Wychwood Black Wych 4.5%

Formerly brewed at Wychwood (Marstons plc)
Style: Stout
Witney, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bouteille 500ml achetée à la LCBO vers noël 2005 (donc j’imagine que c’est cette version plutôt que celle avec les nouveaux houblons à 5%). De couleur noire-brune et quasi-opaque. Nez de malt rôti aux notes brûlées, léger de chocolat noir et de café avec des traces de caramel. Moyennement ronde en bouche. Faibles notes de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche rapidement suivi d’un goût de malt rôti (faibles traces brûlées), léger de chocolat noir avec des traces de pain grillé et de caramel puis en finale des notes de café viennent s’ajouter avec des notes de houblon herbeux. Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, légèrement amer de rôti avec des notes de café, de chocolat noir et de houblon herbeux.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2012 Bottle in Liverpool. Black and ruby colour with a tan head. Weak roasted aroma. Coffe and moderate caramel flavour.

Originally rated September 2004. Wychwood’s Black Wych Stout poured a very dark colour with ruby highlights. It had a creamy tan head and foamy lacing. The nose was malty with hints of caramel. The taste was slightly on the molasse side, creamy bitter with a dry finish. The mouthfeel was medium, which meant that this brew is not as filling as other stouts I’ve tried. Could drink many of these.

UPDATED: AUG 19, 2010 Bottle: Small light brown to beige foamy head. Almost black beer. Smell some light roasted ingredients, coffee, spices and malts. Taste is pretty watery, hope this is just a wrong batch or something. Coffee and water is in the mix with a hint of spices and hop/malt. Did expect more of this one, probably because of the great label. Hope to get a better one in the future and do a rerate.

Very black body with a large tan crown, walls of lacing left behind with every sip. Very mild aroma with mild burn chocolate campfire smoke and some coffee. Ckalky bitter mild taste, some chocolate, some ash the ash really lingers in the after taste. I can even detect hints of sweet vanilla. Taste overall is light and crisp making this a very easy drinking stout.

Does Wychwood not have amongst the best/coolest labels and bottles going today? I particularly like this one, with the embossed broom-riding witches. I also note the cleavage on the label’s witch. Nice touch! This one poured a modest,light brown head and a very dark colour; it was damned near black. The aroma was chiefly coffee, and quite enjoyable. Taste was better than the mouthfeel, being again mostly coffee.

[Sampled in 2004.] Black as the night and aromanotes of coffeechocs. Flavor is similar, but a bit watery in the end. Could be the bottle and I better rerate thisone another day.

Clear bottle, 500 ml, best before 18 JAN 05; eye: black with creamy-espresso-style head, opaque, lacing; nose: faint smell of roasted malt, caramel, really light hops; mouth: nothing for a long time, then roasted malt, acridity, dark chocolate, a bit of hops, finale in mildly acrid roasted malt, surpisingly thin, mildly bitter, medium body, slightly grainy texture, good carbonation; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente, 500 ml, meilleure avant 18 JAN 05; oeil : noire avec mousse crémeuse style espresso, opaque, dentelle; nez : faible odeur de torréfaction, caramel, très léger houblon; bouche : rien pendant un long moment, torréfaction, âcreté, chocolat noir, un peu de houblon, finale en torréfaction moyennement âcre, curieusement mince, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture légèrement granuleuse, bonne carbonatation; en résumé : ordinaire

Bottle, can’t recall where I picked this up from as its been kicking around for some time now. Pours dark brown/black with a thick light brown coloured head. Aroma of roasted malts and some coffee, taste was roasted and did have some chocolate and reasonable bitterness, but overall I found this to be a tad thin and lacking somewhat.

UPDATED: DEC 10, 2006 500 ml bottle - pours a deep brown/black with a decent tan head. Faint notes of cocoa and fruits and very little else. And that’s trying really hard - there’s really nothing distinct in the aroma or taste that stand out. Taste of sour grapes and a hint of roasted malts and some bitterness, but not a hoppy bitter - not much here, thin and watery. There’s nothing, well, stout, about this stout - matter of fact, it’s more like a dark brown ale, and not a very good one at that. I wanted to love this beer, I really did - I like the gimmick and the bottle, but the thing that counts - what’s inside - sadly doesn’t deliver.