Bonavena Brewing Cassius

Cassius

 

Bonavena Brewing in Faicchio (BN), Campania, Italy 🇮🇹

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.24
ABV: 10.5% IBU: - Ticks: 12
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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

330ml @ Ryan's (thx, Alex!).
Aroma: inky, sweet, molasses.
Taste: along the same lines, really bitter. Pretty good body for the ABV.
Overall: ok.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2025 at 04:05


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Poured from 33cl bottle. Near black with minimal beige head. Roast malt and ashy chocolate, medium body. Okay.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2025 at 03:56


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Canned, 330 ml at Hoppy Ending, Napoli. Black with tan to brownish head. Roasted malts, rich chocolate, bourbon, sweet with quite bitter finish. Medium to full bodied.

Tried from Can on 21 Aug 2023 at 20:45


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can shared at London Columbus tasting 25/05/2023. Thanks to Colin for this one. A clear dark black coloured pour with a halo of tan head. Aroama is semi sweet, borwn sugars, woody, pine, sap, oily, sap, pine sap, tobacoo, . Palate is medium sweet, oily, oily, pine, sap, moderate carbonation,

Tried from Can on 25 May 2023 at 21:20


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

Can shared in London - cheers to Cloin. Pours black-brown with a creamy beige head. Medium to big sweet flavour, lots of harsh rubbery dark malts, ash. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Ashy roast in the finish. Sturdy. Drinkable enough.

Tried from Can on 25 May 2023 at 21:16


7

Tried on 25 May 2023 at 21:12


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

25th May 2023
6th Floor bottleshare. Thanks to Cloin for the can. Dark chocolate malts, creamy sweet malts, milky sweetness. Dark chocolate Malteasers. Milky, chocolate malt sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2023 at 21:00


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

0.33 l can thanks to Lara and Jadran who brought it from Italy, shared with Višnja 666 and Jadran. Oily dark brown, small beige head. Aroma is roasty, also molasses, brown sugar, caramel. Chocolate cake, some nutty aroma, dark caramel. Burnt aroma, spice. Full body, sticky, spicy, not too sweet, nicely roasty and burnt. Warming, strong, lasting spicy but sweet finish. Good balance. Smooth.

Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2023 at 23:04


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can. A beautiful pour, black, thick and a surprisingly big tan head. Aroma is intense dark malts, chocolate, coffee, classic impy. Big body. Flavour is very malty, somewhat sweet, quite bitter, intense chocolate, coffee, thick. Classic but sumptuous impy, very good.

Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2022 at 22:10


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle sample at a tasting at Max's place. Thanks zvikar. Black. Roast, coffee, ash, soy sauce, slightly sweetish, umami, very bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2020 at 16:46