One-off Quadrupel made in collaboration with Weird Beard that has been ‘dry-nibbed’ with cacao.
Look: Deepest brown, with a white head that quickly reduces to nil.
Aroma: Salted caramel, raisins and milk chocolate.
Taste: Creamy, toffee-rich decadence with a unashamedly boozy finish.
Verdict: Booze-soaked Tiramasu loaded with dried fruit and caramel. Get one while you can.
A thick, jet black imperial stout brewed with cherry which blends with the dark malts to make this a Black Forest Gateau in a glass.
A silky smooth, extremely rich dark stout brewed to a recipe 1806. Look out for coffee, chocolate and mocha notes, and take your time over it…
Shattered Dream is the imperial version of our favourite breakfast stout – Broken Dream. Even more unctuous than the original, we’ve amped up the flavours to deliver sweet biscuit, dark chocolate and deep roasted coffee notes. This special edition contains cacao nibs, salt and speciality malts for a salted caramel undertone.
Alphabet’s breakfast stout is packed with smooth and rich coffee and oats but balances chocolate and vanilla notes with a tangy, fruity imperial coffee stout finish.
Look: Pours jet black in the glass thick dark tan foamy head
Aroma: Roasted malt and a just a whiff of coffee.
Taste: Full bodied and smooth with the flavours of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee all in perfect balance.
Food Pairing: Try pairing with the meaty flavour of a shepherds pie, or some grilled mushrooms.
Verdict: It does everything it says on the bottle, and does it all well. Perfect for a cold dark night in.
Malty with red fruits and berries and dark viscous treacle, Time and Tide Brewing’s Double Stout hides its alcohol dangerously well.
Look: T and T’s Double Stout pours an intense dark black with a small brown head
Aroma: Coffee, malts and dark chocolate.
Taste: The beer is big on roasted malt, with more subtle notes of forest berries, treacle and dark chocolate and a slightly creamy mouthfeel.
Verdict: This is a really well balanced Stout that hides its 9% alcohol very well.
Smooth and easy drinking.
Roughly translated to Hassle & Snags, this impy stout was aged in barrels for a year to be bursting with a boozy bourbon notes, malts, chocolate, and coffee.
Look: Pours black, opaque, hazy, with frothy brown foam head and medium carbonation.
Aroma: Chocolate, rich coffee, vanilla, burnt caramel and even some floral hints.
Taste: Some roasted malts coming through behind dark chocolate, coffee, caramel, some dark fruits and more vanilla. Thick and full-bodied.
Verdict: Rich and boozy, drinking this certainly isn’t a Hassle.
This beer has its genesis in Black Oktober, amped to the max with brandy-soaked coffee beans to create a dark and brooding beast of an Imperial Stout.
Look: Pitch black, with no head to speak of.
Aroma: Dark chocolate, liquorice and espresso.
Taste: The sweet intensity of coffee and chocolate is brought to a crescendo with the subtle notes of brandy, sat against a backbone of smooth roasted malt.
Verdict: Full-on, no-holds barred Imperial Stout that lovers of the style won’t fail to appreciate.
A fruity brown ale, aged in a bourbon cask for 9 months, smokey, oaky and a pronounced bourbon flavour and aroma