1895 Shipwreck Stout
Holy Goat in Dundee, Dundee, Scotland 🏴
Collab with: Epochal Barrel Fermented AlesStout - Foreign / Extra Special
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Export Stout. Brewed in collaboration with Epochal Barrel Fermented Ales. This is a recreation of a beer that found in bottles retrieved from a shipwrecked vessel Wallachia, which sank after a collision in the Clyde Estuary in 1895. The beer itself was a strong export stout from the McEwan’s brewery in Glasgow, destined for the West Indies.
Our version utilises ingredients typical for the period, including heritage Chevallier base malt, amber, brown and black roasted malts and No.2 Invert sugar. We have released this version of the beer as close to what we think the original would have tasted like young, with another portion aging in barrels with mixed cultures harvested from the original bottles, for release once the beer is aged for one year.
Our version utilises ingredients typical for the period, including heritage Chevallier base malt, amber, brown and black roasted malts and No.2 Invert sugar. We have released this version of the beer as close to what we think the original would have tasted like young, with another portion aging in barrels with mixed cultures harvested from the original bottles, for release once the beer is aged for one year.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours almost black with a small tan head. Aroma of dark malts, chocolate, liquorice, leather, smoke. Taste of dark malts, chocolate, roast, smokey, ash, liquorice, leather, some dark fruit, dry and bitter finish. Medium bodied. Love these recreations of beers of old. Interesting and a really good stout regardless of the story behind it.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2025
at 23:50
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at Cloisters. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of smoke, dark chocolate, tar and raisin. Taste adds liquorice and leather. Light roast. Dry, smoky finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Cloisters
on 27 Feb 2025
at 09:32
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Feb 2025
at 17:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from The Green Goddess, Blackheath Royal Standard. Aromas of coffee, smoke, dark chocolate, raisin. Taste comprises all of the above plus a spot of cocoa & liquorice toffee. Very dry. Smoky sweet with a light bitter backnote.
Tried
from Can
at
Green Goddess
on 15 Feb 2025
at 21:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Against The Grain. Black body with a tan head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of ash, rust and blueberry. Flavour of minerals and roasted malt with a plummy finish. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Rich and rustic.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2025
at 10:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2025
at 23:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
440ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is oily roast, burnt tobacco and a touch of ashtray. Taste has oily burnt roast, tobacco and a touch of smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2025
at 10:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Perhaps the one aspect of the craft beer scene I don't pay enough attention to is the artwork on the cans, some are really special, others striking, others engaging. All too often I'm in rush to get inside it though. I enjoyed both the outside and inside of this full-bodied mildly chocolatey, always flavoursome collaboration.
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from Can
at
Cornelius Leith Walk
on 06 Feb 2025
at 21:29
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2025
at 15:58