A Life For Laughter To Bring
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special|
Score
8.08
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle at home, 12th May 23. Pours a black thick stout. Aroma is chocolate, liquor and barrel, wood. Taste is bitter sweet, cherry, vineous, Port, vanilla, dry, chocolate liquor, really well balanced and delicious
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22nd November 2022
Opaque black brown beer, a small but tidy tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft, reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth dark malts, a nice creamy smooth dark chocolate vibe with a fair helping of milk chocolate in there. Obvious Tonka dominates the mid, too much so for me. A touch of earthy coffee underneath. The Port Barrelling is a disappointment for me. Very very mild berry fruits on the back end. Modest alcohol spice on the smooth finish. Lot of high scores on this one, glad people enjoyed it, so did I, but not to the extent they did. Too much Tonka for me and not enough Port Barrel, but still a pleasant affair.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black with a brown head. Aroma of tonka, port, boozy notes, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with alcohol warmth and soft carbonation.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Tap at 73 Enid Street. A thick dark black coloured pour with a small whispy tan head. Aroma is lovely rich dark chocolate, almond, coconut, dried fruits, cocoa, cakey malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, deep dark chocolate, wood, bark, earthy cocoa, leather, almonds, tangy dark berries, port barrel fruits. Warming alcohol, hides the abv well. Palate is semi sweet, smooth, thick, light tang, mellow carbonation. Really great stuff. 4.6 - 9 4 10 5 18 Bottle at home picked up from CW online. A thick , opaque, black brown coloured pour with a lasting mid tan head . Aroma is super rich dark choclate, tangy dark fruits, mellow tonka, cocoa, black forest, super rich. Flavour is composed of ruby port, rich dark chocolate, cocoa, sticky pudding, black forest, spicy tonka, super nice. Palate is thick and chewy, spicy , velvety, really nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
On tap at 73 Enid St. Pours black with a thin tan head that fades. Aroma is boozy dried fruit, chocolate brownie, caramel, port, boozy jammy fruit. Taste is chocolate brownie, boozy dried fruit, jammy red fruit, port barrel comes through. Not yo sweet. Boozy but really well balanced. Super smooth and luxurious Great stuff
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours black-brown with a frothy, brown head. Medium-big sweet flavour, fudge, dark fruits, burnt caramel. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with fine carboarnion. Moderate warmth to finish, dark sugars, layered chocolate, nips of raisins and cherry, toasted marshmallows, a little black coffee, soft earthy bitterness. Delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at James's. Pours black, nose is tonka spice, chocolate, coffee, roasted, berries, taste is similar, chewy, sweet, port.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
a bottle at James...jan 10 2022 dark black.. thin tan lacing... soft rich meaty chocolate roast malts lught Tonka nosr... heavy malts.. heavy rich sweet woody chocolate roast malts.. big malts Bottlr at home ... Jan 02 2023 ... dark black ... thin tan lacing ... soft tomka ... light spiuce roast maalt nose ... dark sweet chcolate roats .. heavy sweet boozy chcoolatee roast malts... dark sweet chocolate malt..
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Off white to tan thin head. Nose - dark chocolate and just a hint of coffee. Taste - medium bodied to full. Intense dark chocolate and raisins. Palate - medium to full bodied, very light roast. Overall - lovely intense beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Pours oily black with a thin tan head. Aromas of red wine and chocolate. Taste is red wine, dark chocolate. Light sweet finish.