Waters of Lethe
Salopian Brewery in Hadnall, Shropshire, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.30
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A complex bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout with aromas of vanilla, oak, and sweet bourbon evolved over an eight month ageing process combine with notes of rich chocolate, roasted malts, and coffee.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Tilt, Bingo-Cotts Convention, Thanks to Martin 08/07/23. Black with a good sized tan cap that thins edgewards over time. Nose is chocolate, dark malts, mellow barrel, dried fruit esters, molasses. Taste comprises earthy roast, dark chocolate, hazelnut, vanilla essence, dates, figs, mellow bourbon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Tidy subtle and well nuanced old skool leaning impy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2023
at 16:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
[December 2022] A Christmas Day treat, pours a deep dark brown with a small beige head. Big on whisky in the aroma and taste, full bodied, slightly oily, with some chocolate malt and a sweet boozy kick.
Tried
on 04 Aug 2023
at 13:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tried at the Not at Cotteridge share 2023 at Tilt Birmingham. Black colour with a thin ring of tan head. Roasted malty and mainly sweet full body.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2023
at 06:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at the cotteridge convention bottle share. Thanks to Sarky. A thick oily jet black coloured pour with a lasting dark tan head. Aroma is oily, rich roast, waxy roast. Meaty roast. Flavour is composed waxy oily roast, hazelnut, waxy, little harsh, meaty roast, rich roast, bitter dark chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2023
at 17:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Not Cotts 23. Aroma is big and boozy. Dark and glossy. No head. Initial fruity sweetness followed by charcoal and cocoa bitterness. Medium bodied. Oily. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2023
at 17:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
21st November 2022, Monthly Beer Share in Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury; 5 of us. Cheers Mark for the cork and caged bottle of this: BB June 2024. It's dark and moody with a decent tanned topping. Boozy chocolate with a Bourbon trace or two, nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2022
at 07:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
75cl bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Nov 22. Thanks Mark for this. Pours a deep dark colour with a large, menacing dark brown head. Strong bourbon nose with additional dark malts. Taste delivers a pokey booziness with a sizeable amount of whisky coming through, some gentle vanilla and nutty chocolate creeping in on the close with a full palate. Quite full on this, I sense this would be tough going to sip the entire bottle alone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2022
at 20:41