Dark & Handsome
Box Steam Brewery in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England 🏴
Traditional Beer - Old Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.93
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Lubiere (24459) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A clear dark reddish brown ale with a thick frothy brown head, very resilient. In mouth, nice dark fruits with caramel, butterscotch, a bit lighter than expected. In mouth, a smooth roasted caramel with light herbal licorice, molasses, nice.
Dandeman (2711) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Aroma: Blackcurrant, molasses and toasted bread mainly. Long lasting and complex nose. Appearance: Brown and clear. Average creamy head, moderately lasting, sticking good but no lacing. Taste: A woody attack with roasted notes. Texture is watery. We can feel wood and roasted malt accents; almost smoke. Finish is with slight notes of lemon. Flavors are mostly malty and finish slightly hoppy. and dry. Not a great beer but pleasant to drink.
solidfunk (21946) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Smells nutty with a little swampy malt. Pours mahogany with good creamy head and good lacing. Aroma pretty much of nut and a little roast malt. Taste is a little bitter with slick palate and average carbonation. Not bad. Bottle.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
50cl bottle, BB 08/2013. Cuivrée, col fin beige, café au lait. Arôme est malté sur un beau bouquet torréfié, grains, qcq pointe houblonnées/citronnées. Palais est malté présentant un léger côté café qui est directement suivit de cette brève amertume qui confère une note citronnée légère en fin de bouche. Je note aussi à l’ajout du malt ce côté baies/fruits des bois noirs. Ici encore, facile à boire, légère.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Poured a dark black color ale with a medium light brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of light roasted malt with some dry bitter notes. Taste is a mix between some medium dry roasted malt notes with light fruity ester. Body is about average with good carbonation. Interesting though lacking complexity or some subtlety are maybe just too subtle for me.
thorongil (8206) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(bottle) clear dark brown colour with small tan head; aromas of caramel, coffee, bit of fruit; balanced flavour, long light bitter finish; quite nice
Viper666-Qc (10199) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bouteille 500ml. De couleur brune foncée et claire. Nez fruité (prunes sucrées, notes de raisins, traces de cerises et de mûres), de malt rôti et légèrement brûlé, moyen de chocolat noir avec des notes de caramel, de mélasse terreuse et de houblon herbeux. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement huileuse. Léger goût fruité (mûres, léger de cerises noires, traces de prunes et de raisins) accompagné de traces de fumée de tabac lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût de malt rôti (faibles notes brûlées) avec un moyen goût de chocolat noir et des notes de pain grillé, de mélasse terreuse et de caramel sucré puis en finale l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume asséchante de houblon herbeux avec de très faibles traces de café. Post-goût moyen-long et plutôt sec, moyennement amer de rôti, de chocolat noir, moyen de houblon herbeux avec de petites notes fruitées (moût de petits fruits).
Metalchopz (7978) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brown bottle from the LCBO with a best before date: 16 AUG 11. Was expecting a thick stout with a name like that, but no. Just a dark brown cola-looking with red highlights and quite see-through. The head was big, creamy, foamy, off-white, had decent retention and small amounts of lace. Tiny bubbles active carbonation. Again, was expecting roasted malts, but was more on the hop side of things. Sweet malt, kind of like brown sugars that were burnt a bit. Hints of molasses and vanilla. Medium-bodied and pretty fizzy. Some roasted malt comes out in the taste with notes of hop bitterness, coffee and butterscotch. Overall, pretty mild and thin. Decent drinkability but was not expecting the hop to take over the malt.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Cask at NWAF, 2011. Dark brown pour with a reddish tint, no head. Aromas of dark roast coffee, dark chocolate, sweet spices and raisins. Flavours of vanilla, coffee, caramel, blackberries and damsons. Dried fruit in the finish. Classic old ale feel.
Tessic (2342) reviewed Dark & Handsome from Box Steam Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
This ale poured a deep, dark red colour with a big, tan, foamy head. To the nose there are scents of coffee, caramel, chocolate with a little grass. First swig was smooth and rich with flavours of roasted malts to the point of coffee, a little cocoa and nuts. Finish was burnt and roasty with a little smoke and ripe fruit.