Faithless XVII - Beetroot Stout
RedWillow Brewery in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 🏴
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Series Out of Production|
Score
6.85
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The first Faithless this year (XVII), is a beetroot stout. I love the flavour of beetroot, it works very well with chocolate so we’ve produced a fairly straightforward stout base and added the beetroot at different stages, so far the boil and fermentation, I am pretty sure I’m not going to add any in cask. The beetroot has given the beer an interesting hint of purple and a lovely earthy depth of flavour.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask @ The Redhouse, Newcastle [280213]
Black, ruby edges, dense tan head, good lacing
Aroma of soft chocolate, smooth roast, great mellow roast, no beetroot
Taste of soft chocolate, smooth dark malts, creamy, not masses of flavour but wants there is good, maybe slight soil earthiness from the beetroot
Palate - Smooth and milky, soft mellow chocolate roast. Finish as main flavour
Overall - I don’t like beetroot, didn’t really get it in here, only a hint of earthiness. Came across as a good smooth stout
Black, ruby edges, dense tan head, good lacing
Aroma of soft chocolate, smooth roast, great mellow roast, no beetroot
Taste of soft chocolate, smooth dark malts, creamy, not masses of flavour but wants there is good, maybe slight soil earthiness from the beetroot
Palate - Smooth and milky, soft mellow chocolate roast. Finish as main flavour
Overall - I don’t like beetroot, didn’t really get it in here, only a hint of earthiness. Came across as a good smooth stout
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Mar 2013
at 19:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A medium stout aroma, only because of its evident thin body when in the palate. Does retain some roasted malts in its flavour.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2013
at 17:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Victoria Birmingham, dark reddish brown pour with thin off white head, a bit earthy a bit stouty quite good.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Feb 2013
at 04:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This beer tastes of Beetroot,Beetroot i say... thats right beetroot... dig that root ... Mini Cask at home .. huge thanks to Toby for this one ... deep black ... bubbly tan head ...big betroot hit up front ... dark roast malts ... quite sweet but mostly rich beetroot ... soft oily body ... dark roast ... sweet malts ... and long soft smooth beetroot ,,, light chocolate roast ... but again mostly dominated by the sweet beetroot.... Not the kind of beer im going to go back to time and time again ... but really drinkable ... pretty tasty if a little strange ... but for all that it drinks pretty well cask at t ... deep black ... nice soft brown head ... soft chocolate roast ... mellow beetroot ... sweet roast ... chewy roast ... dark malts ... soft beetroot ... lesss than mini cask ... but much better body than minicask ... .4.0
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Feb 2013
at 09:39
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at the Earl of Essex, London. Pours clear, red-brown with a faint, creamy tan cap. Milky chocolate in the aroma, some dirt. Light to medium sweet flavor, good cocoa, lightly roasty, mild ash. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Moderately roasty to finish with dark chocolate, some fruity and dark sugars, a bit of burnt wood, mellow earthy bitterness. Some bitter cocoa in thr aftertaste. Good stuff, though I can’t say I get much beetroot.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2013
at 10:58