Dark Secret
Monty's Brewery in Montgomery, Powys, Wales 🏴
Stout - Oatmeal Regular|
Score
6.89
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A rich full bodied oatmeal stout full of chocolate and coffee flavours great at 5.6% Alc. This one is for the dark beer lovers to enjoy. It is brewed with malted oats and barley and the gluten removed, an exceptional gluten free stout...
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7/10
Enjoyable rich & roasty
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Sep 2025
at 17:48
6/10
Mõrkjas, röstine, kohvine, vesine, šokolaadine. Okish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2025
at 13:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Bodnant Welsh Food. Aroma has tart berries, creamy chocolate and malts. Dark and glossy. Thick foamy beige head. Flavourwise it's less punchy than the aroma. Coffee and dark chocolate. Tangy berries. Creamy finish. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation... very lively. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2024
at 22:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Color: Almost black, creamy light brown head. Aroma: Dark roasted malt, subtle notes of coffee. Taste: Creamy, dark roasted malt, some coffee and dark chocolate. Earthy. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Over moderate bitterness, moderate sweetness. Dry-ish finish. Nice traditional British Stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2024
at 14:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Ship and Castle, Aberystwyth. Poured a mostly clear dark brown colour with a short-lived, frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, light chocolate. The flavour is moderate to light sweet, with a smooth, somewhat light, roasty malt, earthy, liqourice bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Oct 2023
at 20:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head and a little lacing. Not much of an aroma – just some hints of dried fruit. In the mouth it is quite bitter but with some underlying sweetness and a creamy texture. Flavour has roast malts, chocolate and hints of fruit cake. After a while, some bitter coffee grounds come through plus traces of dark fruits and oats. Finish is a little sticky. This is quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2023
at 20:55
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Black colour, small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, some ashes and mild grainy notes. Flavour is liquorice, some roasted malts, mild ashes, chocolate as well as some herbal tones. Somewhat watery palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2023
at 15:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask@The Great British Beer Festival 2022 (Days 1&2) - Dark roasted malty with notes of cocoa, some coffee roast, brown sugar, medium body, dark malty close. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2022
at 08:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at GBBF '22 day 2, 03/08/22. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a good sized beige cap. Nose is chocolate, dark malts, dried fruit rinds, mellow roast. Taste comprises roast malts, light coffee presence, toffee, charr, dried fruit rinds, brown bread. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Ok stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Aug 2022
at 11:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2022, Olympia, London. A black coloured pour with a decent beige head on top. Rich, roasty, malty, chocolate, coffee taste & aroma. Decent stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Aug 2022
at 22:22