Spiral Stout
Boudicca Brewing Co. in Norwich, Norfolk, England 🏴
Stout - Dry Regular|
Score
6.78
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Aroma of dark autumnal berries, with undertones of coffee & dark chocolate. Similarly, but amplified on the palate, as roast & bitterness also come through. Pleasant, gentle, lingering dry roast finish with some bitterness, & a hint of smoke. Definitely true to type (Stout).
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a deep black with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, smoke, chocolate, dark fruits. Taste is rich roasted malts, dark chocolate, smoke/ashy, biscuit, coffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2022
at 22:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beautiful Beers. Appearance - dark brown to black with a deep fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate, molasses and subtle blackberry. Taste - blackcurrant and menthol. Almost lozenge like. Palate - roasty in texture and finish. Light bodied really. Overall - quite unusual.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2020
at 01:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Rocky tan head left a good cover on a jet black still body. Malt & coal aroma. Medium bodied, low carbonation, soft on the tongue with a dry clean back. Malt, tobacco, light smoke & bitter vegetal tastes.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2020
at 19:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Purchased somewhere in Norfolk, not totally sure but think it may have been Sir Toby's Beers in Norwich Market. Black with a beige head that was so huge and craggy and long lasting that I nearly went and got a spoon to attack it with. Coffee and sweet plain chocolate with quite a salty kick and a touch of ash. Creamy but with a hint off dryness. Salt and a light burnt note in the aftertaste.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2020
at 00:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
23/11/2018. Cask at the Harwich and Parkeston Winter Ale Festival 2018. Pours almost black with a small off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, heavy roasting, coffee, ash, dark fruits and liquorice. Light to moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, slight sticky texture, soft carbonation. Finished dry with chocolate, ash and berries. Quite traditional, pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Nov 2018
at 12:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Chelmsford Beer Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, licorice and hops. Nice bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2018
at 12:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Chelmsford Beer & Cider Festival. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 150218
Tried
from Cask
on 15 Feb 2018
at 12:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the gryphon... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft sweet chocolate roast malts nose... Dark sweet chocolate roast malts.. Light mellow chocolate roast..
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2017
at 12:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity cask at the Drayman’s Son, Ely. Black, impenetrably so, with a ring of grey-brown head. Surprisingly low in the aroma stakes: a bit of coffee, bitumen, salt liquorice. Bitter taste, with a coffee and very bitter chocolate note. Finish betrays a hint of fruity hop bitterness, which gives way to a carob and turmeric aftertaste. A worthwhile brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2017
at 12:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2016 [ The 41th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 9th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Boudicca Spiral Stout ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, light to moderate burnt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161013] 7-4-7-3-14
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2017
at 11:07