Spectre
Big Hand Brewing Co. in Wrexham, Wrexham, Wales 🏴
Stout - Dry Regular|
Score
6.85
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Espresso, liquorice and toast with hints of berry and chocolate in this smooth, dark Dry Welsh Stout
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2026
at 13:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
3/4/2026. Can at the Good Friday ITFC beer share. From Beer Park, Llanelli. Good pour. Aroma is ashy, fruity, chocolate, liquorice. Nicely balanced and decent body for its abv. Drying roasted and fruity finish. Well done.
Tried
from Can
from
Beer Park
on 03 Apr 2026
at 13:17
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2026
at 13:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours almost black with a tan head. Aroma of roast malts, liquorice, dark chocolate. Taste of roast malts, dark chocolate, caramel, liquorice, ashy/smokey with burnt/roasty bitterness, dry. Medium bodied. Good stuff.
Tried
from Can
from Beer Park
on 10 Feb 2026
at 23:16
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint from the cask at Leicester Indie Beer Festival, Thursday 26 June 2025. Pours a near black with a white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, expresso, berries, oats, liquorice & toasted malt. Medium body. Smooth dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2025
at 14:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Beer Number #3 tried at the Clitheroe Beer Festival 2025. Going through the dark beers I want first at this festival. Dark brown and fairly regular to begin with, some berry notes amongst the roasted, with a smooth texture too. Its liquorice does come to the fore in its aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 May 2025
at 11:43
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled half-pint in the beer garden of the Bridge End Inn, Ruabon on 31st August 2024. Black bodied, tanned foam on top. Malty and fairly dense body wise, pleasant in the afternoon sunshine.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2024
at 21:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 25th March 2022. Deep sepia with tan foam and spot lacing. Rich roasty aroma. Dry, roasty malts in-mouth with coffee bean and a hint of smoke, and citrus notes. Roasty finish with spicy citrus. Full bodied with an engaging texture.
Tried
from Cask
at
Southampton Arms
on 25 Mar 2022
at 21:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried in gravity cask at the Leicester Beer Festival 2020. Jet black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are roasted dry malty. Smooth body.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Feb 2020
at 00:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Third, keg, shared with Finn at Big Hand Alehouse. Covering beige head that laced quite well. Black in the glass. Sweet malty smell, chocolate scent. Mid-sweet chocolate flavours, on a backbone of lactose. Lightly roasted malt-driven finish. Easy drinking stout. Satisfying. (Chester 26.01.2020).
Tried
on 17 Feb 2020
at 13:06