Dark
Rhymney Brewery in Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales 🏴
Stout Regular|
Score
6.64
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A carefully crafted beer, hopped with a true stout uppermost in our brewer's mind, A rich coffee/chocolate experience with a full bodied finish.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cardiff Mini-break Beer#9. Mahogany coloured. Has a sweet dark-malty taste, although a light example of... with coffee its best feature in aroma. This was a re-rate from over a decade ago.
Tried
from Cask
at
Andrew Buchan
on 09 Mar 2026
at 22:01
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - A 500ml bottle from the brewery in 2014. Old notes from 06-08-14. Pours a slightly see through black with a white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee & roasted malt. Light to medium body. Soft slightly bitter finish. Very enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2025
at 20:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Wales Ales. Pours a chestnut colour with small off white top. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and light coffee. Taste has roast, chocolate, light brown bread, caramel, . Modest roast char bitter finish. Quite light bodied and above average carbonation. Its a decent light stout although might be better on cask.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:05
Historic check-in
Tried
on 09 Mar 2023
at 09:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Pen and Wig. Dark, dark brown with a small frothy sand head. Light roast aroma, lightly fruity, raisins. Taste has more sweet notes,fruity, with the roast coming in behind for a soft bitter finish. A bit thin, but goes down easy.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Nov 2019
at 13:45
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF: Poured a dark brown red tint tan head. Aroma is light malts. Taste is sweet malty very tasty.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2019
at 18:46
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
8/8/2019. Cask at the 2019 Great British Beer Festival. Pours dark brown with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark fruit, hops, chocolate, toffee and coffee. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Slight sooty ash finish. Not keen on this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2019
at 20:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - dark brown pour with a beige head. Sweet and lightly roasted notes of cocoa and brown sugar, dark fruit, caramel,medium body, dark malty roasted finish.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2018
at 20:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
cask quasi scura nocciola tostate leggere nocciola poco corpo amaro contenuto
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Aug 2018
at 21:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Great British Beer Festival 2014, Day 3 - London. Pours clear, light brown with a frothy tan head. Well toasted biscuit flavor, light cocoa, some tangy and leathery fruits, a bit of earthy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation; OK carbonation. Some light roasted malts in the finish, forest fruits, toasted brown bread. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2015
at 15:14