Mena Dhu
St. Austell Brewery in St. Austell, Cornwall, England 🏴
Stout - Smoked Regular|
Score
6.88
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Brewed using a blend of six different malts traditional and pale malts for richness and depth chocolate and smoked malts for a distinctive flavour malted oats and roasted barley malt to enhance the finish. Based on an original Cornish recipe Mena Dhu means black hill named after the farm that was owned by Walter Hicks, the founder of St Austell Brewery a new generation stout that combines the best of the old with added complexity and refreshment.
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6/10
Tried
on 17 Feb 2018
at 19:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasty caramel malt, charcoal, liquorice, light cofeee, chocolate. The flavour is moderate sweet with a dry roasty liqouirce hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2017
at 15:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours almost black with a small beige head. Aroma of sweet milk chocolate, vanilla, coffee, lactose, roasted malt and very light liquorice. Medium plus sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, slight watery texture, soft carbonation. Easy drinking stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2017
at 18:24
6/10
Tried
on 26 Aug 2017
at 11:36
8/10
Tried
on 13 Aug 2017
at 07:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle from Tesco Seaton. Dark brown, with a beige head. Chocolatey, shy hints of caramel, coffee. Shy erathy hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2017
at 16:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Tesco. Near black in colour, with a thin, beige, head. Aroma of plain chocolate, toasty malts and leafy hops. Flavour had more chocolate, some oak character, tobacco, and a touch of caramel sweetness, before a dryish finish. An enjoyable stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2017
at 13:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2016. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and licorice finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Jul 2017
at 06:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
From the tap at FOB, Rimini, Italy. Pours pitch black with cream foam. Aroma is roasted, chocolate. Body is actually light, though with some stickiness. Taste is roasted, subtle bitterness. Finish is not very pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2017
at 07:05
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish with some butterscotch notes. Oily palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2017
at 05:43