Wychwood Black Wych 4.5%

Formerly brewed at Wychwood (Refresh UK - Marstons plc)
Style: Stout
Witney, England

Nose has pleasant roasted bitterness, like coffee or chicory, and a bit of tang. Whiff of sweet or bittersweet chocolate. Dark black clear with lacing but small cocoa colored head. Light carb and thich watery (almost oily) body. Taste is a muted roasted sweetness followed by a tangy bitter finish. After is a little bitter and smoky. Somewhat dry. A decent stout.

Dark with a trace of smokiness.A bit too thin to make it anything other than an also ran in the stout stakes.

Botle - Dark black brew with a nice foamy head with medium retention. Floral aroma coming out of my glass is incredible. Taste is very sweet unlike the irish stout. This is very different and the body is very light. I'm not even sure this is a stout but overall it is not a bad beer.

Bottle from Tesco. Nearly black with occasional glimpse of ruby. Thin tan coloured head. Roasted malt aroma. Same for the flavour, with also some liquorice and coffee, and a nice bitter finish. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated and smooth. Quite good. Looking at some of the other reviews and the low average, I would guess that this is suffering from at least an element of ’clear bottle deterioration syndrome’.

Very black body with a large tan crown, walls of lacing left behind with every sip. Very mild aroma with mild burn chocolate campfire smoke and some coffee. Ckalky bitter mild taste, some chocolate, some ash the ash really lingers in the after taste. I can even detect hints of sweet vanilla. Taste overall is light and crisp making this a very easy drinking stout.

Sample- 500 ML bottle- Poured a light brown, cocoa coloured head. Suprisingly, the head lasted the length of me drinking the beer, which I haven't seen often. Aroma is malt and fruit, a nice pleasant odour. Taste is bitter and hoppy, with the hops just barely coming through. Went down smoothy, and left a nice aftertaste in my mouth. A decent stout indeed!

A thin stout, but not a bad brew. Looks and pours like a cola - head dissipates remarkably fast for a stout. Nice (again "mild") roasty aroma. The taste is good, albeit a bit on the mild side for a stout. Taste actually fades in mid-swallow leaving a decent bitter aftertaste. Not a traditional stout, but it quenches adequately.

Bottled. Almost black in colour with a light brown head. Sooty nose with notes of coffee and fruit. The flavour is sooty and fruity with a clear coffee taste, hints of oats and has a slight bitter finish.