and big roast .. the whisky sits nicely on teh top.. but possibly just a little heavy for me.. but Damn nice none the less
potjebier (6609) reviewed Arran from Buxton Brewery 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Kromme Haring @ Beer Geeks meetup, shared with Danny (next one’s on me!). Black color. .aroma’s of green apples, peaty, sweetish, roast. Retronasal it’s roasted, chocolate, apple, light peat. Flavor is under moderate sweet, chocolate, alcoholic. Rather full bodied. Soft carbonation. Long finish, roasty, dry, moderate bitter.