Original Stout
Amber Ales in Ripley, Derbyshire, England 🏴
Stout Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.71
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Our much-lauded 'Original' is a self-styled traditional stout. Made with a complex blend of five malts to give a full-flavoured, yet smooth and easy drinking base and bittered with a blend of Saaz, Fuggle and Styrian Goldings for a subtle hop aroma.
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25/09/2008. ST. ALBANS BEER FESTIVAL, Alban Arena, Civic Centre, ST. ALBANS, Hertfordshire, England
Tried
on 04 Nov 2022
at 06:26
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Hopology, Nottingham. Deep ruby colour with a thin tan head. Aroma light fruity and roasted malt. Slight thin body. Taste light bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2017
at 23:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is light roasty malt. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a light watery, roasty, light creamy caramel, light chocolate palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2016
at 13:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Had this at The Tabot, Amber Brewery Tap, Ripley, Derbyshire consumed either at festival site or nearby Golden Valley campsite 26.07.13 Pours very dark brown, perhaps a little thin but I really, really like this. Some watery spent coffee grains, a good roastiness, simple, decent, non fussy stout. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2013
at 04:55
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra cask på Euston Tap 19 Mai 11. Svart. Lavt kremaktig skum. Behagelig kaffearoma. Smaken litt tynn men en aner kaffe, lakris og sjokolade. Tørr, røstet malt i ettersmaken.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2011
at 12:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask@Euston Tap, London. More or less black colour with a small beigeish brown head, that settles quite quickly. Aroma is chocolate, some nutty notes, mild roasted malts as well as some slight liquorice and also mild floral and wooden notes. Flavour is chocolate, roasted malts, some toffee, nutty notes as well as some bitter hoppyness lurking in the background. Pleasantly balanced.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Nov 2011
at 20:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ Euston Tap, Euston NW1. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocoalte flavor with weak hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Oct 2011
at 15:02
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, air pressure, half pint at Euston Tap. Tan-coloured, low head that lasted for a while. Black coloured body with a deep, brownish shade. Smell of sweet dark malts with an espresso-like tint. Earthy malts, coffee and chocolate in flavour offset by bitter malts towards the ending. Easy to drink and easy to like (London, 31.07.2011).
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Aug 2011
at 12:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Euston Tap, London. Pours black with a small, tan head. Rich chocolate, roasted malt aroma. Light to medium sweet flavor, dry roast cocoa, ash, burnt wood, earth. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dry, heavy roast finish, ashy earth, mild mocha. Great beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2011
at 10:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Cask at Euston Tap, Euston, London, 19 May 2011) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate, cocoa and dark bread. Roasted, malty taste with chocolate, cocoa, tobacco and a gentle cocoa bitterness in the finish. Rather light body, dry. Exceptionally well balanced, and the low abv makes it highly drinkable. Very nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jun 2011
at 08:02