Liquorice Stout
Svaneke Bryghus in Svaneke, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Stout Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.83
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Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Roasty dark malty aroma with hints of liquorice and a touch of blueberry. Taste is sweet, slightly roasty dark malty, notes of liquorice, a touch of treacle; viscous texture, sirupy, viscid palate. Focused, slightly too sweet and mono-thematic.
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330 ml bottle. Pours black with moderate head. Aromas of dry licorice. Flavors of oily coffee and anise seed. Okay
Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 10 years ago
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Danish stout in, according to the label, "English style" and flavoured with actual liquorice, so I’m expecting sweet stout here... Creamy but fairly thin and opening, pale yellowish beige head over a very dark mahogany coloured beer, not quite black, at least not on the edges. Aroma shouts (typically English) liquorice candy all the way through, next to more subtle odours of bitter chocolate, fried mushrooms, cappuccino, candied figs, soft balsamic vinegar, caramel, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, dried flowers, raisins, hints of aniseed liqueur (in a dull kind of way - probably that liquorice again), dried leaves, sourish blueberries, bayleaf, some ’natural’ iron. A refined candied sweetness opens the palate, very much like the old liquorice sticks I remember from when I was a child (and it’s always nice when a beer brings back long-forgotten memories), raisins, some dried banana, with a soft umami edge and a vague sourishness underneath; very soft carbo, oily and ’greasy’ mouthfeel but remaining very smooth and supple, with a slick caramel maltiness to it, nutty, becoming more chocolatey and coffeeish roasted bitter in the end but staying gentle; there is a very subtle amount of ’metallic’ effect as well, but feeling very natural for a stout and therefore not disturbing at all. Finish consists of persisting malt sweetness, a lot of liquorice both in taste and retronasally, and, all the way at the back, some peppery, leafy hops for balance. An almost ’medicinal’ liquorice flavour remains in the throat along with a long lasting, drying ’bittersweetness’ combining the sweet dark malts and the spicy hops. Still, it is still the liquorice which gets the last word here: even after swallowing, an ethereal, volatile but strong flavour of English liquorice candy remained for a long time. The description ’liquorice’ is often used for stouts and other dark beers and can be the result of fermentation, but in this case there is no way to get around it, this beer effectively uses (artisanal) liquorice and you’ll know it. Absolutely not recommended for those who hate this flavour, but for those who don’t, this is an enjoyable beer, and it is a clever thought putting this particular spice in what is basically a medium dry stout. Interesting and not lacking in complexity, but admittedly the liquorice is all over the place.
beerhunter111 (50581) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sehr dunkel braune Farbe, mittelgroße beige Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr schokoladig, süß, leicht alkoholisch, Anis. Geschmack süß schokoladig, cremig, Vanille, Lakritz, lecker!
Robin Svensson (13124) ticked Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 11 years ago
AndySnow (19631) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
How: Draught.
Where: Black and Brown Inn, Stockholm.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Liquorice, some chocolate, roasted malt.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Liquorice, some dried fruit, some chocolate, malt. Liquorice in the finish.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Handverkersteune. Pours deep brown, nose of chocolate, sweet liquorice, taste is toffee, vanilla, liquorice, chocolate, sugary.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 11 years ago
Bamsen78 (8674) reviewed Liquorice Stout from Svaneke Bryghus 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours cloudy very dark brown with ample but airy tan head. Clear aroma of malt and caramel, with roasty notes. Sweetish flavour of caramel malt and sweet liquorice, offset by hops and bitter liquorice notes. Touches of nuts. Lingering, bittersweet aftertaste. Rather high carbonation for the style. Liquorice notes permeate the entire testing experience. Decent but not really mind-blowing.