Felinfoel Stout

Brewed by Felinfoel
Style: Stout
Llanelli, Dyfed, Wales

Serve in English pint

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Bottle, feels filtered/pasteurised. Virtually pitch brew with a dimpled and extremely stubborn beige collar. Sweetish odd snout with seaweed, Black Jack stickiness, background roast, fennel seed, a varnishy walnut note belonging to a much paler nut brown ale-type beer. Something slatey and northern (S.Smiths?) that appeals, but the spice doesn’t. Slick but not full in the mouth developing a liquorice and charred cardboard character; bitterness like chiccory or cheap coffee, watery burnt finish. Pretty blatant liquorice/fennel to the point I suspect it’s actually been spiced. Far from classic stout but a pleasant enough drinking beer. If you like a penny bag of Black Jacks tipped in your pint.

Farblich ist es völlig Schwarz, die Schaumkrone hält gut. Es riecht fruchtig, kirschig-pflaumig-kaffeecremig. Geschmacklich ist es sehr kaffee-röstig-bitter, dabei etwas süßlich im Antrunk die bittere kommt erst etwas später und löst die süße ab. Ich schmecke im Hintergrund noch Aromen, die aber leider fast vollständig überdeckt werden. Fazit: Ein Bier das mir sehr gut gefällt und das vielleicht sogar noch ein bisschen besser werden könnte, wenn man den leichten Nebenaromen eine größere Chance geben würde! Test vom 4.1.2011, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 13,12,12,12,12,12 - 12,10

Black in the glass with a decent head that sticks nice to the glass. Roasted malts and coffee, decent sweetness. A bit to watery for my taste, and something weird getting trough near the end.

Bottled. A black beer with a grey head. A bit of sweetness and lactic in the nose with veggie notes. Full bodied sweetness in the mouth. Light roast and caramel notes. Pretty appealing.

50 cl bottle @ chriso.
Rated on 20110722.
Pours dark red color with light head. Aroma of berries such as raspberry and blackcurrant, light fruits. Flavor of sour berries, quite faint notes of roasted malts and mild fruits.
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50cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Black colour, light beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, some blackcurrants, very faint. Flavour is light sweet, roasted malts, hint of chocolate, berries, watery bitter finish. Light bodied, watery, not great.

Bottle @ home. Dark brown color with a dark red glow coming through. Fair smell, decent taste. Medium body but very low carbo.

Bottled (Beers Of Europe). Very deep ruby colour, close to black, with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, berries, some toffee and mild wooden notes. Flavour is dark fruits, sweet malts, some slight wood as well as quite strong bitterness. Also some dark dry fruity notes.

Bottle on 4/6/11. Dark beer with a good head. Hint of liquorice in the nose. Roasted hazelnut taste.

Bottle shared in a train. Black pour, thick tan head. Aroma is full of diacetyl, creamy and buttery, together with some roasted malts and a hint of coffee. Flavor is dry, roasted and creamy. Full bodied for the low abv, but a little chemical and buttery. A little bad, but also a little likeble.

Bottle. Black with reddish brown edges, coat of beige head. Aroma has light roasted grain, hazelnuts, herbs, licorice. Taste is very salty and slightly metallic with some roasted malt, cocoa and nut flavours. Sweeter as it warms and the shock of the salt wears off. Quite complex and interesting underneath, but far too salty.