Black Lurcher
Abbeydale Brewery in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.15
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The house special of the Three Stags Heads in Wardlow Mires. A beautifully robust beer - tasty and warming, roasty toasty with a good level of hop bitterness
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at CBJ - picked up from Pigs Ear BF 2023. Cheers! Pours clear brown with a small, foamy off-white head. Light sweet flavour, earthy, with some leathery and faintly tangy berries, faint funk. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with modest roasty malts, earth, berries and cobwebs. Good fun overall, nice amount of depth and drinkability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2024
at 21:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
3rd July 2024
CBJ Tasting. Bottle thanks to LKS. Near opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Airy palate, a little dry, not much carbonation. Slightly watery dark malts. Cardboard dark chocolate, not terrible for it's age. Modest ripe fruits. Fine.
CBJ Tasting. Bottle thanks to LKS. Near opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Airy palate, a little dry, not much carbonation. Slightly watery dark malts. Cardboard dark chocolate, not terrible for it's age. Modest ripe fruits. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2024
at 16:21
7/10
Tried
on 06 Jul 2024
at 10:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. A dark brown black coloured pour with a lasting loose a halo. Of tan head. Aroma is liquorice, woody sap, pine sap, dark roast. Liquorice. Flavour is composed of pine, dark roast, pine, resin,
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2024
at 20:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the The Three Stags Head, Wardlow Mires, 17/09/20. Light black with a sexy tan head. Nose is dark malts, liquorice stick, toffee, dried fruits. Taste comprises treacle toffee, fruit rinds, hint of molasses, lighter liquorice load than the nose suggested, trace of dark chocolate. Medium plus bodied, soft carbonation, lick of booze at the curtain call. Solid stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2020
at 07:27
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2017
at 14:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Gravity serve from a Bourbon whisky cask, at the Devonshire Cat, Sheffield. 7%. Never seen this beer outside of the Three Stags Heads, Wardlow Mires, before. Clear, very dark, chestnut brown. Bubbly halo of tan head. Dark, dried fruit. Licorice. Bonfire toffee. Hint of roasted malt. The wooden cask comes through quite noticeably. Taste is fruity dry. Quite ashy, really. Palate is fairly light. Soft carbonation. Finish is long, fruity dry. Just a hint of bitterness. Really drinkable. A bit of an oddity, mind you.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2014
at 05:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On cask at Three Stags Heads, Wardlow Mires - Nearly the same as Black Mass, but looks much better (perhaps looked after a little bit better). Thick black body with a thick lacing beige head. Liquorice and coffee in the nose, with an rich oily mouthfeel, and a rich bitter fruity finish. This is worth seeking out in my opinion, so set your SatNavs to SK17 8RW!!!!!
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Oct 2013
at 05:21