Polly Donkin
Cullercoats Brewery in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, England 🏴
Stout - Oatmeal Regular|
Score
6.93
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2019 Champion cask ale of SIBAS North East Beer Competition. Silky smooth and fruity.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival 2026, Beer#12. Not quite a full bodied stout, which accounts for its labouring flavour, never really roasted, nothing that full. It's just about ok though as a session dark brew.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival
on 26 Feb 2026
at 02:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle shared with Finn after breakfast at Kiln. Pours a decent, beige bubbly head over a black deep ruby body, clingy lacing. Inviting aromas of roasted chocolate malts. Fine blended taste of oatmeal, chocolate, and a backdrop of liquorice. Roasted, semi-sweet dark malty end. Medium bodied. Nice. (Newcastle, 20.03.2024).
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2024
at 07:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Delt med Rune. Svart. Lavt luftig mokkafarget skum. Aroma av melkesjokolade & nøtter. Smaken lakris. Tørr. Kakao & kaffe i avslutninga.
Tried
on 20 Mar 2024
at 11:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from NE Brews. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of coffee and chocolate. Taste is more of the same. Simple but decent stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2021
at 16:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Smithfield, Derby. This pours almost black with a small beige head. The nose is mainly sweet milky coffee. Oats come through straightaway in the mouth, and in their wake comes a mixture of liquorice, roasted malts, aniseed and other spices with some dark fruits lurking underneath. Quite complex, but ultimately a bit disappointing.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2021
at 21:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from NE Brews. Deep dark Carmel tan black colour with a tan head. Aroma roasted coffee and slight chocolate. Taste roasted malty bitter. Medium rich body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2021
at 19:25
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the St Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2019, St Albans, Herts. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige/off white bubbly head on top. Roasty, malty, coffee, chocolate, dark fruit aroma and taste. Decent stout from Cullercoats.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2019
at 10:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
5/6/2018. Cask at the Head of Steam Quayside, Newcastle. Pours very dark brown with a ruby tint and an average sized tan coloured head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, wood, blackberry and a slight smoked edge. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Medium to full bodied, slick texture, very soft carbonation. Lots of body for its modest abv. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Jun 2018
at 18:40
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Cullercoats Polly Donkin ].Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, minerals, salty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, minerals, salty. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141009]
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Nov 2015
at 03:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Guildford arms... Deep black... Small white head... Soft chocolate malts nose.... Dark roast.. Dark chocolate... Heavy malts... Little thin dark malts roast
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2014
at 07:35