Lump of Coal
Ridgeway Brewing in South Stoke, Oxfordshire, England 🏴
Stout - Foreign / Extra Winter|
Score
6.56
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Yet another bummed-out holiday? Lump of Coal Dark Holiday Stout is liquid consolation. It's a deep, rich, sweetly rewarding stout to take the edge off of that grim family gathering, that cheerless annual festival of alienation. This brew is as dark as it gets, as black as the lump of coal you'll be getting for Christmas. Because, let's face it, you've been pretty bad this year.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 500ml @ Geokkjer
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, licorice and spices. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, licorice and spices. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 12:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Draught at Bishop’s Arms Folkungagatan, Stockholm, 7 Dec 2012) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, dried fruit, liquorice and a touch of smoke. Malty, roasted taste with dark chocolate, dried fruit, dark rye bread, hints of smoke and a gentle, spicy bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, slightly sweetish. Well balanced and tasty. Nice one.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2012
at 11:30
8/10
Tried
on 13 Nov 2012
at 15:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
X-mas beer no.14 2012.Bottle Dark brown colour with medium head.Aroma of licorice and chocolate mild rosted and smooth with good caramel flavor and smooth finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2012
at 04:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle from Presporska pivoteka, Bratislava. Cola like brown color with small beige head. Aroma of dark fruit, caramel, honey, notes of apples. Taste, dark fruit, chocolate, hints of coffee, roasted malt with light bitterness in finish. Drinkable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2012
at 13:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Caramel/chocolate malt aroma. Dark mahogany brown color with moderate head. Lightly sweet chocolate malt, light ash, and mildly bitter herbal flavor. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2012
at 18:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Very dark brown with tiny beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, hops, little bitter, little liquorice and a little coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2011
at 00:19
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Pours with a nice, long lasting frothy head. Colour very dark reddish brown. Roasted aroma, also hints of chocolate and a little coffee, caramel. Moderate sweetness, somewhat less bitter, but very balanced taste. Only quite watery. I lack any finish, I can sense a little something, probably bitter, but it is very mild. All is good, but boring. If only I could somehow amplify what the beer already has, the rating would be much higher.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2011
at 08:15
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle at First annual AFR holiday tasting. Clear maroon color. Aroma of sweet milk chocolate. Taste is bittersweet chocolate. Light body. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2011
at 14:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50 cl bottle. Kappy’s Liquor’s, Malden, MA. Used Snifter. Thick fluffy head that died to a thin ring pretty quickly. Nose of roasted malt and booze. Tastes of chocolate, vanilla, and lightly roasted malts. Light-bodied with a smooth texture. It goes down easy. Light alcohol in the finish which gives it a nice warming on the way down. Some decent flavors however, it lacks body and complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2011
at 18:02