Caribbean Chocolate Cake
Siren Craft Brew

Caribbean Chocolate CakeCaribbean Chocolate Cake
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From:
Siren Craft Brew
 
England, United Kingdom
Style:
American Stout
Ranked #22
ABV:
7.4%
Score:
92
Ranked #4,890
Avg:
4.14 | pDev: 6.76%
Reviews:
69
Ratings:
260
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 08, 2022
Added:
Apr 21, 2014
Wants:
  14
Gots:
  46
Collaboration with Cigar City Brewing

Tropical Stout with cacao nibs, Cypress wood & lactose. Collaboration with Wayne Wambles of Cigar City.
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Ratings by Prager62:
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Reviewed by Prager62 from Colorado

4.07/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A twelve ounce bottle with a best before date of 040417 and the code G587 poured in a 12oz. snifter.

Look- Pours a thick dark used motor oil color and consistency leaving a thin amount of tan foam that quickly disappears.

Smell- Bakers chocolate, cake dough, vanilla extract, molasses.

Taste- Dark chocolate, tobacco, figs, and wet cardboard.

Feel- On the thin side for such a thick oily look. A bit flat and under carbed as well.

Overall- A chocolate dessert in a bottle! I wish the flavor mirrored the smell a little more and the the feel was a little thicker. Those minor nuances aside, it was really enjoyable and something I would recommend.
Oct 23, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.17 by Simon212 from Canada (ON)

Jun 08, 2022
 
Rated: 3.89 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Feb 23, 2022
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

4.2/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Can: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large dark brown foamy head with light retention and some lacing. Aroma of sweet cocoa notes with some black chocolate notes. Taste is also dominated by sweet cica notes with some black chocolate notes with a watery finish. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Great beer but not sure the nitro treatment was required.
Jan 26, 2022
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Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)

4.22/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
355 ml can served cold into a tulip. LCBO purchase for $5.40 CDN.

Appearance - An aggressive pour yields a midnight black color with a big robust two finger frothy head (due to the nitro and aggression of the pour). Great staying power.

Smell - Slight coffee notes, rich bready malts giving the brew a decidedly cake like aroma and loads chocolate and a hint of pepper mixed in.

Taste - Fairly bitter dark chocolate with some bready qualities against giving it the feel of rich cake. A hint of pepper and spiciness at the end kicks it up. Long last semi bitter dark chocolate notes.

Mouthfeel - Rich, full and sensuous, like a slice of cake, carbonation is modest.

Overall - A nice way to take 2021 out with a bang, great flavor and nails the name, chocolate caribbean cake as the slight spiciness and richness with bready qualities give it a distinctly cake like flavor.
Dec 31, 2021
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.53/5  rDev -14.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to corpulent (I think, or was it bonerhog?) for bringing this over, Halloween 2016.

Pours black, brown head, 1/2". Aroma was salty caramel, lesser burnt maltings, chocolate, dark and tropical fruit. Hmm.

Taste leaned on the dark fruit, bitter chocolate and lactose brown sugar caramel like feels more than anything. It has a lot more going on, not necessarily all good, than one would think looking at the appearance, you might have thought you were getting a standard non adjunct, possibly dry stout. Instead, its like a bakery's worth of ingredients. Unfortunately I thought the woody aspect of it didn't come through like I hoped, unless it was contributing to a little of that dark fruit bitterness I wasn't a fan of. Wanted more brown sugar and less lactose. I guess there were some 'experimental' hops but I don't know what flavors they were contributing to because they kept that mum. Was it the dark cherry or overripe passion fruit? Who knows. Lot going on here, almost too much in my book.
Jun 23, 2020
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Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Black in color with a short-loved brown head and spotty lacing. Rather timid nose, but you do get a sense of malted milk balls, roast, fudge, and a faint whiff of cedar. In taste, there’s chocolate syrup up front, followed closely by a blanket of roast. Chocolate truffles. Glazed chocolate donuts. Malted milk balls. Quick citrusy hit. Very mild woody flavor that I’d liken to cedar. Long fudgey finish. Rich, heavy body that coats the mouth and feels slightly slick. Low carbonation. Pretty nice milk stout, very hedonistic and easily approachable.
Apr 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4.35 by Jsalz21 from New Jersey

Jan 23, 2020
 
Rated: 4.08 by robotic_being from Illinois

Aug 19, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by shelby415 from Oregon

Jun 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.82 by JamieDuncan from Maryland

May 28, 2019
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Reviewed by Greywulfken from New York

4.43/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Wow - this beer really tastes like chocolate cake! Fudgy, semi-sweet, and cakey - I've had lots of dessert stouts and stouts with a shit ton of ingredients, but this non-imperial 7.4% abv brew tastes like someone baked a box of Duncan Hines Devil's Food cake, and instead of frosting it, turned it into beer... A real winner...
Mar 07, 2019
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Reviewed by Roguer from Connecticut

4.1/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Strong head production; so-so retention.

Brew smells much more potent than a single-range stout. The cacao nibs and wood are on full display, if you know to look for them, along with lovely tones of molasses, red grape, coffee, brown sugar, char, and licorice.

Flavor follows, with a surprising amount of char accompanying the woody tones, along with waves and waves of chocolate. Not a ton else going on, however, with lighter notes of caramel and red grape.

Relatively light-bodied on the palate, appropriate for the ABV. Smooth and slick.
Feb 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.04 by grover37 from District of Columbia

Feb 10, 2019
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

4.15/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
A: The beer is jet black in color. It poured with a quarter finger high mocha colored head that quickly died down, leaving a collar consisting of medium-sized bubbles and some delicate lacing covering the surface.
S: Light to moderate aromas of cocoa nibs are present in the nose.
T: The taste is very chocolatey and has notes of cocoa nibs that contribute some sweetness to the flavors.
M: It feels medium- to full-bodied and very thick on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer does a very good job at replicating the taste of chocolate cake.

Serving type: bottle
Feb 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by peterpunk15 from Massachusetts

Jan 03, 2019
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

3.92/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Burnt black with a soft tan blanket that settles to a thin ring, this starts with notes of smoky and woody cigar at first, as well as a good roasted malt. Smooth chocolate and marzipan come out after via a slick, medium body with a paper dry finish.
Dec 09, 2018
 
Rated: 4.17 by edthehead from Maryland

Jul 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4.21 by HopBelT from Belgium

Jun 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by paulish from New York

Mar 07, 2018
Caribbean Chocolate Cake from Siren Craft Brew
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 260 ratings