7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Graham Grumbo, 11/11/2025.
Black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl and edgework.
Nose is coffee grinds, herb, spice, dark malts, cocoa sprinkle.
Taste comprises bitter roast, ashen nip, coffee grinds, charr, spice, herb, dried fruit rinds.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Decent coffee stout that delivers on its promise.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7.5

1/11/2025. Can at the ITFC beer share. From Beer Park, Llanelli. Good pour. Aroma is coffee, ashy, nutty, milky chocolate. Fairly sweet, moderate roasted bitterness. Moderate body, a little lively. Liked this.

6.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Old rating - A 500ml bottle collected from the brewery earlier this year. Pours a jet black with a creme head. A decent stout with milky coffee & roasted malts.

6.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from Bluestone Brewery, Gwaun Valley. Extremely dark red with next to no head. Its coffee, which is at its most stated in its nose, makes this a gritty tasting and gritty brew in both aroma and taste

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Glass, hand pump, 1/3 pint, drunk at Hopbunker, during the 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, savoured on 10 December 2019; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, brown head, average lacing; nose: coffee, lactic, slight caramel, light acidity; mouth: coffee, lactic, slight caramel, light acidity, bittering hops, chocolate, slight caramel, finale in coffee with good presence of bittering hops, full-bodied, lightly below average carbonation, more bitter than expected, lightly sweet, lightly oily and slightly grated texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, hand pump, 1/3 de pinte, bue chez Hopbunker, durant la 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research, savourée le 10 décembre 2019; œil : noire, opaque, pas d'effervescence, mousse brune, dentelle moyenne; nez : café, lactique, très léger caramel, légère acidité; bouche : café, lactique, très léger caramel, légère acidité, houblon amérisant, chocolat, très léger caramel, finale en café avec bonne présence de houblon amérisant, corsée, carbonatation légèrement sous la moyenne, plus amère que prévue, légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement huileuse et très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien

2.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

Botle 50 cl. Pours black with an orange hue and a tiny, fizzy head that dissipates in no time. Vague cocoa aroma. Thin body, roast and cocoa but everything is totally drowned in a massive lactic infection. I don't believe I've had a Bluestone beer yet that wasn't massively infected. More sour than a Berliner Weisse. Gents, I recommend that you get your bottling procedures in order or you won't last long in this business. 260218

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB.

[ As Bluestone Fossil Fuel ].
ABV: 4.8%. Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to light light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate, sour malt, wood. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart - sour, dark malt, roasted, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171013]
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