7th Birthday [Lost Cause]

Polly's Brew Co. in Mold, Flintshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Collab with: Lost Cause Brewing Co.
Stout - Imperial Special

Score

7.51

ABV: 10.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 26

We’ve been lucky enough to be friends with Colin and Vik Stronge for many years through different members of the team here at Polly’s. Whether it’s as far back as being part of the legendary original brew team at Marble, through our very own Lally’s association with Magic Rock before arriving at Polly’s, to the present day, we’ve always maintained a strong friendship with one of the OG craft brewers. When we heard that they were venturing into the unknown and launching their own brewery we couldn’t help but extend an invitation to them to take part in our annual seventh birthday releases to shine a spotlight on their burgeoning brewery. There was no messing around from either party during the planning process of this beer - an imperial stout was discussed and decided on pretty early, and we think the strengths of both breweries shine through on this incredible beer. Letting the malt do the talking on this one, we’ve added - take a deep breath - Chocolate Malt, Crushed Chocolate, Brown Malt, Milled DRC, Crystal Dark, Black Malt, and Amber Malt alongside our usual base Pale and Wheat, to up the grist bill on this beer to over a tonne to bring all the intense flavour we need from this beer. Offset against a hot side addition of Simcoe for a whisper of bitterness, this is a no-frills, no-artery thinning adjuncts, straight up impy. Let those roasted coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, and tobacco notes swirl as we reminisce on the old school!

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Basementonline (12377) ticked 7th Birthday [Lost Cause] from Polly's Brew Co. 10 months ago

Polly's is duidelijk beter op zijn IPAs

Tried from Draft on 02 Feb 2025 at 01:41

7.5

Tommann (7627) reviewed 7th Birthday [Lost Cause] from Polly's Brew Co. 10 months ago

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is yeasty, beefy roast with a little coffee and liquorice. Taste is yeasty, grainy roast and liquorice. Oily.

Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2025 at 22:44

8.1

Grumbo (24130) reviewed 7th Birthday [Lost Cause] from Polly's Brew Co. 10 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

29/1/2025. Keg at The Dead Crafty Beer Company, Liverpool. Pours close to black with a small creamy beige head. Aroma is coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, caramel, marshmallow, ashy edge. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Full bodied, smooth, light sparkling carbonation. Powerful stuff.

Tried from Draft at The Dead Crafty Beer Company on 29 Jan 2025 at 21:16

gave a cheers!

7.4

Martinsh (3573) reviewed 7th Birthday [Lost Cause] from Polly's Brew Co. 10 months ago

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

On tap at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours almost black with minimal beige head. There’s coffee and malts in the the aroma – plus a liberal dosage of alcohol. In the mouth alcohol is again very noticeable through the slight overall sweetness. Flavour has dark fruits and roasted malts with some hints of peanuts and caramel coming through later. Finish is decidedly boozy ! This is decent but the alcohol is a bit too noticeable.

Tried from Draft at Ebenezers, Crewe on 27 Jan 2025 at 15:57

8.4

LordAlwold1970 (9620) reviewed 7th Birthday [Lost Cause] from Polly's Brew Co. 10 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Black pour with a tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, smoke, coffee, cocoa, raisin. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee, toffee, more smoke, liquorice toffee. Long alcohol burn. Malty sweet with a subtle bitterness.

Tried from Draft at Star & Garter on 25 Jan 2025 at 20:53

8.5

Mr_Pink_152 (17035) ticked 7th Birthday [Lost Cause] from Polly's Brew Co. 10 months ago

Tried from Draft from Hop Hideout on 24 Jan 2025 at 22:18