Recurring Dream
Siren Craft Brew in Finchampstead, Berkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
7.06
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Recurring Dream is a very special, session strength edition of our Flagship Breakfast Stout, Broken Dream. It features the same indulgence of chocolate flavours and speciality malts, along with the creaminess of lactose for balance and mouthfeel. Espresso from London’s Climpson & Sons adds rich undertones of coffee.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Nose is lactose, coffee, toast. Appealing. Taste is coffee, ash, slightly sour, woody, astringent, vegetable, leafy.
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It's ok
Tried
on 02 Apr 2026
at 19:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black colour with medium beige head.Aroma is nice roasted and toasted with good flavour of chocolate and coffee mild lactose flavour and creamy well balanced finish.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2026
at 17:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Black with a creamy, light beige head. Aroma promises roasted coffee grounds, toasted grains, chocolate. Taste is bitter and roasted the whole way through with faint sour and sweet undertones. Body to the light side of medium, delicate but not watery texture , mild carbonation, dry. Easygoing with a creamy, burnt character. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2026
at 17:56
Tried
from Draft
at
Siren RG1
on 28 Jan 2026
at 12:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can from local ASDA store – drank at home. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small frothy beige head. The aroma has lactose, roasted malts, coffee and a hint of nuts. In the mouth it is very briefly sweet before sharp fruitiness comes through. Flavour has roasted malts, oats, coffee grounds and lactose. Some bitter chocolate and caramel comes through later. Finish is somewhat dry. This is nice – but nothing like as awesome as Broken Dream.
Tried
from Can
from
Asda Supermarket (Various locations)
on 22 Jan 2026
at 18:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Casi negra, opaca. Bonito efecto cascada siguiendo las instrucciones. Espuma beige no muy abundante pero cremosa y de excelente retención. Aroma a malta tostada, toques torrefactos, café. Oleosa en boca, suave, de amargor moderado, seca. Ricas maltas tostadas, notas de chocolate y bastante café con apunte ligero de lactosa.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2025
at 22:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Siren nous propose ici un Breakfast Stout boosté au café efficace bien qu'il trouve rapidement ses limites avec son titrage à 4,6 %. Le visuel est sur un brun très foncé, avec une mousse brun clair nappant la surface. Le nez est brut : chocolat et café. En bouche, si la présence est moyenne, les arômes sont plaisants et d'une bonne intensité. En complément, du café et chocolat, on trouve des arômes de charbon et avec le houblon, d'agrumes. La longueur est également limitée, mais le plaisir est au rendez-vous.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2025
at 07:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can at home picked up from Siren online. A opaque black mahogany brown coloured pour with a decent khaki head that fades. Aroma is nice earthy, roasted coffee, burnt earth, some lactose sweetness, some raspberry. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, dry earthy roast, bitter coffee, chalk, robust roast. Palate is semi sweet, to drying finish, moderate drying carbonation. Nice robust stout.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2025
at 22:19
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tonight's selection is being enjoyed in front of the recurring Live Aid broadcast on BBC2, the same channel the groundbreaking concert was shown on 40 years minus 1 day to the day. This 'Recurring Dream' (although I do remember the day in 1985 itself) is a tasty oaty and roasted malt brew at a very easy stout strength. Crisp for the style with a smoothness that is very appealing in the palate.
Tried
from Can
from
Asda Supermarket (Various locations)
on 12 Jul 2025
at 18:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Black with a beige head. Malty, roasted aroma with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, and a slight acidity. Malty, roasted flavour with notes of fresh coffee, dark chocolate, dark bread, liquorice, and a balanced coffee bitterness. Medium body with a hint of sweetness. Tasty and well-balanced, with a rich coffee character. Pleasant, sessionable, and very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 10 Jul 2025
at 13:08