Death By Caribbean Chocolate Cake
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.91
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Death by Chocolate Cake. What would happen if we took one of the nation’s best loved, super-indulgent desserts for inspiration, and applied it to our most indulgent beer? Even more cacao nibs, even more Cypress wood, even more depth. It’s doubled down and ramped up to imperial strength. The Amburana is still critical. Its spicy, fragrant spirals impart all kinds of different flavours, not dissimilar to the complexity of tonka beans. It's remarkable how we all seem to pick up something different from them.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark stout with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, light cinnamon, dark fruits, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, alcohol warmth, light cinnamon, light powdery character, very nice. On tap at at l'autre oeil.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bistro L'Autre Oeil - Maison de Fûts
on 05 Nov 2025
at 00:09
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
From tap at BPBW '19, Friday session. I only took numerical notes while having this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Sweet dark chocolate aroma with roasted malt, thick chocolate cake, cacao nibs, notes of wood and soft vanilla, mild fudge. Flavour is sweet with a fairly firm roasty bitterness. Full body. Loads of chocolate, lovely bittersweet Chocolate Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Аромат очень шоколадный, много какао бобов, есть намеки на ваниль, но сладости мало, зерная кофе, схожесть с несквиком, есть корица. Легкие пряности. Цвет ченрый, немного маслянистое тело. Во вкусе уже больше какао чем шоколада, хотя и его тонна. Сладости уже немного больше. Больше ванили при глотке. Долгое финиш с какао бобами и коринец, немного терпкости от темного шоколада.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2025
at 06:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Аромат сладкий и немного пресный, чутка сладкого шоколада, нотка ванили, какао и древесности. Пена классная, густая, кофейная, мелкопузырчатая. Цвет не черный а сильно темно-коричневый. На вкус среднее тело, сразу немного алкоголя, изюм, древесность, затем кислинка при глотке. Послевкусие умеренно сладкое, ваниль, нотки шоколада и какао. Имеется весьма сильная горчинка от хмеля, древесная тоже, легкие нотки сливы и вина в общем. Сильно но приятно обжигает горло.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at Beerlovers, Antwerpen. Aroma is spicy chocolate cake with cocoa, caramel, cinnamon. Notes of lactose, cocoa, vanilla. Medium sweet, moderate bitter flavour. Medium to full body. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2025
at 06:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cremiger, voluminös schokoladiger Beginn, der schnell Aromen von Süßholz aufweist. Kakao, geringe Karbonisierung, erhöhte Viskosität. Dunkle Beeren, holzig, zunehmend holzig. Vollmundig, weiter Kakao, langer Nachhall. Gut. 10/12/10/12/9/11
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2024
at 20:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
3-4-24, Brew Shop ARL, SAM only
Tried
on 05 Mar 2024
at 03:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at SP Cellar. Pours black with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong chocolate, spice, toffee, booze. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, nice sweetness, very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Jul 2023
at 00:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can 33 cl. Pours an opaque black with an orange hue and a tiny, rough, brownish head. Sweet vanilla and what seems like coconut, but probably rather is the amburana - very complex. Rich, sweet, chocolatey flavor, again with vanilla coming through and a cake like sensation. I have not previously been an amburana fan, but here it works perfectly. Delicious. The finish reveals some lesser clean wooden accents. 140223
Tried
from Can
on 14 Feb 2023
at 15:21