Can't Catch Me Gingerbread Stout (8.4%)
Vocation Brewery in Cragg Vale, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special|
Score
7.03
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Prepare for a holiday heist with this dark, sweet, and velvety stout. Rich flavours of malt and cocoa dance in the shadows, while mellow ginger weaves in and out of every sip.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Draught at Beit HaBira, smallish creamy head, coal black colour, aroma of ginger and cola with chocolate behind, ginger earthy flavor with some coffee cola and a bit of chocolate, light Sweetness and a hint of bitterness, unpleasant mouthfeel. Not that great.
Tried
on 30 May 2025
at 09:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
440ml can. Poured almost black in colour with a very thin off-white head. The aroma is roasty, big ginger. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, roasty, big spicy ginger, warm alcohol bitter palate. Over medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2025
at 23:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440 ml can, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 8.4%. Black colour, large tan head. Aroma of malts, caramel, chocolate and gingerbread. Sweet flavour but not cloying, notes of roast malts, chocolate, caramel and syrup, distinct notes of gingerbread, with a moderate ginger burn. Moderate bittering hops.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2025
at 19:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ SKAAL Sønderborg. Pours cloudy very dark brown with airy tan head. Clear aroma of malt and cloves, with touches of yeast and cinnamon. Bitter, roasty flavour with touches of cake and notes of cloves, cinnamon, and caramel. Spicy and roasty aftertaste with estery and malty notes. Creamy and decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2025
at 19:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at the Colmore, Bingohame, 27/02/2025.
Black with a khaki cap that retains well.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, light spice, fruit esters.
Taste comprises chocolate melt, hint of ginger, toffee, toasted brown sugar.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol.
Okay impy stout if rather 1D.
Black with a khaki cap that retains well.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, light spice, fruit esters.
Taste comprises chocolate melt, hint of ginger, toffee, toasted brown sugar.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol.
Okay impy stout if rather 1D.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 12:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aroma: Strong ginger with roasted malt.
Flavour: Strong ginger and sweet malt with light caramel notes. Aftertaste is ginger and malty sweetness with an alcoholic warm mouthfeel.
Colour: Black with an offwhite head.
From: Can @ A good case webshop.
Flavour: Strong ginger and sweet malt with light caramel notes. Aftertaste is ginger and malty sweetness with an alcoholic warm mouthfeel.
Colour: Black with an offwhite head.
From: Can @ A good case webshop.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Jan 2025
at 18:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
The gingerbread adds a bit of a kick, and the spice does mean it's not an ordinary tasting stout. Sweet enough in its said flavour and tasty it hides its strength well.
Tried
from Can
at
Vocation & Co. - Hebden Bridge (Vocation)
on 02 Jan 2025
at 22:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Large foamy tan head on a dark brown body. Clove & ginger aroma Medium bodied, smooth followed by foamy dry back. Malt, demerara, honey, & clove tastes with a big ginger finish. Festive! 🧑🎄
Tried
on 17 Dec 2024
at 23:03