8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thank you Graham for this discovery! Je ne suis pas un grand fan des pastry stout, mais celui-ci ravira tous les amateurs du style en étant très gourmand. Déjà la texture suave se prête très bien au style. Ensuite nous avons cette sucrosité qui n'est pas de mon goût mais qui vient appuyer le côté régressif du style. Enfin les arômes principaux de chocolat, noisette et vanille teintés de café et d'épices font réellement penser à une pâtisserie. Des arômes pleins et un équilibre sout à fait satisfaisant finissent pas en faire un bon imperial pastry stout, et ce d'autant plus que longueur et corpulences sont très respectables. Personnellement je trouve cela un peu écœurant, pour les amateurs dugenre ce sera Bueno!
Tried
on 21 Nov 2021
at 05:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at The Made Inn Ashford. Black beer lasting beige head. plan that smells like a Bueno bar. Hazelnut and milk chocolate. yes some sweetness. thankfully not too much lactose. some hazelnut and wafer. certainly entertaining. not sure I would want more than a third of a pint
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Nov 2021
at 15:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Hydrology. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. I mean, yes, it's very grapefruit. Nicely bitter. Pithy grapefruit finish.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Nov 2021
at 22:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Black with a brown head. Aroma of dark chocolate, chilli, cinnamon, vanilla. Taste is as described, dark chocolate, a decent kick of chilli and cinnamon, caramel, roast malts, creamy vanilla. Full bodied and smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Nov 2021
at 22:19
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2021
at 12:59
7/10
Tried
on 03 Nov 2021
at 22:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours black with short tan head. Aromas of toasted marshmallows and doughy roasted malts. Flavors follow same but with additional chocolate but also a slight vegetal note. Dirty lines? I’ll ignore…
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2021
at 18:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at brewdog merchant city. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, coffee, burnt malts, taste is similar, bitter, dry.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2021
at 08:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught keg at BrewDog Leicester as part of CollabFest 2021. Black - or very dark brown with just a tingle of translucency - with a small beige/khaki head. I'm getting the chocolate chip cookie dough aroma with a little bit of French vanilla among the heavy milky chocolate. Sweet taste but surprisingly not overly sweet with a tempering stone fruit bitterness right at the start. Long finish will a vanilla/caramel aftertaste. Slick, thick, oily body. Medium to heavy carbonation. A winner.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2021
at 15:04
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2021
at 18:49