5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Deep brown with a finger of tan head. Medium to thin body. Sweet caramel, dark malts, chocolate, a faint pretense of roasted malt. Finish is caramel and sweet. Mid at best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2026
at 13:37
3.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 3
Overall 2.5
Bottle, best before Apr 4, 2027, drunk Mar 6, 2026.
Smells super estery and phenolic with lots of pepper, anise and possibly DMS and stale coffee ground. Really not excited to take a sip of this!
Thin, sugary (adjunct sugar), estery to the max with a ton of bubble gum and cotton candy. Just an absolute travesty of brewing. I think I had a dragon stout 23 years ago before I knew what craft beer was. Well, this is not it. Just awful, poorly-brewed stuff.
Smells super estery and phenolic with lots of pepper, anise and possibly DMS and stale coffee ground. Really not excited to take a sip of this!
Thin, sugary (adjunct sugar), estery to the max with a ton of bubble gum and cotton candy. Just an absolute travesty of brewing. I think I had a dragon stout 23 years ago before I knew what craft beer was. Well, this is not it. Just awful, poorly-brewed stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Half Time
on 06 Mar 2026
at 21:11
6/10
Bought from local supermarket, drank at home. Decent stout
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2026
at 19:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
14/12/2025. Bottle from RiteWay Food Market, Road Town, British Virgin Islands. Enjoyed on Marella Discovery 2 during the sea day voyage between Bonaire and Curacao. Pours almost black with a creamy beige head. Rich dark chocolate malt aroma, roasted, with liquorice, and dried fruits. Quite sweet, almost condensed milk like, with moderate roasted bitterness and very slight spiced notes. Full bodied, smooth, gentle carbonation. A nice sweet night cap. Enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2025
at 11:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
284ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a large head. Aroma is boozy, sticky raisin and molasses. Taste has woody raisin and toffee to start with molasses on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2025
at 21:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Black, tan fast fading head. Nose of faint roast and light alcohol. Medium lactose sweetness, lightly roasted. Black licorice notes
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2025
at 22:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Sainsbury's, Wycombe. Deep mahogany with a beige to tan head. Rich chocolate up front, then muscovado sugar, a touch of liquorice and wood and some spice. After an excellent start it faded a little and felt a little thin for the strength, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Impressive stuff considering the very low price point (think it was only £1.70) - this is better than many craft beers of two or three times the price. Also liked that it was sold in a smaller size bottle (284ml) - I'd like to see more strong beers sold in smaller volume cans/bottles like this, I really don't need or want 440ml of triple IPAs and big imperial stouts.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 06 Aug 2025
at 17:54
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2025
at 21:07
5/10
Thanks Graham B.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2025
at 13:22
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2025
at 22:00