Merlin's Stout
Tomos Watkin in Swansea, Swansea, Wales 🏴
Stout Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.28
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Merlins Stout is a full-bodied dark stout with a distinctive bitterness provided by golding hops and dark chocolate malt to give a rich liquorice and coffee finish. A real Welsh stout better than any Irish equivalent. Winner of the CAMRA 2001-2002 Champion Ale of Wales.
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eurosoba (18570) ticked Merlin's Stout from Tomos Watkin 2 years ago
19/12/2001. CAYO ARMS, 36 Cathedral Road, Pontcanna, CARDIFF, Cardiff, Wales (TOMOS WATKINS)
fonefan (84534) reviewed Merlin's Stout from Tomos Watkin 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium to dark brown color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee, notes of smoke, tar. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft - flat. (190108)
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Merlin's Stout from Tomos Watkin 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Deep black in colour, with a light roast malt nose, and a complex rounded roast malt flavour with a pleasent linger.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Merlin's Stout from Tomos Watkin 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Draught half pint at NERAX on 5/4/06.
Rapidly fleeting light-tan head recedes to nothing, with no ring even. Medium clarity throughout a dark, milk-chocolate brown body, with dark auburn highlights on the edges.
Faint, faint, faint nose is weakly chocolatey. Actually, I think I just made myself think I was smelling that because it’s a stout. I honestly couldnt smell much more than light yeast. OldGrowth was able to find some light roast and a hint of coffee, which I suppose I could find upon warming, but this had to be the most lacking aroma I’ve ever smelled. And my nose wasnt shot because we compared it to the Acorn Stout and that was beautifully aromatic and complex.
Flavor was, unfortunately, almost equally as bland. Light touches of syrupy-textured water, very loose, with the barest hint of lean chocolate and a hint of dry graham crackers and yeast on the finish. No flaws though (on the meager plus side) and not oxidized, just needs more there. I little more primer would have gone a long way on this one.