The Mayan
Ilkley Brewery in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Smoked Regular|
Score
6.97
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Chocolate Chipotle Stout.
Designed to challenge the senses as well as perceptions, this is an easy-drinking, strong flavoured and spiced stout. This beer has captured the imagination and the fans across the UK and in America, even gaining an honourable mention in the 2013 Brussels Beer Challenge.
Taking you on a journey to South America, via Yorkshire, drinking this 6.5% Chipotle Chocolate Stout is a journey in itself. Rich heady chocolate on the nose, it’s all about deep luscious stouty goodness throughout with a soft mouthfeel. Just as a coffee bitterness develops, and you’re thinking that the party’s over, a subtle dry heat arrives that not only leaves your mouth tingling, but also thirsty and gasping for another taste. The Mayans smoked their chillis, and rather than brew with smoked malt, which can add to the bitterness, we used freshly smoked dried chipotle chillis to add an extra layer of flavour.
Hops: Chinook, Galena & Bramling Cross
Designed to challenge the senses as well as perceptions, this is an easy-drinking, strong flavoured and spiced stout. This beer has captured the imagination and the fans across the UK and in America, even gaining an honourable mention in the 2013 Brussels Beer Challenge.
Taking you on a journey to South America, via Yorkshire, drinking this 6.5% Chipotle Chocolate Stout is a journey in itself. Rich heady chocolate on the nose, it’s all about deep luscious stouty goodness throughout with a soft mouthfeel. Just as a coffee bitterness develops, and you’re thinking that the party’s over, a subtle dry heat arrives that not only leaves your mouth tingling, but also thirsty and gasping for another taste. The Mayans smoked their chillis, and rather than brew with smoked malt, which can add to the bitterness, we used freshly smoked dried chipotle chillis to add an extra layer of flavour.
Hops: Chinook, Galena & Bramling Cross
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle
Pours pitch black with a tiny head. Aroma of spices, slight roastiness, milky notes. Taste is sweet, milky and lactic with hints of spices and roastiness. Finish is sweetish and spicy with hints of milk and roastiness. A bit untypical.
Pours pitch black with a tiny head. Aroma of spices, slight roastiness, milky notes. Taste is sweet, milky and lactic with hints of spices and roastiness. Finish is sweetish and spicy with hints of milk and roastiness. A bit untypical.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2014
at 09:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Appearance: Transparent black color with a tan head that leaves an ok lacing.
Aroma: Coffee and vanilla.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft to average carbonation.
Taste: Roasted malt, coffee and rich vanilla sugar.
Overall impression: A bit to much vanilla sugar.
Personal stats: Bottle from Systembolaget web order, Sweden
Aroma: Coffee and vanilla.
Palate: Medium body. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft to average carbonation.
Taste: Roasted malt, coffee and rich vanilla sugar.
Overall impression: A bit to much vanilla sugar.
Personal stats: Bottle from Systembolaget web order, Sweden
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2014
at 06:40
3.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Near black, rich firm head. Aroma of Floris Chocolate and chcolate sauce. Sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Molasses, metal and cocoa powder. Chili heat joins metal in the finish. Basic, edgy beer with gimmicky and artificial flavouring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2014
at 14:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from at Cotteridge Wines; black pour with a frothy light tan head, big plain chocolate aroma, taste is mostly chocolate with some roast malts, with a small hint of chilli burn and flavour. Enjoyable stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2014
at 09:55