Bristol Beer Factory Choc Orange Stout

Brewed by Bristol Beer Factory
Style: Stout
Bristol, England

Serve in English pint

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Bottle. Jet black with a slight tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, plain chocolate and bitter orange. Flavour had plenty of chocolate upfront and some supporting sweetness, before orange took over, with slightly oily notes and a dry finish. Very enjoyable.

Bottle at Scopey’s Pre-CBC tune-up. The beer pours thick, deep brown with a small light brown head. The nose is sweet dessert liqueur, with some notes of syrupy fruits and chocolate covered nuts. The taste is sweetened coffee, some hazelnut. You do get some light hints of orange peel before the long roasted coffee finish takes over. The beer is full bodied and soft. Overall, it’s not dissimilar to the other stouts I’ve tried from this series. Decent.

Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours very dark brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is chocolate, orange and roasted malt. The taste is orange, roasted malt, chocolate, smoke, chewy malt and caramel. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Well balanced. Definitely one of the better BBF stouts.

3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Clear red - brown beer. Bubbly tan head. Light dry palate. Smooth dark malt. Well integrated aromatic orange oils. Semi dry finish with light minerals.

Bottle 500ml. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].

Clear dark brown colour with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, orange notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, orange, dark malt, cacao - chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]

Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is oranges, some roasted malts, liquorice and mild burnt wet wooden notes. Flavour is similar with also some mild toffeeish and sweet malty notes.

Bottle at home shared with my dad 21.12.11 ordered direct from Bristol Beer Factory. Pours black with a light beige head. Mmmhh.. this is smooth and the orange is there on the nose and also in the mouth, ok it may not be quite Terrys Chocolate Orange’ territory but it getting there. The orange is actually reasonably subtle, integrating rather than dominating, tasty and working well in this smooth, creamy, indulgent, chocolatey delight. b] A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.8

[500ml bottle courtesy of cgarvieuk, as part of ’12 stouts of Christmas’] Brownish black pour, thin tan head. Aroma of orange oil, rather than zesty citrus. Mostly chocolate on the flavour, possibly a little orange at the end. Everyone loves Chocolate Orange as a combination – so I was really looking forward to this. It tastes alright, but maybe slightly disappointing as both constituents are quite mild in flavour [20122011]

12 stouts of Christmas tasting with Craig and Rich. Pours a dark brown colour with a lacy, light tan head. Upfront aroma of orange oil, chocolate, alcohol and caramel. Similar flavours with a long Terrys choc - orange linger. Just a little soapy to finish. Mild carbonation and an oily mouth-feel.

Bottle at home as part of my 12 stouts of christmas ... light orange ... soft chocolate ... nice but theres something not quite right with the nose ... deep dark roast malts ... big chocolate ... more bergamot than orange ...little bitter orange ... nice but not stunning