Tarn Hows Brewery

in Ambleside, Cumbria, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿


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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - opaque black with a fairly lively fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate, dark fruit (possibly blueberries) and some vanilla for sure. Taste - creamy vanilla and dark chocolate. Definitely berries. Palate - creamy and medium to full bodied. Fairly balanced finish, while still rich. Overall - very nice!

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2020 at 21:56


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beer Ambleside. Appearance - close to opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - creamy dark chocolate and coffee. Taste - moccachino. Dry bitter dark chocolate at the back. Palate - medium bodied. Dry, bitter malt finish. Overall - decent example of the style. Not overbearing coffee.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2020 at 21:51


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (handpump) @ #MB&CF19, [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2019 ], Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Petersfield, Manchester, Great Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Tarn Hows / Red Bank Guji ].Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, coffee, sweet malt, chocolate - coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, chocolate, coffee, light licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190124] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Cask on 29 Jan 2019 at 15:08


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - black pour with a beige head. Dark sweet malty with prominent notes of chocolate, some blueberry and vanilla coalesce into the dark sweet malty finish.

Tried on 23 Dec 2018 at 12:46


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

9/8/2018. Cask at the Great British Beer Festival. Pours almost black with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of blueberry, chocolate, vanilla, light roasted coffee and dark fruits. Medium plus sweetness, light to moderate bitterness. Medium to full body, slick texture, soft carbonation. Enjoyable.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2018 at 15:03


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF. It pours darkest brown with a medium tan head. The aroma is sweet, oily, sugary, sickly, blueberry muffin, oily, vanilla, blueberry cobbler, plum and date. The taste is slick, oily, bitter, earthy roast, charred wood, spicy, spice, blueberry cobbler, vanilla, spice and tannin a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation carbonation. Not bad.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2018 at 18:09


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at GBBF 2018, Olympia, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Blueberry, chocolate, vanilla on the nose. Tastes similar, blueberry, chocolate, vanilla. Nice easy drinking stout.

Tried from Cask on 08 Aug 2018 at 09:47


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 1 07/08/2018. A nut mahogany brown coloured pour with a halo of tan hesd. Aroma is sweet blueberry pop tart, chocolate, maple oily. Flavour is composed of of sweet malts, brown sugars, blueberry muffin, maple.. Palate is semi sweet oily, moderate cask condition. Ok.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 20:00


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

7th August 2018
GBBF Day 1. Cask. Opaque dark brown beer, thin tan head. Smooth palate, not that much carbonation. Smooth dark malts. Smooth chocolate where the dark malts and vanilla intersect. Soft blueberry. Smooth finish. Nice. Would have been even better with some condition.

Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2018 at 17:38


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask (gravity) @ MBCF17 [ Manchester Beer & Cider Festival 2017 ] Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M2 3GX. [ As Tarn Hows Blueberry and Vanilla Stout ].Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, blueberries - US blueberry, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, blueberry, vanilla, sweet malt, dark malt, artificial. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170119] 7-3-7-3-15

Tried from Cask on 15 Jan 2018 at 03:27