Bonfire Stout
Drop Bear Beer Co. in Swansea, Swansea, Wales 🏴
Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Dark / Stout Regular|
Score
6.13
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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2025
at 20:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5
Texture 7
Overall 4.5
Can from Ocado. Smoke,dark chocolate & coffee nose. Smoky, malty taste which segues into the finish.
Tried
from Can
from Ocado
on 19 Jan 2025
at 11:41
5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 16/01/25.
Famous last words after the gushing AF lager a few nights ago ... hoping I had nothing else in stock from these clowns! Well at least I knew what to expect this time and the stout gushed into my sink and was generally a Dave pour throughout with the badly pitched carbonation showing no mercy!
Light black with a fuck off khaki head, despite a careful pour, allowing me to tip some more in after about 5 minutes. Wankers!
Nose is dark malts, hint of toffee, soy sauce, umami.
Taste comprises light roast, dark malts, cocoa powder, toffee, charr, light ashen nip.
Medium bodied, prickly carbonation, semi drying close.
This actually tasted decent for an AF stout but these muppets clearly don't understand carbonation levels.
Famous last words after the gushing AF lager a few nights ago ... hoping I had nothing else in stock from these clowns! Well at least I knew what to expect this time and the stout gushed into my sink and was generally a Dave pour throughout with the badly pitched carbonation showing no mercy!
Light black with a fuck off khaki head, despite a careful pour, allowing me to tip some more in after about 5 minutes. Wankers!
Nose is dark malts, hint of toffee, soy sauce, umami.
Taste comprises light roast, dark malts, cocoa powder, toffee, charr, light ashen nip.
Medium bodied, prickly carbonation, semi drying close.
This actually tasted decent for an AF stout but these muppets clearly don't understand carbonation levels.
Tried
from Can
at
House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate)
on 16 Jan 2025
at 19:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can (from ZeroImports). Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some herbal, toasted and ashy tones. Flavour is roasted and ashy with some grainy tones.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Feb 2024
at 17:38
6/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Bonfire Stout on 24 Nov 2023 at 17:51 - Score: 6. Original review text: New region
Tried
on 25 Nov 2023
at 09:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours black, nose is smoky, leather, toffee, chocolate, taste is sweet toffee, roasted, bitter and smoky.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2023
at 16:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml can from Wise Bartender. Gluten Free. Black colour, tan foam head leaving lacing and aroma of roasted malt, ash, liquorice, coffee & chocolate. Taste is roasty, malt, smokey, ash, with dark chocolate, coffee and earthy bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, drying roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2023
at 21:48
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 2
Overall 6
# 3364; 12/2022. Aroma of licorice and honey, roasty. Opaque dark brown body; persistant thick tany head. Burnt barley, licorice, dark honey, roasty, slighrly smoky, watery. Interesting dark non-alcoholic beer. 0,33 l, can, supermarket, somewhere in England.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2022
at 20:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Can from Wally's Delicatessen, Cardiff. Black with mahogany hints, a tan head and a gentle fizz. Blackberries up front, chocolate and woodsmoke in the middle, and treacle to finish. Body starts off ok but oddly gets much thinner as you drink. It's decent - definitely one of the best low alcohol brews I've had - but as will all low alcohol beers it's held back by the thin body. My quest for a top-notch low alcohol beer goes on, but this one is definitely a big step in the right direction (with the added bonus that it's a rare West Glamorgan tick!). I'll definitely try some more from Drop Bear if I see them.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2022
at 23:19
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Black, mid szied head. Light aroma of coffee and chocolate. Sweetish with light tothink body and clean mouthfeel. Some ashy, earthy notes, slight coffee. Metallic finish. Empty, but still better than most attempts on NA stout. Might even prefer it over tap water.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Apr 2022
at 20:38