Black Bird
Love Lane Brewery in Liverpool, Merseyside, England 🏴
Stout - Foreign / Extra Regular|
Score
7.08
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Brewed under the watchful eye of the liver birds. Roasted barley, flaked oats and a selection of dark malts are combined to create a robust, dark stout with notes of coffee, rich toffee and chocolate, finished with a lingering tannic bitterness.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Home Bargains, Hermiston Gait, Edinburgh. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of liquorice, coffee, dark chocolate. Taste adds dark fruit and ash. Roasty finish. Good.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2026
at 14:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
can at home ..dark black ...thin tan lacing ...soft sweet caramel chocolate roast malts nose ..dark sweet chocolate roast malts ..meaty light bitter chocolate roast malts
Tried
on 27 Feb 2026
at 15:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at home, thanks to Sharon picking up from HB, 23/02/2026.
Black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is mellow roast, cocoa powder, hint of liquorice, charr, dark malts.
Taste comprises roast malts, charr, ashen nip, burnt toffee, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, brown bread.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close.
Solid stout for the price point.
Black topped with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is mellow roast, cocoa powder, hint of liquorice, charr, dark malts.
Taste comprises roast malts, charr, ashen nip, burnt toffee, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, brown bread.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close.
Solid stout for the price point.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2026
at 18:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Creamy tan head on a still black coloured body.
Malt & metallic aroma.
Medium to full bodied, creamy with lightly carbonated clean back.
Malt, soy, treacle, burnt & meaty tastes with a tangy finish.
Nice stuff from Home & Bargains
Malt & metallic aroma.
Medium to full bodied, creamy with lightly carbonated clean back.
Malt, soy, treacle, burnt & meaty tastes with a tangy finish.
Nice stuff from Home & Bargains
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2026
at 21:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Can from Home Bargains. Black body with a tan head that holds well. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of coffee and roasted malt. Flavour of prune, dark chocolate and Marmite. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is really good and outstanding value. I’d love to see more strong dark beers from Love Lane.
Tried
from Can
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 07 Dec 2025
at 09:57
6/10
Tried
on 08 Nov 2025
at 16:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from my Home Bargains haul. Glossy and dark. Thick foamy beige head with healthy lacing. The aroma is quite bitter- raw cacao and coffee with peripheral berries. The flavour then differs to some extent - an immediate tangy berry streak alongside espresso bitterness with added liqourice and spice. Underlying burnt caramel. The bitterness then continues to gain prominence with added herbal hoppy elements. Medium bodied. Slick to oily. Sticky. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Another decent bargain beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 12 Sep 2025
at 21:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brown, opaque with a thin, light brown head. Aroma of chocolate malt, roasted notes, and a hint of cocoa. Velvety mouthfeel with a hint of dark chocolate and a strong malt flavour with a roasted bitterness. Then a dry finish with a hint of powdered cocoa. The alcohol is well hidden. Surprisingly good.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2025
at 13:55
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
44cl can from Home Bargains.
Thick creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. A nice smooth stout.
Thick creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. A nice smooth stout.
Tried
from Can
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 08 Jun 2025
at 21:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
[44cl can from Home Bargains.] A glossy peaty brown pour with a thin pale tan head; chocolate malt aroma; lactic mouth feel with some chocolate and a strong malty taste with bitterness from the roast; then a dry finish with a touch of alcohol in the throat and stomach
. A solid Extra Stout.
. A solid Extra Stout.
Tried
from Can
from
Home Bargains (T.J Morris Ltd), Nationwide
on 18 May 2025
at 18:28