Crate Digger
Alphabet Brewing Co. in Ardwick, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.16
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The Beer you've all been searching for. Blow the dust off, sit back and enjoy this 8.3% imperial stout brewed with coffee beans from our local roasters Ancoats Coffee. Think espresso and chocolate.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At a tasting, thanks, big gushing whipped cream, opaque black color, aroma of coffee, spiciness and greenish hints, mellow coffee flavor with metalic and charred hints and maybe fruit, lightish bitterness, sweetish hint. Nice and enjoyable.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2019
at 07:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can sample at a tasting at Tom L's place. Thanks Max & Stas. Black, big brown head. Roast, lots of coffee, some mocha, sweetish, a bit of caramel, bitter finish, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2019
at 17:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Very dark brown beer, thin beige head. Big coffee aroma with some chocolate. Taste is much the same, withba but of tangy fruit and there's a good hefty hit of dark chocolate in there a good malty base to it. This isn't the most complex stout going but it's a big rich, smooth thing that doesn't exactly what you'd want.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2018
at 19:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from The Good Beer Company - Chinatown, Singapore. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a lasting frothy light tan head. The aroma is roasty sweet toffee caramel malt, dry, dusty, mineral, earthy, light dry coffee, dry hop. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth, rich roasty caramel, dry coffee, liight liqourice, charcoal, dry hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2018
at 17:35
7/10
Gusher alert! Strong coffee stout. Lots and lots of coffee in a stout that's already quite bitter. It is what it promises, and certainly not bad, but I can't shake the feeling that some sweetness (lactose?) could balance this out more, making it great.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jun 2018
at 22:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Beerhawk. A black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, malty, coffee, dark chocolate aroma. Tastes similar roasty, malty, coffee, dark chocolate, slightly fruity. Very nice Imperial Stout.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jun 2018
at 12:59
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lata 33 cl en el gato que bebía cerveza Valladolid 02..05..2018. (r30). Color negro intenso con espuma beige oscuro persistente. Sabores maltosos tostados suaves con suaves toques tostados torrefactos, cacao, vainilla, palos resinosos al final. Cuerpo medio algo seco. Cierta densidad. Normal a buena. Se podría repetir.
Tried
on 02 May 2018
at 10:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml can. Pours black with a tan head. Coffee and roast malts on the nose, a hint of dark chocolate. Taste of coffee, roast malts, slightly burnt, dark chocolate, plum, bittersweet. Medium-full bodied, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2018
at 14:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried at the Stoneworks Peterborough. Almost black colour with a tan head. Big malty and chocolate aroma. Slight sweet taste. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jan 2018
at 00:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2015 [ The 40th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 8th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Alphabet Crate Digger ].Clear dark brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, roasted, wood, light to moderate chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heacy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark malt, wood, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151009] 7-3-6-3-12
Tried
from Cask
on 22 May 2017
at 05:27