Houston Warlock Stout

Brewed by Houston
Style: Stout
Johnstone, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Cask, Loughborough Fest 07. Black with red tints and a beige foam. Aromas are light earthy roast malts with coffee. Slightly sweet with a dry woodiness. Flavours are earthy light malts with roast malts and dark chocolate bitterness. some saltiness. Very peppery and then dry on the finish. Addictive and dry...

Cask@Loughborough Beer Festival 2007. Black beer with a light head. The aroma is lightly roasted and the flavour is watery and roasted. Overall a plainish beer.

Bottled (thanks GarethYoung!). Dark rubyish brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is strongly roasted malts along with some hops and coffeeish notes. Flavour is roasted malts, rather dry bitterness and some hints of coffee and chocolate. Aftertaste is smoking wet wood. Quite watery palate, but otherwise a very nice one.

Cask, handpump @ the Rook & Gaskill Inn, York, Nth Yorkshire.
Shimmering, deep ruby brown with a tight, creamy tan head that showed good retention and solid lacing. Simple aroma of cracked, roasted coffee beans and black patent malt. Comes alive in the mouth though. Feint touch of aniseed, butterscotch and cherries compliments its otherwise dry, smoky and bitter chocolate palate. Powdery and silky on the tongue, not overly full in body but well rounded. Aftertaste is an extension of the flavours in the mouth with dry, smoky malts drawing out the saliva to make it a refreshing number. I liked it, it’s not complex but it is well crafted and balanced to perfection. Quite nice!!!

UPDATED: JAN 28, 2010 1. Cask Stillage at the Civic Hall, Pudsey 12/03/2005 Dark coloured with some alcohol. Fruity with an oyster roast finish. 2. Cask Stillage at NWAF The Venue, Miles Platting 20/01/2010 Malty aroma. Dark coloured and rich on the palate with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness and bitterness in a crisp burnt roast finish.

Dark and full bodied but lacked anything unique.Some roastiness but nothing really different. Pleasant but bland.

UPDATED: FEB 12, 2006 Sweet, but not much, a little strong, and not much body but not as much as other Stouts on Cask. Black, and not much foam, but it is nice after all.
Earlier Rating: 11/11/2005 Total Score: 4
Really found the foam a little Ale alike, but the colour was nice, it was like roasted grains but also a little sweet.
Earlier Rating: 11/9/2005 Total Score: 4
I found there was a bottle version thanks to Dave, but I really liked more the one on cask, it is sweeter.

Aroma is generally stouty, coffee, not that complex but good. Taste is similar though not much going on for a stout. A bit uncomplicated.

Gravity cask at Maidstone BF. Black colour with thin dark beige head. Coffee/choc flavours but a bit grainy. Not too acidic with good balance. The best dark beer I had at this festival

UPDATED: JAN 7, 2006 From A Bottle.Black in colour with a large head,aroma is of malt and dark chocolate, taste is of malt,chocolate,smoke and a roasted bitter finish.Yeah baby Yeah.