Eclipse
First & Last Brewery in Elsdon, Northumberland, England 🏴
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
7.34
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A combination of sweet and malted roasty flavours are balanced by smooth bitterness in this full-bodied stout. First brewed to celebrate our 250th gyle of beer at First & Last. A delicate hint of vanilla and velvety mouthfeel from milk sugars work together to enhance the dark malt character of this beer.
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
bottle at home ...deep brown black ..soft Caramel toffee malts nose ...soft sweet dusty caramel
Tried
on 01 May 2026
at 13:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Bacchus
on 04 May 2025
at 16:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle bought as part of a delivery from Northumbrian Gifts and drunk at home. Very dark brown, almost black, with a ring of beige/khaki head. Light roasted malt, milk chocolate, some caramel. Exquisite sweet taste, creamy chocolate malt, touches of coffee grounds. Almost no bitterness in the finish, this remains a sweet beer all the way down. Traces of cola nut in the aftertaste. Magickal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2024
at 19:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Jet black colour with minimally late awakening, average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty and caramel malty aroma, notes of toffee, couverture, dark caramel, some coffee, spicy whiffs of celery and lovage. Taste is slightly sweet, roasty and chocolately, dark malty, slightly caramel malty, notes of coffee, cocoa, toffee, some dark caramel, minimally ashy interludes. Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, soft, creamy carbonation. Very nice composition, fairly rich and manifold, harmonious, excellent mouthfeel - exquisite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2023
at 21:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep brown black with a tan colored head. Aroma is rich roasted malts, chocolate, molasses, vanilla hint. Taste is rich roasted malts, chocolate, ashy, light bitterness.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2021
at 21:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
10/10/2021. Bottle from Centrale, Newcastle. Delicious example of the style, my 191st Northumberland beer and my new highest rated beer from that county. Pours black with a rich tan coloured head. Aroma of milk chocolate, lactose, moderate roasted malt, vanilla, toffee, black treacle, mild liquorice, dried fruits, nutty edge. Medium plus sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, smooth, oily slightly cloying texture, average carbonation. Really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2021
at 19:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the Brewis taproom. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of coffee, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is roasty, cocoa powder, vanilla. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2021
at 18:47