A solid 6.2% stout here, marketing itself as both a traditional brew and one that challenges convention by dry hopping with floral US hops.
As with all of these beers it’s possible, nay likely this
has spent some time in travel and storage so it may not be the freshest, but I
did not find the hops all that evident on the nose. This should have given it
some time to think about life however and it’s often not bad to let a stout ponder
a while before consumption.
The pour is a little lighter than expected, several EBC down
on the norm I feel. It’s by no means unattractive though and carries a cappuccino
bonce with some aplomb. Flavour is very much ‘extra stout’, dark choc, liquorice
and coffee notes evident up front, bit of carbonation present in the midsection
before a nice lingering coffee finish.
Rather pleasant overall, but drinking through the bottle I
couldn’t shake the image of it being in a way just like Coopers Extra Stout in
a suit. No bad thing. 7.5
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