Cambridge Moonshine Black Hole

Brewed by Cambridge Moonshine
Style: Stout
Cambridge, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle from Kris Wines, London. Pitch black beer with a nice beige/brownish head. Malty chocolate aroma, roasted, cocoa powder, vanilla notes, caramel, licorice, toffee, raisins, biscuits, violet, peach and some berries. Fruity roasted flavor, raisins, vinous, caramel, chocolate. Thin bodied and a little disappointment after the great aroma.

Cask-conditioned at the Cambridgeshire & Lincolnshire Beeriodical, at the Seven Stars, Bristol, August 2012. Jet back with a slight, off-white head. Big chunky chocolate note, some liquorice and plenty of roastiness throughout. A very good stout.

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2012, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.

Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, sweet berry. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet fruity - malt, dark malt, candy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120119]

Cask at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge. This is a very dark black beer which poured pretty flat with minimal head. It is quite a silky stout with restrained roastiness. Nice, although maybe a little thin.

Bottle from Beautiful Beers. Pours jet-black with a beautiful thick, creamy head. Even the head is dark brown. Scent of lovely roasted malts, coffee and bitter chocolate. Taste is simply superb. Light sweetness, roasted malts, chocolate. coffee and hints of oak. One of the best stouts I have tried in years. Try find some, you won’t be sorry.

Cask at NWAF, 2012. Black pour with a beige head. Raisin, chocolate, malt and licorice aroma. Licorice and coffee flavour. Roasty-toasty dry finish.

Cask (CWAF2012, Fri)
My first moonshine of the year, and my-oh-my has this brewery finally got everything together after a couple of disappointments last year. Such a full roast, with dark berries, and just a corner of real black burntness. Taste is gloriously mellow for how rich the roast is. There’s no astringency. No sign of any alcohol here, or even attempts to cover alcohol with sugars. Amazingly, I got to this after it was tipped, and to be honest it was a little on the flat side - I’m sure this would have been stunning yesterday. Bonzer, Mark - I look forward to many more like this!

A Mes rate: Cask at The Wenlock.
Black and opaque with a thin rim of tan foam. Superb aroma of chocolate, liquorice, coffee maltiness and some lightly sour and delicately hoppy notes. Flavour follows on in the same vein. Lovely chocolate, more hops than you would usually expect and a lovely slightly sour finish with great length. Lovely mouthfeel. A glorious stout.

Cask@Leicester Beer Festival 2007. Dark beer with a light brown head. The aroma is fishy and the flavour is quite bitter and fishy. Overall a strange fishy beer.

Cask, Leicester Fest 07. Very dark brown with a beige head. Aromas are earthy roast coffee with liqourice and dark chocolate. Flavours are good bitter roast coffee with sweet malts in the background. Bitter dark chocolate and liqourice. Has a good roast finish. Very good.