Dark Star The Original
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular|
Score
6.85
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask gravity at Pigs Ear 2013. It pours deep brown with a small beige head. The nose is earth, toast, wood, earth, spice and charred wood. The taste is earth, wood, candy, dark fruit, candy, alcohol warmth, toast and toffee with a very dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A solid beer all round.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 10122011. Colour is dark brown with small head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness and malts
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask as Dark Star Original at Akkurat. Pours dirt brown with a gray brown head. A dull rosted malt dominated brew. Not a nice smooth cask ale and not a sweet old ale.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Akkurat. Pours black with a small grey head. Heavy on the malts. Salty rather than sweet. Dry finish. A bit too thin.
laiti (11645) reviewed Dark Star The Original from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Salhojankadun Pub
Forms a small, beige disappearing head. Aroma is rather strong on milk chocolate. Also some cocoa powder.Flavour has essence-like milk chocolate, some licorice and soy sauce. A bit harsh, bitter and sour finish. The sour notes get stronger towards the end of the glass and make this feel a bit contaminated. Quite rich for a real ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Via cask dispense at the Half Moon, Windlesham as ’Dark Star - Original’. Pours a dark brown with a small white head which didn’t hang around too long. Fruity nose from which I get prunes/dates/cherries and a hint of spice. Roasted malts in the taste allied to the fruits and spices I’ve touched on above. Also get a nice toffee/biscuit flavour from this beer. A bitter dry aftertaste follows but in a mellow way as there is some sweetness here also. My only complaint was that it was a little thin in the body, None the less one of the more enjoyable old ales I’ve had in recent years!
tiong (21414) reviewed Dark Star The Original from Dark Star Brewing Co. 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask @ Kitty’s, Helsinki
Pours dark brown with a bubbly head. Aroma of nutty malts, caramel, dry fruits and chocolate. Taste is dark nutty and malty with some ripe dry fruits, chocolate and caramel. Finish is fruity and chocolatey. Quite tasty and rich for such a low ABV.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Gravity cask @ In De Wildeman (as Original). Dark brown color, soapy head (not much). Aroma is full of red fruit, with some sweet fruit & some malty sweetness. Flavor is only lightly sweet, very fruity. Low carb. Finishes with roast and eventually bitter.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Half, cask as Dark Star Original at Mason & Taylor, Bethnal Green. Shiny dark ruby body, naked surface. Inviting smell of chocolate and coffee. Fine blended taste profile of honeyed dark malts followed by bitter liquorice. Medium bodied. Nice (London, 31.07.2011).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
05/06/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (cask). Spillata a pompa. Bel colore ambrato intenso, quasi marrone, con riflessi color miele di castagna, buona schiuma morbida poco persistente. In bocca ha un aroma luppolato e maltato molto soft ma ben bilanciato. In bocca è molto interessante, malto, caramello, con un finale amaro e luppolato. Carbonazione soft, consistenza oleosa, acquosa e molto beverina.