Anniversary Ale XI (2022)
Cromarty Brewing Co. in Cromarty, Highland, Scotland 🏴
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.72
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
500ml bottle with a classy yellow wax seal from Villeneuve Wines in Peebles - deep opaque black oily Lyle's treacle body, tan head. Too much in the nose to note, liquorice, fruits, boozy wood, wine, blackcurrant jam, cigar smoke, leather, all very hypnotic. Taste is all of the above, massive oily mouthfeel, so full of flavour, boozy burn at the back. Abandoned 2/3 of the way through when my legs gave way and I face planted the living room door. Recommended.4.4/5.0.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle with crazy thick orange wax. It pours opaque, motor oil black with a small, dissipating deep brown bread. The aroma is rich roasted malt, dark and decadent, umami, liquorice, bourbon soaked oak, vinous, red wine, jammy berry, bramble, blackcurrant, cherry and chocolate. The taste is slick, oily, thick, rich, chewy, decadent, dark roasted malt, bitter - sweet, warming spice, warming boozey slap, slick, oily, loads of dark fruits and berries, cherry, bramble, blueberry, fruit compote, gateaux, robust red wine vibes, liquorice, umami, jammy and touch of tannin with a warming finish. Fulsome body, fine carbonation and slick, oily mouth feel. A monster of a beer that blurs the boundaries with red wine.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Anniversary Ale XI (2022) from Cromarty Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at ash's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, marzipan, coconut, white grape, taste is chewy fudge, chocolate, vanilla, warming, some treacle, light bitterness.
bottle at home... dark black.. thin tan.. soft sweet caramel chocolate roast malts.. sweet caramel toffee malts.. big sweet barely wine rather than stout... massive sweet chocolate.. juicy sweet malts
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - deep brown to black. Beige head. Nose - big chewy toffee, honeycomb more than chocolate. Taste - chewy toffee, big hazelnut and praline. Snickers Bar. Palate - full bodied and sweet. Rich texture and sweet sweet finish. Overall - lovely stuff.