Old Chimneys Black Rat Stout

Brewed by Old Chimneys
Style: Sweet Stout
Diss, England

Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is acidic with notes of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is acidic malty combined with notes of roasted malt and chocolate. Another bottled conditioned beer gone bad - what is it with this bottled conditioning of low ABV beers - it doesn’t work! Thanks fonefan for sharing.

Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of butter and licorice. Dry and roasted flavour with chocolate and licorice and a fruity note.

Bottle @ Chris o Shindig Aug 08. "Milk Stout" A mild stout, very soft with a watery finish and a hint of fruit. No hops.

Bottle puchased at the brewery shop. Soft brambly stout with insinuating liquorice, roasted barley and yeast extract notes. The lactic element rounds everything out into a mild-like blur of gentle complementary flavours. Bit of strawberry yeastiness that makes me think of Belgium. Slim beige collar dying a little prematurely; otherwise slippery, pitch and creamy as you’d expect. Aroma roasted barley, faint Marmite, milk chocolate, maybe oak, blackberry. Penny chew lactic sweetness and jam returning after the swallow. More lactic tang would have been interesting, but I’m not complaining.

Bottle @ chriso’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008. Pours a clear dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Sweetish roasted malty chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.

500 ml bottle courtesy of a trade with cgarvieuk. Pours black with some reddish brown glints along the edges when held against light. Pleasant aroma of mild roast and a bit of chocolate. The flavor falls off a bit with lightly roasted malt and chocolate but with notes of diacetyl, cardboard and tobacco. Thin bodied. Disappointing.

Thanks to beerbill for sharing - this beer is all sorts of f-ed up - the aroma and flavor are semi-sour and fruity, with a lot of diacetyl, particularly through the middle - some doughy character in there as well - notes of sour cherry and light, lingering tartness - buttery finish - is this supposed to taste like this?