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Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Sweet Stout
Tadcaster, England

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RATINGS: 301   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.67   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Bottle: Filtered
Ingredients: Water; Organic malted barley; Organic cane sugar; Yeast; Organic hops; Organic cocoa extract; Carbon dioxide
Brewed with well water (the original well, sunk in 1758, is still in use with the hard well water being drawn from 85 feet underground), the gently roasted organic cocoa extract impart a delicious, smooth and creamy character, with inviting deep flavours and a delightful finish - this is a marriage of satisfying stout and luxurious chocolate.


Kobal's rating

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
Kobal (57) - Louisville, Kentucky, USA - OCT 28, 2012
Pours thick, but not oily, black with a full creamy head. Bold, sweet chocolate and some coffee is on the nose. Smooth and creamy bodied. Palate is obviously chocolate, transitioning from sweet milk chocolate to dark chocolate at the end. Cherry and some minor tobacco notes develop as the beer warms and the cherry becomes more pronounced throughout.


most recent ratings

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Lagerboy (665) - British Columbia, CANADA - MAY 19, 2013
Darkest brown, slight amber hue, frothy tan head slowly settles and lasts. Tantalizing sweet milk chocolate aroma. Bittersweet milk chocolate and dark roasted malt taste endure to the soft smooth silky finish. Soft carbonation, medium body, low hopped. Awesome desert beer. LBW (Lagerboys Be Wary)

3.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Darwenus (383) - Virginia, USA - MAY 18, 2013
Pours a dark, coffee brown with little head. The aroma is really outstanding. There’s a really strong, sweet chocolate smell that actually reminds me of a chocolate scented candle or the aroma of a chocolate cake in the oven. It’s one of the strongest and sweetest smelling chocolate beers I’ve ever smelled. The flavor is even stronger and sweeter chocolate cake, which I don’t enjoy as much. It’s just very, very rich and sweet. This would be a great dessert beer to share with a companion, but I found the flavor too rich and sweet to thoroughly enjoy just in terms of a guy and a beer.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
sfhodense (4792) - Odense NØ, DENMARK - MAY 17, 2013
Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is heavy chocolate, cocoa and light roasted malt, Flavour is roasted malt and heavy chocolate.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
M82 (86) - Kansas, USA - MAY 16, 2013
18.7oz bottle with smudged code ending in 24M1 - I believe this was bottled in 2013 - @50º into 14.7 Zwiesel Cognac snifter and slightly bowed 16oz highball; Pours up as dark as I’ve seen at this abv, end of the glass finally reveals some red to amber highlights, pillow slightly desaturated khaki head demonstrates some resilience creating a variety of rounded abstract forms and spatters of lace; nose is surprisingly complex, the initial burst of chocolate and cocoa powder becomes balanced by earthy minerals which I’ve found characteristic of this brewery along with dark fruits and sweet cola nuances, whipped chocolate frosting; taste follows on a light-med, moderately carbonated smooth body resulting in a soft chocolatey dryness; definitely sweet, but not sugary sweet, with enough dimension to make this a solid session

4.3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
dmbsnuts (301) - Carpentersville, Illinois, USA - MAY 16, 2013
This is a default message... As I do not wish, nor have time to comment on each beer I try at this time. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
Bestbrew1 (45) - Minnesota, USA - MAY 15, 2013
Hands down my most favorite chocolate stout. Great flavor with the perfect amount of sweet and chocolaty goodness.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
r464 (1464) - Earth, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 13, 2013
Dark with a thick brown head. Thick, sweet, chocolate with a nice creaminess. Light roasted malt. Smooth and full finish.

2.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
mirogster (5) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 12, 2013 does not count
Bottle 550 ml @home. A:pour with black, non opaque color. Beige fluffy, and nicely lacing head.A: woow, after opening, quite strange, not typical roasted ’stoutish’ aroma at all! Smells like sort of cocoa liquor extract (ingredient actually). Plus some vanilla to it. M&T: Moderate body with shy carbonation. Up front, overwhelming sweet cocoa extract is hiding absolutely everything beside it. Hint of bitterness in aftertaste. O: Sadly, not balanced at all. Quite unusual and over the top ingredient dominates too much. Not session beer, that is!! And even quite hard to finish. Not my pair of boots!

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Christian (9697) - Odense, DENMARK - MAY 11, 2013
Dark brown with a big off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, candy and caramel. Sweet chocolate flavour with an artificial feel to it

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
jcedwards1650 (6) - Florida, USA - MAY 9, 2013 does not count
Good dark color very chocolaty aroma goes down smooth nice chocolate taste with a slight bitter notes at the end


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