Subsidiaries
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. amber bottle. Opens with a decent amber ale smell, malty and a little nose of caramel. Some hints of oxygenation, too, Color is a decent reddish brown, thin layer of foam on top. Okay ale taste, with a good caramel malt note, just a bit of ale fruitiness. Aftertaste like nicely browned toast, with a ring of English type hops around it. Good for relaxing with before I go balance my checkbook.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2009
at 23:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
[on tap at Holiday Inn, Portsmouth] Used to love this when I was young but you don’t seem to see it very often in pubs nowadays. Near black with brown hints; large creamy beige head; no carbonation. Smells of cocoa. Taste is milk chocolate and roasted malt, with a wonderfully thick, creamy finish. Just the faintest hint of metals from the pasteurisation spoils it a little, but this is much less evident than in other keg beers. Maybe the flavour isn’t quite as strong as Guinness, but the mouthfeel is so much better - this is heavenly to drink and slips down a treat. A gem amongst keg beers.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2009
at 07:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
creamy, creamy, and creamy. very good stout for the casual stout fan. much better on tap than can. nothing bitter about it, finishes nice and easy, very nice stout
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2009
at 17:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from el corte ingles, palma, mallorca. clear amber/red, small thick white head. sweet caramelly malty hoppy aroma. nice. flavor is malts, slight sweetness, hops, faint bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2009
at 13:29
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml can at Chris o New Year tasting 08/09. Attractive amber, thin off white head. Some fruit. It’s a bit syrupy in the middle, ok oon finish, bit of a sting.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2009
at 04:48
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Canned) Very dark brown, almost black, with creamy, pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with milky chocolate, cocoa, dark bread and hints of ashes or smoke. Malty, roasted taste with notes of dark bread, chocolate, coffee and dried fruit. Mainly dry, fairly thin body. Rather low bitterness with some cocoa shining through in the finish. Definitely a decent low abv version. In short: thin stout with dark chocolate, dark bread and a hint of smoke.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2009
at 19:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can, 3.5%. OK roasted aroma, roast barley. Clear very dark brown colour, stable creamy light brown head. Roasted flavour, plenty of roast barley. Quite flavourful.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2009
at 17:21
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
50 cL can. Pours dense dark brown with a dense/creamy tan head. Roasted malt aroma, light chocolate note. Smooth malty and roasted flavoured. Light acidic touch into a bitter finish. Smooth mouthfeel. Light carbonation into the finish. Smooth and dry bitter. Surprisingly good for a 3.5.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2008
at 13:25
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Biggish brown-beige lasting creamy head. Dark barely translucent red body. Roasty milky caramelly aroma, mild and harmonic. Dry-sweetish roasty caramel taste with milky roasted almonds notes. Soft, mild mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry metallic burnt nutty aftertaste. Surprisingly nice. I quite liked it. [0.5l can, MaxiMat, Charlottenberg.]
Tried
from Can
on 10 Dec 2008
at 06:44
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours mahogany/black into an English pint. Widget definitely did it’s job - very defined hot chocolate head on top of the coal colored stout. Negligible roasted cocoa aromas. Creamy upfront with maltiness that leans to cardboard and turns slightly sour and metallic in the finish.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2008
at 19:32