Darkness Falls
Oakham Ales in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England 🏴
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular|
Score
7.10
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A classic combination of UK sourced Harlequin and Cascade from the USA work wonderfully well in this new Oakham cask aged black beer.
Expect spicy, fruity, blackcurrant and citrus lemon flavours with a hint of moreish grapefruit bitterness.
All on a complex base of chocolate, dark and crystal malts with flaked oats added for a soft and smooth mouthfeel.
Expect spicy, fruity, blackcurrant and citrus lemon flavours with a hint of moreish grapefruit bitterness.
All on a complex base of chocolate, dark and crystal malts with flaked oats added for a soft and smooth mouthfeel.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8
Cask at Flowerpot, Derby. Pours almost black with minimal cream head and good lacing. There’s roasted malts and dark fruits in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet, smooth and fruity with roasted malts, mixed (bitter and floral)hops, dark fruits and traces of citrus and blackcurrants. Later on oats and traces of alcoholic strength come through as well leading to a dry, fruity and slightly bitter finish. This is excellent ! Wonderfully complex and pretty much uncategorisable.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2024
at 21:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Handpull cask at Corn Exchange (JDW), Leicester. Dark brown, almost black, a little bit of translucency, with a tight beige/khaki head on top. Aroma of chocolate, pine needles and a little bit of liquorice. Yes please. Taste of dark roast malt, light berry and plum, candied liquorice. Gritty bitterness in the finish. Medium oily body, fairly soft carbonation. Maybe a bit heavy-handed for what it is but I can certainly live with that.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Oct 2024
at 19:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled half-pint on 9th October 2024, Pheasant Inn and Brewhouse. White (ish) crown on a dark brown body. Roadside berries in the nose and taste, add in a roasted/toasted maltiness and you've got a decent beer in your hand.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2024
at 22:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very dark brown with a frothy/bubbly tan head and dark berry fruits and raosted malt on the nose. Hope bitterness and raosted malt are nicely combined, there's some coffee bitterness ahead of a dry finish
Tried
on 01 Oct 2024
at 15:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at St Albans beer & cider festival 2024, St Albans, Herts. A very dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white bubbly head on top. Roasty, chocolate, blackcurrant, berry fruit taste and aroma. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Sep 2024
at 09:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 2024. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of khaki head. Black makts, liquorice, sap, pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, sticky black malts, liquorice, resin. Palate is semi sweet rounded, good cask condition.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2024
at 14:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tried from the breweries bar at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2024. Off black colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are lihhh crisp malty and chocolate. Medium body.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2024
at 13:14