Score
7.12
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W strone panepota
500ml bottle from the Durham brewery shop. Pours black-brown in colour with a tan foam head that diminishes and aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee. Flavour is dark malty, roasted, toffee, raisins, chocolate, coffee, berry fruits, spice, boozy with some grassy hop bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dark fruity & spicey roast bitter finish. Nicely drinkable.
bottle at home ... dark black ... thick tan head ... soft roast ... dark roast .. light chocolate roast nose ... soft sweet malts ... bitter woody chocolate ... something not right but still ok... rich malts
6th Feb 2015: large sample from a bottle at the 3rd Annual beer exchange in De Bierboom (Brugge). Poured a very deep, dark brown with a well tanned head on top. Malty lead in both the aroma and taste: dark chocolate, spiced wooden notes and dark berries all marry together to produce a dry, solid Stout with clout. Very drinkable.