Based On An Old Fable
Cloudwater Brew Co in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.11
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle online from the brewery, part of the Xmas 2021 box. Pours deep brown towards black with a dissipating tan cap. Dark choc, cacao, rum barrel, whisky barrel, vanilla, coffee, dried fruits, berries, spicy. Moderate + sweet & bitter. Medium+ body with spritzy carbonation. Lots going on. Decadent. Glorious
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home from CW online. Pours jet black with a thin dirty tan head that quickly fades. Aroma is chocolate, boozy dark fruit, molasses, fudge brownie, Ardbeg barrel comes through, vanilla and coffee. Taste is chocolate, boozy fruit cake, molasses, fudge brownie, vanilla, Ardbeg barrel comes through with a nice boozy hit. Really well balanced. Lovely stuff
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle at home, 2nd December 22. Pours black. Aroma is complex, lots of barrel. Taste is smooth, complex, wood and barrel, coffee and roasted malts, smoke, liquor and aromatic, some light notes. Lovely Imperial Stout and a joy to sip
Fergus (31329) reviewed Based On An Old Fable from Cloudwater Brew Co 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at home picked up from cloudwater online. An attractive, jet black brown coloured, pout with a lasting dark tan head. Aroma is rich dark woody chocolate, cedar, spicy cinnamon, dry dark chocolate, warming alcohol. Flavour is composed of super rich dark chocolate, woody cinnamon, ginger, oily, dark chooclate, warming alcohol, intense, woody cinnamon , nutty, woody toffee. Palate is semi sweet, oily, moderate carbonation
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Based On An Old Fable from Cloudwater Brew Co 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
8th October 2022 Oily looking black brown beer, short lived bubbly tan head. Enticing nose of bright but ripe fruity bourbon and Whiskey. Smooth palate, quite light, decent fine carbonation. Soft airy dark malts, soft and fairly creamy dark chocolate. Touch of dark chocolate Malteasers. The barrelling presents with intensity but also a good rounding. Soft rich fruity bourbon and cognac. Dark chocolate fudge on the back end. Some savoury barrell and vanilla on the back end, morphing into savoury Tonka.. Smooth finish delivers some chocolate liqueur and mild alcohol spice. Rich, layered and rewarding.
Lovely stout. Strong in tobacco. Some Ardbeg and mild cognac.
tiong (21350) reviewed Based On An Old Fable from Cloudwater Brew Co 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
375ml bottle. Smooth, chocolate saucy and sweetish with some oak, wood and cocoa notes. Okay
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle from Park Fever, Hither Green. Black pour with a tan head. Nose is sweet tobacco, oak, plum pudding, raisin, chocolate, vanilla. Rich taste of Christmas pudding, red grape, chocolate, nuts, bourbon, oak, plum jam. Humungously warming alcohol. Jammy sweet finish. Luvverly!
Leighton (34941) reviewed Based On An Old Fable from Cloudwater Brew Co 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours oily black with a modest, fading, creamy brown head. Medium to big sweet flavour, rich and layered, gooey chocolate, light ash, raisins, old wood, cherries, roast, faint coconut. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming and sticky finish, more gooey chocolate, rocky road fudge, dark fruits, a little vanilla. Delicious.