Summertime Dark
Borough Brewery (Lancaster) in Lancaster, Lancashire, England 🏴
Stout Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.69
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The same as Wintertime Dark, just a bit less in the grain bill. Heavy enough to satisfy, light enough to have another with all the depth of flavour and chompy-ness expected from dark beer drinkers regardless of the season.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Borough. Pours near black a with a brown head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has sweet dark grains and roasted malts with a hint butterscotch backing. Flavor has dark grains and butterscotch with a touch of roast c
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Nov 2017
at 15:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the White Cross, Lancaster. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate. Some biscuit. Light smoke. Taste - dark chocolate digestive biscuits. Again light smoke. Palate - medium bodied. Crunchy dry middle section. Dry smoky finish. Overall - packs good flavour for the session strength.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Aug 2017
at 09:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at graf 2017. Pours black, nose is blackcurrant, liquorice, chocolate, taste is similar, sweet --- Beer merged from original tick of Summertime Dark on 12 Jul 2017 at 08:06 - Score: 6
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2017
at 02:28
8/10
Tried
on 21 Apr 2017
at 15:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery tap. Opaque maroon brown color, tan head. Chocolate aroma. Taste is bitter coffee, light body. Easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jun 2016
at 09:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Mar 2016
at 09:23
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Borough (Lancaster) Summertime Dark ].Clear dark black brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark malt, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, roasted ,sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150811]
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2015
at 04:50
7/10
Tried
on 24 Oct 2015
at 20:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2015.. Dark brown.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft blackcurrant liquorice nose.. Soft sweet fruits.. Roast malt.. Licorice
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2015
at 01:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted sark malty. Breadish, roasted and dark malty. Roasted and lingering dark malty into a roasted finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2015
at 12:42