Polly's Brew Co. A Shot In The Dark

A Shot In The Dark

 

Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
6.81
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 6
It’s the cool thing for breweries to do at the moment, isn’t it? Buddy up with a Coffee Roastery and smash out a kickass stout. When Hundred House Coffee got in touch with us earlier in the year and expressed an interest in working with us, we absolutely jumped at the opportunity. Sitting on the idea until the cooler months, we agreed that a straight up, no frills, no fuss, and no adjunct Coffee Stout would be the best way of showcasing our respective talents to the max. Featuring 9kg of honey-treated Catuai and Caturra coffee beans from the Tarrazu region of Costa Rica, we added this cold-brew coffee during the fermentation cycle to intentionally impart less bitterness and accentuate the toffee and chocolate notes against our own malt bill, with just a little bit of grape acidity on the finish.
 

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Tried on 19 Mar 2022 at 22:06


4.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Can sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Dark brown. Vegetal coffee, infection, ash, malt, sour, sweetish note, lacto.

Tried from Can on 16 Mar 2022 at 13:13


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Tried from Can on 12 Mar 2022 at 03:51


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

18/2/2022. Can sample courtesy of ITFCDan, cheers. Pours black with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, coffee, light roasted malt, fudge, toffee, vanilla, biscuit. Medium plus sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness, hint of tart. Medium body, slightly creamy, average carbonation. Good.

Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2022 at 19:59


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Almost black, no head. Aroma of coffee, chocolate, toffee. Taste is quite rich for sub 6%, lots of coffee, chocolate, toffee, caramel, a little dried fruit, decent bitterness. Smooth, very soft carbonation.

Tried from Can on 11 Feb 2022 at 22:24


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Black beer, didn't pour with much head. Strong coffee aroma. Flavour has a good hit of coffee too, lots of malt, a little chocolate. Quite a straightforward coffee stout but it's very nice with a decent richness. Could drink this all day.

Tried on 28 Jan 2022 at 20:52