I love chocolate and I love stout so I snapped up this chocolate and hazelnut stout when I saw it in Lidl's beer festival.
It has a traditional stout appearance with a black velvet body and a small tan head that leaves a patchy layer when it settles. It smells incredibly nutty and I could smell them as soon as I opened the can. Underneath the nutty aroma there are delicious notes of chocolate, malt and even more nuts.
The taste is deliciously dark with loads of malt and hints of chocolate and liquorice. The chocolate is dark and slightly bitter and there's no prizes for guessing the aftertaste: it's nuts! It has a lovely full body and medium carbonation, giving it a relatively smooth mouthfeel that I like to see in a stout.
With an ABV of 7.1%, it's a very rich and decadent stout. The dark chocolate bitterness is a little bit too much for me as I don't really like dark chocolate but the nuttiness is amazing and it tastes like it says on the can. It's definitely one I'd recommend trying and Ale Be Seeing You again.
7.1% ABV
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