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Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout 3.87 155

Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
98
overall
Formerly brewed at Freeminer
Style: Stout

Cinderford, England

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1553.91/5.03.87/5.0Autumn6.2%98.7English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Seasonal - Autumn and Winter. Also available bottle conditioned.
Packed solid with malt, hops, and oats. Possibly the darkest stout of all time, a single varietal beer, made only with Fuggles hops, packed with bitterness, and brimming with aroma hopping, a deep and complex beer, worth taking some time over, and exploring the Hampton Court like maze of complex flavours. Initially, the dry, biscuit flavour of roast barley attacks the palate, soon to be replaced by the soothing Fuggles balm of rich smokiness, and then layer upon layer of malted oats, rich dark malts, and an unidentifiable eutectic finish of pure stout character.
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 BDR (2170), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Jun 29, 2007  
Sampled at the RBSG 07 Grand Tasting. Dark brown body with no head. Malty nose with a roasted malt body. Another dry stout for the evening.


 1FastSTi (2591), Glendale, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Jun 28, 2007  
RBSG 2007. Mar 18, 2003 vintage. The beer pours to a black body with a creamy dark brown/tan head. Awesome lacing. The aroma is tart and lactic with anise and black patent malt. The flavor is roasty black patent with creamy sweet chocolate malts. The palate is roasty and dry. Average.


 downender (2644), Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 28, 2007  
Bottle. Jet black with slight tan head. Aroma of coffee, milk chocolate and black fruits. Smooth mouth feel with flavours of roasted malt, dark chocolate and herbal hops. A very long dry, roasted finish. One of the great British stouts.


 ryan (1781), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Jun 11, 2007  
Black body with a tiny tan head, fading. The aroma is molases, lots of chocolate, vinous, licorice and roast. The flavor is bitter black chocolates, licorice, raisins, fairly dry and coffee. Medium body is very soft, slightly oily and lightly carbonated.


 kmweaver (2501), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
500mL bottle, courtesy of a trade from a while ago. Pours a dark black center; medium tan head with fine-bubbled lacing. Generous, cocoa and milk chocolate aroma. Average carbonation. Medium-to-full, chocolaty mouthfeel: plenty of milk chocolate and dry cocoa; nice density, with a dry, velvety mouthfeel: creamy and roasted, with hints of a vanilla toastiness. Lengthy, dry chocolate and vanilla finish.


 spector (906), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/512/20
May 11, 2007  
Sweet malt and some slight roasted malt stand out in the aroma.Pours black with a thin tan head.Flavor was of slight roasted mmalt and some slight chocolate as well.Mouthfeel was a little thin with a roasted malt/coffee finish.


 holdenn (1454), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
May 11, 2007  
Bottle shared thanks to drewbeerme. Poured a thick oily black with no head. Nose is strange, roasted malts and smoked meat are the strongest at first, but as it warms the fruits come out strong cherry raspberry and other red fruits. It seems like the lack of head was a give away that the carbonation escaped this beer. Roasted malts red and dark fruits, coffee, with a few hints of smoke and meat. Interesting brew, I did enjoy this complexity of this but the flavors didn’t meld together without the carbonation.


 drewbeerme (2315), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 10, 2007  
thanks to bigern for this want list extra. pours thick black color with no head. nose of dark chocolate, roast, coffee, and subtle meats. flavor is bitter roast, weak chocolate and coffee, and plums. mouthfeel is slick and watery. carbination is no where to be found. some good things going on here.



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