Stoutzilla
UnBarred Brewery in Brighton, East Sussex, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.43
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One of the very first beers to be brewed in the shed back in 2014 and has continued as a commercial success year on year.
Pouring jet black with enticing aromas of chocolate, vanilla, whiskey and coffee draw you in. A robust stout with roasted and chocolate bitterness balanced by the Madagascan vanilla. Warming bourbon and coffee follow and end with a slightly drying finish.
Pouring jet black with enticing aromas of chocolate, vanilla, whiskey and coffee draw you in. A robust stout with roasted and chocolate bitterness balanced by the Madagascan vanilla. Warming bourbon and coffee follow and end with a slightly drying finish.
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8/10
Tried
on 24 Mar 2026
at 17:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
keg at the wee vault ...dark black ..thin tan lacing .....dark bourbon chocolate roast malts nose ..dark sweet chocolate roast malts ..heavy rich roast
Tried
on 05 Jul 2025
at 20:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at Wee Vault, Edinburgh. Aroma is chocolate and roasted malt, cocoa, vanilla. Medium sweet, lightly some alcohol. Medium to full body. Nice chocolate aroma, easy drinking despite the abv. Good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Wee Vault
on 04 Jul 2025
at 00:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 6
(Keg at the brewery taproom, 20250609) 10% ABV. The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had burnt malts, sweet chocolate, coffee and ash. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, sweet chocolate, coffee, ash, alcohols and bitterness. Aftertaste had burnt malts, ash, alcohols and bitterness. Quite boozy. Not too sweet but unbalanced.
Tried
from Draft
at
UnBarred Beers & Ales
on 09 Jun 2025
at 18:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draught keg at the brewpub. Very dark brown and mostly opaque with an uneven film of khaki head. Smells of molasses, liquorice, cocoa powder. Taste is sweet with a little bit of umami. Treacle, sesame seed. Wow. Soft finish mellowing the intense flavours. Medium body with soft to medium carbonation. Amazing.
Tried
from Draft
at
UnBarred Beers & Ales
on 06 Jun 2025
at 16:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Аромат шоколадный, не сказать что очень пастри при этом, не много сладкого. Во вкусе снова шоколад черный, немного ванили и бочки. Есть терпкость небольашя от кофе и бобов. В целом просто норм, хотелось бы больше пастри.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2025
at 05:45
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Dec 2024
at 14:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Can at home, 5th December 24. Pours black and thick. Aroma is classic Impy, dark roasted malts, soy, liquorice, chocolate. Taste is roasted malts, bitter chocolate, liquorice. Lovely classic stout
Tried
from Can
on 06 Dec 2024
at 17:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Draught at Mother Kelly's Bethnal Green, London, 25 Nov 2022) Black colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, coffee, liquorice, black bread and vanilla. Malty, roasted taste with espresso, dark chocolate, liquorice, roasted malt, black bread, vanilla, bourbon oak wood and a balanced coffe bitterness in the finish. Full body, quite sweet. Rich, powerful and quite tasty. Very nice.
Tried
on 29 May 2023
at 20:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at The Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out rich oak, medium roast and a touch of bitterness. Flavour is rich, with toasted caramel, medium roast and light vanilla. Rich, roasty and vanilla-y. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 May 2023
at 22:56