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Imperial Stout [Basqueland]
North Brewing Co in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Collab with: Basqueland BrewingStout - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.33
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Kees caramel fudge stout is a favourite across all the staff at North, so when it came to collaborating with the famed dark wizards the choice of what we should brew together was quite easy.
Here we’ve brewed a big 10% imperial stout with a complex malt grist using eight different malts, caramel in the boil and coffee and cocoa nibs in the fermentor. The beer has a big nose of creamy tiramisu, an incredibly smooth and silky body and a balanced sweetness to carry these heavyweight flavours. Flavours of rich chocolate, sweet cherries from the mildly roasted coffee and clean oak from the cocoa nibs make this beer a perfect aperitif or pudding substitute.
Here we’ve brewed a big 10% imperial stout with a complex malt grist using eight different malts, caramel in the boil and coffee and cocoa nibs in the fermentor. The beer has a big nose of creamy tiramisu, an incredibly smooth and silky body and a balanced sweetness to carry these heavyweight flavours. Flavours of rich chocolate, sweet cherries from the mildly roasted coffee and clean oak from the cocoa nibs make this beer a perfect aperitif or pudding substitute.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Tap @ True North Bar, Stavanger. Black body with a small, dense beige head. Aroma is smooth roasted, dark malt, hint of vanilla and caramel. Flavor is a little bit of disappointment based on the aroma, roasted dark malt, vanilla, coffee and moderate bitterness, but it feels a bit raw and almost slightly acidic bitter in the aftertaste. Fine body and long lasting aftertaste. By all means a really fine stout, but something is missing to make it a top notch one.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cask at home .. Dark Blck .. massive tan head ... soft meaty chocolate roast malt nose ... dark berryies .. rich roast ... little odd somethings ... maybe a little coffee .. dark malts .. but quite odd
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2020
at 19:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can shared at a tasting at troubles' place. Black, tan head. Roast, coffee, chocolate, caramel, a bit of toffee, sweet, medium to full-bodied. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Nov 2018
at 16:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Drink? Hebden Bridge. Black with next to no head. It’s strong tasting with a light roasted malt flavour. There’s some nuttiness too, and has a mild sticky-sweet texture.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Nov 2018
at 18:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
200ml draught at Agenturet Øl og Vinbar. Dotted spots on the glass from a filmy beige layer. Black in the glass. Promising smell of nutty malts and almond. Mid-sweet chocolate flavours joined by nuts and liquorice. Smooth, mid-sweet malt driven finish. Fine depth. Enjoying. (Tromsø 03.11.2018).
Tried
on 04 Nov 2018
at 12:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Fra fat på Agenturet. Svart. Lavt mokkafarget skum. Samler seg langs glasset. Aroma av nøtter & lakris. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken lakris & torv. Lett søt etter hvert.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2018
at 11:05
6/10
Tried
on 06 Aug 2018
at 21:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Kilder bar; opaque brown pour with a thin tan head, aroma has roast malt and smooth chocolate, taste has roast, sweet caramel.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2018
at 17:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can 330ml. @ The Shnoodlepip, 🇬🇧 London.
[ As North Brewing Co / Basqueland Imperial Stout ].
ABV: 8.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, dark malt, raisin, light coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, dark fruit, roasted, raisin. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180806]
7-4-8-4-15
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2018
at 14:58
9/10
Rich; thick and guey. Chocolate. Treacle. Wafers. Oil. Espresso crema. Silk. Vanilla. Leather. Grande
Tried
from Draft
at
House of Hammerton
on 29 Jun 2018
at 14:59