Welsh Black
Snowdon Craft Brewery in Conwy, Conwy, Wales 🏴
Mild - Dark Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.44
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Rich, dark and full of malt flavours, this black bitter owes its characteristics to the large amount of chocolate malt giving it a velvety smooth rich coffee finish. No aroma hops are added to this beer, instead seven types of grain are used to develop the flavour.
Previously available as Great Orme Welsh Black
Previously available as Great Orme Welsh Black
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6/10
Tried
on 20 Feb 2016
at 13:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
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Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2015
at 16:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Picture House JDW, Colwyn Bay [290115]
Black, ruby light through at bottom of glass, dense beige head
Aroma of soft dark malts, soft roast, dab of dark toffee
Taste as aroma, mellow roast, no burnt notes, soft dark malts
Palate - Medium light body, soft sweet. Finish of soft bit sweet dark malts
Overall - Comes across as a mild. OK light drinking
Black, ruby light through at bottom of glass, dense beige head
Aroma of soft dark malts, soft roast, dab of dark toffee
Taste as aroma, mellow roast, no burnt notes, soft dark malts
Palate - Medium light body, soft sweet. Finish of soft bit sweet dark malts
Overall - Comes across as a mild. OK light drinking
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Mar 2015
at 22:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Part of my 2013 backlog. Colour is almost black with a thin off white head. The aroma has toasted malt and coffee. the flavour has roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and a caramel sweetness.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2015
at 10:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Near-black, red-tinged beer with a strong, smoky chocolate aroma and not much head. Flavour is milder than you’d think from the smell, with an initial fruit tanginess settling down into light, malty chocolate. Leaves a pleasant smoky aftertaste and a sort of airy chocolatey-ness.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2014
at 12:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours black, no head. Aromas of dark chocolate, liquorice and coffee. Taste is roasted coffee, treacle. Light body, thin texture. Concur this is more like a stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2014
at 15:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from BlackHaddock, many thanks. Very dark brown color with small off-white head. Roasted malt, coffee, licorice. Taste, roasted malt, coffee, licorice, dark chocolate. Coffee bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2014
at 09:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml Bottle: BBD end of Jan 15. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 7th Mar 14. Lovely full head of tanned foam on top of a truly black body. Sadly the head fell away to a wisp and collar as I wrote this! Malty notes hit the nose, roasted and toasted notes with a semi-sweet hint or two. Mild coffee and chocolate esters carry through into the taste. This isn’t a powerful or strong tasting brew, it is however subtle with an underlying depth of flavours. Those aforementioned coffee and chocolate flavours blending nicely to produce a pleasant and interesting brew. A mild bitter finish prevents the beer becoming too ’malty’ or sweet and gives a decent balance overall. Not too sure it’s really a mild in the true sense of the style though, more like a Stout/Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2014
at 14:30
4.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Cask at the Watford Beer Festival 2013. Poured an attractive black with a tight tan head. Aroma of coffee ice cream, wet grass and dark fruit. Initial dark malt flavour, which is quickly replaced by sweet, cold coffee grouts which then builds and becomes the dominant flavour. I hate sweetened coffee, so not particularly likely that I would care this...
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2013
at 11:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity at the Watford beer fest 2013. Light black colour with a persistent light tan head. Aroma is big cold coffee, choc, earthy. Flavour is robust earthy, slightly sweet wort, dry coffee. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Nov 2013
at 12:30