Double Choc Hazelnut Brown
Bad Shepherd Brewing in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Brown Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.11
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Dark brown pour, medium beige head. Aroma is semi sweet hazelnut, toasty, nutty, toffee. Nice mouth feel, creamy carb. Lovely nutty, hazelnut and roasty finish, low bitterness, a nice quaff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Less rich and creamy than I expected. Aromas of chocolate, cherry, apple and a little hazelnut. More hazelnut on tasting, but those tarter flavours are still present, and the cherry lingers longest at the finish. I'm not a cherry fan, which doesn't help, but there are some good elements.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours dark brown, large pale tan head.Nose shows heavy chocolate, coconut, toffee and caramel.Flavours include sweet hazelnut, bready malt, slight toasty and nutty notes.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
From a 440ml can on 27/5/2021. Pours a super dark amber/brown with a small to medium head. Has a nice strong chocolate nose. Tastes of dark and milk chocolate and cocoa, with a bit of hazlenut, but less than I was expecting. Has a nice dark choc bitterness at the back. The mouthfeel is a touch syrupy, the carbonation moderate. Very tasty and really well done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
(On tap) Pours black with shortlived tan head. Lovely intense nutty aroma with chocolate notes. Medium body with good full carbonation. Awesome taste - very nutty with plenty of dark chocolate. Very impressive.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours rubescent dark brown. Chocolate, nuts, biscuits, vanilla, more nuts, strawberry jam, cherry, more chocolate on the finish. Good smooth body. Really good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at the Catfish, Melbourne. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin off white head. The aroma is roasty malt, big cacao milk chocolate, light dry coffee. The flavour is moderate sweet with a light roasty, light lactose cacao, light liquorice hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On keg at The Local Taphouse, St Kilda. Pours dark brown, beige head. Aromas of choc & hazelnuts. Taste is light sweet, light bitter, roasted malt, chocolate, bitter cocoa, hazelnuts. Medium body, carb ok. Lingering bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. All chocolate on the nose. Pours dark brown. Medium-bodied. Hazelnut balances very well with choc to make for a wonderful rendering of Nutella in a bottle.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Almost black with a cm of light tan head. Doesn’t smell all that sweet but there’s lots of chocolate, hazelnuts and their skins. Full bodied, lowish carbonation. Sweet with a decent bitter kick that does stop it from being cloying but maybe jolts you out of the maltiness a tad. Chocolate comes through nicely but the nuts get a little lost. OK, doesn’t trump the normal version.