Hilden Mollys Stout

Brewed by Hilden
Style: Stout
Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Serve in English pint

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[Cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Pours black with burgundy highlights and a large, foamy off-white head that dissipates quickly through drinking. Smell and initial taste dominated by a lovely mix of roasted malts and coffee. Just about the right amount of bitterness to cut through the almost too smooth and creamy texture. This could be a great, easy drinking stout - not one for those who are looking for complexity or depth, perhaps, but one for those who want an enjoyable quaffing stout. However, the whole thing is rather ruined by a sour metallic flavour that comes through a little near the end. Still not at all bad though - a very comforting winter drink.

Tasted this in the Esquire House, Glasgow (JDW) in November 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Black ruby with light tints around the edges and a thin buff head. Sweet liquorice and dry vinous fruit present in the long aroma. Thin oily mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts gives strong juicy blackcurrant fruit and weak mocha coffee notes. Dry bitter hop resins gives a dusty aftertaste with coffee granules. Finish is dry with coffee, toffee and almonds in the flavour. A decent session stout and highly recommended.

12th November 2008. Well balanced stout. Slightly tangy - a very light smoky touch. Subtle chocolagte. Not bitter semi dry finish.

Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW. Victoria SW1. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Fruity roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a dry roasted malty coffee finish with some hints of chocolate in the aftertaste.

Oct, 2008 JDW, Gravesend Raspberry and vanilla and soft oak. Some mould. A tasty and interesting stout.

Cask at Penderels Oak, Holborn 15 Nov 08. Black colored. An OK lasting light brown creamy head. Aroma of coffee & chocolate. Mild flavor – not offensive, but roasted malt dominates. Dry aftertaste of coffee.

<i>Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Moon Under Water, London</i>
Dark brown color. Light aroma. Mild chocolate and roasted malt flavor, quite smooth, a bit milky too. The roasted malt is stronger at the end, but not too much for my palate. Pleasant.

Cask at the Railway, Putney, "Mopping up the Spoons fest", 15th Nov 08. Near black with a little foamy head. Not too much aroma but lots of roasted malt on the tongue. The oat flavour is apparent while the chocolatey nose is rather more in the background. Dry, bitter finish is very nice.

Cask handpull at Humphrey Bean JDW, Tonbridge. Black, ruby edges, thick creamy beige head. Decent creamy stout with blackberry flavours. Its reasonably tasty, more a cream stout than a dry roasted one. Creamy and rather good. Some hop bitterness on finish

Cask, The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Near black with a dense beige head. Aromas are roast coffee malts with hints of lactose. Peppery hops with some liquorice. Flavours are dry, bitter coffee malts with some chocolate and hints of smokiness. Liquorice with peppery hops. A proper dry stout.