Black Bishop

Durham Brewery in Bowburn, Durham, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Stout Regular

Score

6.71

ABV: 4.1%

IBU: 27

Ticks: 27

The Durham Black Bishop stout is intense in flavour but not in body or strength making it an entirely quaffable and interesting beer. The Black Bishop has flavours and aromas of a roasty coffee, peat, and a sweet chocolate and caramel; smokey notes are definitely at the forefront. Our director, Mark, likes this beer so much he necked half the bottle before the rest of us had a chance to try some. Thanks for sharing!

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6.9

hawthorne00 (9781) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 3 years ago

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

Bottle, a fortnight out of date. Very dark brown with a light tan coat. Chocolate aroma with light earthy roast and hints of (tart?) plums. Chocolatey but leans dry with modest but distinct roast, plums and decisive bitterness. A little bit ashy after a while.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2022 at 12:27

c0axial (8164) ticked Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 4 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2021 at 23:28

6.9

McCash (16021) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - close to jet black with the odd orange/red chink. Tan head. Nose - creamy chocolate and caramel. Taste - fudge and chocolate this time. Some dry woodiness at the back. Palate - close to medium bodied, dry, lightly roasty finish. Overall - quite liked this.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2020 at 21:36

6.5

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 5 years ago

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

Half-pint, cask, shared with Finn at Victoria Inn. Steady fawn-coloured head, black in the glass, lacing rings. Inviting smell of roasted earthy malts. Fine mixed taste of raisin, liquorice, and chocolate. Lightly roasted malt-driven end. Easy to drink. Pretty good. (Durham 29.01.2020).

Tried from Cask on 22 Feb 2020 at 11:30

Fmungenast (3177) ticked Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 6 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2020 at 01:36

6.2

Finn (18112) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 6 years ago

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

Delt med Rune. Svart. Lysebrunt filmskum. Litt lacing. Lett sjokoladearoma. Smaken mest lakris. Kakao i avslutningen. Tørr.

Tried on 29 Jan 2020 at 12:03

6.6

Downender (11275) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Swan, York 11/5/2019. Near black in colour, with a tight, beige, head. Toasty malts, some chocolate sweetness, a touch of leafy hop and dryish finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 17 May 2019 at 10:46

6.5

mike_77 (15875) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 7 years ago

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

Bottle. Slow gusher. Aroma has a little smokey malt and some sweeter raisin notes. Similar flavour. Quite intense. A shame about the over carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2018 at 20:20

6.8

ianwelby (4686) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 7 years ago

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

A decent but unremarkable stout. No nasties and a very pleasant drink but nothing exciting to recommend.

Tried on 22 Jun 2018 at 20:40

Mabuzzer (2123) reviewed Black Bishop from Durham Brewery 7 years ago

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

Cask at GRAF. Dark brown with a thin off white head. Roasted malt aroma, flavour is malt, chocolate. Decent

Tried from Cask on 22 Jun 2018 at 20:13