Kirkstall Brewery Drop Hammer

Drop Hammer

 

Kirkstall Brewery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.37
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks: 14
Drop Hammer Imperial Stout 10% abv this beer will own you..!!
 

Sign up to add a tick or review

Join Us


     Show


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask halfpint at The Junction, Castleford. Pitch black colour, tan head. Pleasant aroma of roast malts, red wine, liquorice and chocolate. Rich flavour, roast malts, red wine, liquorice, some alcohol, oak. Warming mouthfeel. Excellent beer.

Tried from Cask on 04 Mar 2021 at 02:18


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Goat and Munch, Chester Nose is a heady mix of brandy / cognac booziness interlaced with vanilla. Pours a very dark brown with a small cream head. In the mouth the vanilla leaps out to start before a general sweetness of cake, toffee and fudge comes through. The finish is mainly coffee and liquorice. You can tell that it’s strong, but that doesn’t overwhelm the taste. Nice – though I wouldn’t like to drink too many at once !

Tried from Draft on 07 Sep 2019 at 22:12


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - treacle and chocolate cake. Dried fruit. Taste - treacle, very dark chocolate and smoke. Black jack sweets. Palate - medium to full bodied with a big crunchy texture. The finish is dry and crunchy. Overall - very nice.

Tried on 31 Dec 2018 at 14:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at The Sparrow, Bradford. It pours opaque jet black with a decent tan head. The aroma is sweet, intoxicating, sticky, vanilla, chocolate brownie, creamy coffee, caramel and Mars bar. The taste is dry, bitter, ashy, charred, burnt toast, umami, liquorice, cacao nibs, touch of vanilla, coffee grounds, some boozy warmth and leather with a peppery roast finish. Fulsome body and fine carbonation. Oily as it warms. Rich and robust. Fun stuff.

Tried on 23 Sep 2018 at 19:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at ushers. Pours black, nose is liquorice, caramel, roasted coffee, chocolate, taste is sweet, creamy vanilla, huge liquorice, bitter coffee.

Tried on 27 Mar 2018 at 17:25


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask @ Head Of Steam, Leeds. Black with a small off-white head. It's very stated with its roasted malts, and these hide its strength. Surprisingly crisp, it has plenty of nose.

Tried from Cask on 10 Feb 2018 at 00:04


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at CBC Old Street, 23/11/17. Black with a handsome tan head. Nose is rich roast, bitter dark chocolate, light spice, molasses. Taste comprises chocolate cake, vanilla essence, light smoke, charr, roasted malts, toffee fudge. Medium plus body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light boost. Really good well joined up impy stout ... drinks below the abv and slips down easily.

Tried on 26 Nov 2017 at 10:39


8

Tried on 23 Nov 2017 at 10:13


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keg at cellar bar Chester... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft dry chocolate roast msy.. long dry chocolate.. Heavy chocolate roast.. nice.. but its lacking a little something for me that I just can't place

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2017 at 11:27


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask (gravity) @ [ London Craft Beer Festival 2014 ] @ Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, London, Greater London, England, E2 9DT. [ As Kirkstall Drop Hammer ].Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, open and fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, berry - wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp, burnt, soy sauce, chocolate, roasted. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20140817]

Tried from Cask on 18 Aug 2015 at 14:00