I love praline chocolates so I was desperate to get my hands on a bottle of Zombie Cake, BrewDog's praline chocolate porter but I have to say I was a little disappointed.
It's a very dark brown ale with a semi-tight robust beige head that leaves a good layer behind when it disperses. The smell is amazing! It does actually smell like praline with notes of nuts, chocolate, malt and treacle. The nuttiness is lost in the taste though and I couldn't taste any nuts at all unfortunately. The flavour is roasted malt, coffee and chocolate with the coffee lingering in the aftertaste. Notes of chocolate do burst through at times but definitely no nuts for me.
It has a medium body and it's quite softly carbonated so it is very easy to drink. It's a lovely porter but I don't think it's anything special. It's definitely worth trying but Ale Not Be Seeing You again.
Brewed by BrewDog Brewery, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
5% ABV
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