Birds Black Widow Stout

Brewed by Birds
Style: Stout
Bromsgrove, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask (GBBF2011)
Sharpness and a mellow roast ni the aroma, nearly docked it a point for the sharpness. Dry palate, almost astringent burntness. Not so refreshing, but not with actuall flaws, just something intangible.

Gift from SJ. I liked the raisin / dark fruit / roasted malt aroma and taste. The liquorice finish had a mild chemical / synthetic taste to it, but it was a solid beer.

Cask at GBBF 2011. Opaque black color. Raisiny coffee aroma. Dry yet smooth roasty flavor with coffee and hint of green apple. Nice arabica coffee character. Decent dry stout.

Cask @ GBBF 2011. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity roasted malty chocolate aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. has a roasted malty fruity chocolate finish.

UPDATED: NOV 5, 2011 Cask at the GBBF. Near black with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and licorice with a fruity touch and a hint of smoke. Sweet and fruity flavour with a roasted finish

Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours brown-black with a bubbly, foamy, off-white head. Some curious apple notes along with faint roasted malts in the nose. Very bland with some light sugars and dark malt. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Some dark sugar in the finish, a little roast. Not a terrible beer, but definitely not living up to its potential

Cask at GBBF2011
Deep brown near black with a small creamy tan-light beige head. Moderated aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, berries, light hops. Flavor is moderated too, easy but oily texture with dark malt, raisin, some berries. Easy drinkable but not an exciting one.

Cask @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear dark black - red brown colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, berry notes, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt, blackcurrant, raisin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110802]

Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Black - offwhite head. Chocolate, berries, nutty, fruity, caramel, roasted, high malty, black berries. OK.

Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours dark brown with no head. A bit of fruit, ash, roast and caramel. Medium bodied. Ok