Dark Star Espresso Stout

I was looking forward to trying a coffee ale, I've tried chocolate and have found that a little bitter. Coffee and ale? Hmmm... Love at first sip. Smooth, velvety and rich. A soft combination of roasted and toasted flavours gliding over the palatte. Cafe Nero in a glass perhaps, my co-taster slipped a Tia Maria into his and was blown away. I will admit I am a huge fan of stouts this genuine and this unpretentious espresso flavoured stout takes some beating. I found it a pleasant ale, not too bitter and a little biscuity. Nicely dry on the finish its looks well in the glass with its creamy brown head just as a stout should be. With an ABV ...  Read the complete review

As I am still working through reviews of the beers I sampled at Chesterfield Beer Festival in February this year I thought I should have a bit of a coffee break ~ a coffee break involving beer though. I love trying beers I haven’t had before and I am partial to the odd pint of stout. It was no surprise that my eyes were drawn to a barrel up on the top of the stillage ~ Dark Star Espresso Stout! ~~~THE BREWERY. The Dark Star Brewing Company is based at Moonhill Farm, Haywards Heath, in West Sussex. Founded back in 1994 (but called Skinners Ales to start with) in the cellar of a pub called The Evening Star in Brighton. They moved on to Moonhill Farm ...  Read the complete review