This is a very dark brown stout with a loose, cream coloured head. The head disappears so rapidly that it almost disappeared during the pour so I had to straighten my glass and add a bit of force to get some semblance of head at all.
It has a good stouty smell; the aroma is intensely chocolately, malty and slighty fruity. The aroma is replicated in the taste with notes of chocolate, malt and a tangy fruit flavour (blackberries according to the can). The chocolate flavour intesifies and lingers.
The body is quite thin for a stout, I'd say it's thin to medium bodied but more on the thin side. Carbonation is decent but there's not enough of it to maintain a head for more than a few seconds.
The addition of tangy, tarty blackberries gives it a very unusual taste but it didn't mix well with the chocolate for me. It's a bit too tarty for a stout but well done to Beer Ink for trying something different. Worth trying but Ale not Be Seeing You again.
Brewed by Beer Ink Brew Co., Huddersfield
4.6% ABV
My rating:
My Untappd score: 3/5
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