Good King Henry V
Old Chimneys in Diss, Suffolk, England 🏴
Brewed at/by: Grain BreweryStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.98
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Oak aged Imperial Stout with Madeira Port
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask@Dark Beer Fest 2025, The Hope, Carshalton (27/11/2025) - roasted sweet malty with layers of chocolate, dark caramel, liquorice, full bodied with nice soft cask mouthfeel, wooden red wine washed lingering warming malty finish . Lovely.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Hope
on 27 Nov 2025
at 19:51
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines labelled as 2023, consumed on christmas day no notes taken
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from Bottle
from
Cotteridge Wines
on 02 Jan 2025
at 16:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml panda from LCB. Pours thick black with tanned head. Powerful aroma of the aged oak and particularly maderia hit first, then notes of chocolate, mixed dark fruits, roasted malt, touch of liquorice. Taste of dark chocolate, raisins, port, oak, toffee. Its boozy and sweet but not overdone or too rich. Creamy mouthfeel with a fine to average carbonation. Long bitterness in the finish. Well balanced.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
9/10
Cheers at Lee B.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2024
at 14:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Nose is dark fruit, pronounced Madeira, brown sugar, leather, hints of chocolate, Christmas cake. Taste is rich leather, Christmas cake, dark fruits, roast malts, chcocolate, toffee, hazelnut, wood, brown sugar, leading to a warming spice note, and a herbal hop finish. Thick rich mouthfeel. Incredibly well balanced, rich without being cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2024
at 20:42
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 12th April 24. Pours black and rich looking. Aroma is barrel, Madeira, sweet, wood. Taste is rich and sweet, wet barrel and wood, Madeira, vinous. Lovely stuff
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2024
at 20:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to Daniel. A light hazed copper brown coloured pour with a halo of mid tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, earthy grape, toasted malts, woody bark, boozy, brown sugars,. Flavour is composed of. Nutty, boozy brown sugars, bruised grape., brown sugars, earthy. Little oxidised. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, fine carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2024
at 19:55
7/10
Tried
on 20 Mar 2024
at 19:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Craft Beer Junction, thanks to Danny, 20/03/2024.
Black with a khaki cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is dark malts, charr, earthy, cocoa powder, toffee.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, charr, light spice, candied fruits, dates.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay sipper but expected more.
Black with a khaki cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is dark malts, charr, earthy, cocoa powder, toffee.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, charr, light spice, candied fruits, dates.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close.
Okay sipper but expected more.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2024
at 00:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black beer, solid tan head. Smells sweet and boozy with some maltiness in there. Flavour has a good whack of the port barrel. Sweet and boozy with a notable woodiness. Dried fruit in here with chocolate, some coffee , a hint of smoke, some malt, good toasty malt. This is like an old ale on turbo and I love the balance of the smooth rich body and the earthy, fruity notes. Big, rich and boozy.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2024
at 20:35