Brimming with coffee and chocolate flavours, hints of liquorice and dark fruits. Brewed with Pale Ale, Brown, Double Roasted Crystal and Roasted malts and hopped with Phoenix and other British hops. A rich, smooth Stout named after the characterful, black-tarred fishing huts that line Southwold's harbour
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Very dark brown cola coloured beer. Lasting cream head. Some chocolate on the aroma. Smooth in the mouth. Some dark fruits in the flavour. Some dryness on the finish. Some plum Some blackcurrant flavour. Some dryness. Decent fruity stout.
Tried
from Cask
at
County Hotel
on 05 Mar 2025
at 18:23
7.5/10
Traditional, simple, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2025
at 10:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 5
Overall 7
Almost black. Aroma is mushroom, roast, dark cocoa, almost burned. Taste is umami with some roasty bitterness. Low sweetness and medium carbonation induced sourness. Quite rough. The carbonation is mainly thick bubbles, something foamy would have fit nicer. Not bad nonetheless and good body for 4 abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2025
at 20:19
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2025
at 16:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Drankenhandel Leiden. Aroma is roasty with dark bread, caramel, notes of chocolate and a little coffee. Flavour is moderate to medium bitter and mild sweet. Light to medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 13:24
7/10
Creamy, smooth, light
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2024
at 16:13
6/10
Tried
on 03 Apr 2023
at 18:58
7.2/10
Draft at The Buck Inn in Flixton. Pretty close to black color, white edge head. Aroma of fruity espresso. Taste has dark fruit, mainly plums and raising, in coffeee. Tasty
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Dec 2022
at 19:34
Tried
on 03 Nov 2022
at 12:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Flying Pig, Cambridge. Malty chocolate aroma with a hint if peripheral liquorice. Opaque cola brown. Creamy. Very light bitter coffee. More obvious sour edge. Creamy throughout. Gradually develops a bitter coffee kick, however it's all pretty restrained. Medium-heavy bodied. Creamy. Flat-average carbonation. Long astringent finish. A really dull stout. Does develop some bitter coffee, as mentioned, but but not enough for a caffeine perk up.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2021
at 20:02