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Brewed by Wells & Youngs
Style: Stout
Bedford, England

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RATINGS: 3016   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.76   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Available filtered and pasteurised in 500ml bottles and in nitrocans. Also Nitro Keg on Tap
Production moved from Youngs to Wells & Youngs in 2007.
Ingredients: Pale ale and crystal malt, chocolate malt, special blend of sugars, Fuggle and Goldings hops, real dark chocolate and chocolate essence.
Chocolate malt and real dark chocolate are combined with Young's award winning rich, full flavoured dark beer to craft a satisfyingly indulgent, but never overly sweet experience.


most recent ratings

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
mnmike (606) - Minnesota, USA - APR 6, 2013
On nitro. Pitch black, strong semi sweet chocolates on the nose and taste buds.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
Malty_MacHops (555) - Eastanollee, Georgia, USA - APR 6, 2013
Dark chocolate and coffee aromas. Beautiful velvet black with a dense syrupy tan head. Balanced like semi sweet chocolate with slight notes of coffee ground like bitterness. Full bodied and velvety with a smooth bittersweet finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
pmuzz (262) - AUSTRALIA - APR 6, 2013
Good looking stout, slight roast not overbearing. Good english stout that does not blow your socks off.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
CitrusP (47) - Newcastle, AUSTRALIA - APR 4, 2013
500ml bottle. From the label, rating and comments i was expecting to be overwhelmed with rich chocolate goodness, and while this isnt by any means a bad beer, I feel that it doesnt deliver on the ’double’ chocolate or even the stout as much as I expected. Too thin for my liking, and extremely safe in it’s malt, hop and overall flavour profile. Aroma sets this one up nicely but failed to deliver. Nice beer, but nothing special.

4.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
CanCrusher (309) - Ilirska Bistrica, SLOVENIA - MAR 31, 2013
Bottle 0,50L. Dark, almost black colour with creamy light brown head. Strong aroma of chocolate, roasted malts and caramel. Silky and smooth, full bodied beer with creamy texture and flat carbonation. If you see it, go for it, but avoid this beer in can...

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
drewish9882 (23) - Lake Mary, Florida, USA - MAR 31, 2013
As a disclaimer, I’m normally an IPA & lager fan. With that said, this is an above average stout in my book. The hints of cocoa flavors was not overbearing, but nice. If you’re a stout fan, out this "Hershey" brew.

4.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
phildorsey (121) - Fort Carson, Colorado, USA - MAR 31, 2013
1Pint .9oz. Bottle. Pours black with extremely frothy long lasting head. Aroma is light, but hints of coffee and chocolate notes are present. Taste is bold and full bodied with medium bitterness. Texture is somewhat thick and oily, but just the right consistency. Overall this is a great tasting beer; full recommendation to fellow beer drinkers.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 10/20
COMRADEJOSH (160) - Ft Leonard Wood, Missouri, USA - MAR 30, 2013
omg this is like the creamiest stout i have had. it is like hot chocolate and guiness had a baby.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
VALIS (210) - Nashua, New Hampshire, USA - MAR 28, 2013
Really one of the nicest looking beers I’ve seen, particularly from the nitro can. Super thick caramel colored foam that looks like coffee ice cream. Strong scent of sweet milk chocolate. Taste is far more slick and watery than I hoped, but my can has been in the fridge for a couple months and might be damaged. Need to re-rate with a fresher can or bottle and see if that changes.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
manisthebeer (85) - squamish, British Columbia, CANADA - MAR 25, 2013
CHOC//CREAMY// very dark colotr with a small white head very little carb, i ended up aging it for a year, smell heavy choc and kinda creamy with nutts or fig someother hidden smell and flavor really came out just as good as eating any kind of choc. bar


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