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Mackeson Stout
Whitbread PLC
- From:
- Whitbread PLC
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Sweet / Milk Stout
Ranked #570 - ABV:
- 3%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #25,963 - Avg:
- 3.58 | pDev: 11.45%
- Reviews:
- 33
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 10, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 23, 2004
- Wants:
- 10
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
Notes:
None
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.25/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
(275 ml bottle.) Very dark/black, good tan head. Aroma is malts and coffee, flavour is sweet and malty with coffee and chocolate notes, hardly any bitterness. This beer proves that a low ABV beer can be flavourful, but it's just too sweet to be a favourite of mine.
Jun 10, 2022
Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
3.53/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
1960’s vintage - cannot believe this held up so well. Dark brown appearance with no head. Malt, molasses, faint coffee, leather, some oxidation due to age. Moderate to light body, very little carbonation.
Jan 17, 2022
Reviewed by Steve555 from Wales
3.83/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Jet black with fizzy tan head. Couldn't smell a great deal. Taste is of coffee, fag ash and lactose. Medium mouthfeel. Thick for abv. This would be good with cigarettes but I no longer smoke. My go-to for a unit controlled beer week.
Jun 13, 2020
Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.74/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Canned and poured into a barrel handled half pint pot glass
Pours a jet black body with decent enough tan head
Coffee & toffee aroma
That in the flavour with some charcoal
Great body for the abv
May 01, 2019Pours a jet black body with decent enough tan head
Coffee & toffee aroma
That in the flavour with some charcoal
Great body for the abv
Reviewed by SamCloughy66 from England
3.49/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.49/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Unassuming appearance and aroma.
Very sweet milky taste - hints of chocolate and coffee. Sufficiently hoppy for a stout.
Overall a decent pint, very drinkable.
Dec 03, 2016Very sweet milky taste - hints of chocolate and coffee. Sufficiently hoppy for a stout.
Overall a decent pint, very drinkable.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
2.93/5 rDev -18.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev -18.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Normal stout appearance, black with a short, creamy beige head. Aroma is almost nonexistent, but taste is normal stout bitterness. elements of coffee and chocolate, an overall decent stout.
Jan 13, 2016
Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I know I've had English Mackeson's, but most recently I had one brewed in the Caribbean (St. Kitts, I think). It was not very cold and so the taste shone through.
It was stout-like in appearance (really dark) and the head seemed substantial enough. The taste (at a warm temp) was very sweet and syrupy. There was sufficient hops to know that this was Mackeson.
The whole experience was fun and I think the Caribbean version is very close to the real thing.
Mar 28, 2015It was stout-like in appearance (really dark) and the head seemed substantial enough. The taste (at a warm temp) was very sweet and syrupy. There was sufficient hops to know that this was Mackeson.
The whole experience was fun and I think the Caribbean version is very close to the real thing.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.54/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
330ml Can from BeersOfEurope website (£1.49):
Black with a beige 0.5cm brown head on top that holds quite well.
Sweet and milky with some lactose and a few lighter than expected malts coming through with a touch of chocolate an a little sugar towards the end but the balance is good throughout.
Sweet with lots of milky lactose and sweet roasted malts with a mix of chocolate and very light coffee plus a touch of caramel towards the finish.
Mostly smooth but slightly chewy right at the end. The beer has a medium to full body which is quite impressive given the abv. of this one and as I mentioned it is pretty sweet as well.
An interesting beer and packed a fair amount of flavour considering the below average alcohol content. The taste is pretty nice although perhaps just a little bit too sweet in places but the fact that it's not overly strong makes it a very easy one to drink.
Jan 08, 2014Black with a beige 0.5cm brown head on top that holds quite well.
Sweet and milky with some lactose and a few lighter than expected malts coming through with a touch of chocolate an a little sugar towards the end but the balance is good throughout.
Sweet with lots of milky lactose and sweet roasted malts with a mix of chocolate and very light coffee plus a touch of caramel towards the finish.
Mostly smooth but slightly chewy right at the end. The beer has a medium to full body which is quite impressive given the abv. of this one and as I mentioned it is pretty sweet as well.
An interesting beer and packed a fair amount of flavour considering the below average alcohol content. The taste is pretty nice although perhaps just a little bit too sweet in places but the fact that it's not overly strong makes it a very easy one to drink.
Reviewed by Beergeeknut from New York
3.62/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Poured into a pint glass is a black beer with a beige head.
Aroma: Milk sugars, roasted malts, coffee and some espresso, semi sweet chocolate, hops are roasted dark but not to the point of being burnt. Plums, mild raisins, light grape notes.
Taste: Bready bite a little sweet like molasses. Dark coffee, dark roasted hops and malts with notes of semi sweet chocolate. Dark fruits, plums, figs, raisins. the mouthfeel is relatively smooth with a light hop bite.
Notes: Certainly drinkable overall it's decent. Cheers.
Nov 11, 2012Aroma: Milk sugars, roasted malts, coffee and some espresso, semi sweet chocolate, hops are roasted dark but not to the point of being burnt. Plums, mild raisins, light grape notes.
Taste: Bready bite a little sweet like molasses. Dark coffee, dark roasted hops and malts with notes of semi sweet chocolate. Dark fruits, plums, figs, raisins. the mouthfeel is relatively smooth with a light hop bite.
Notes: Certainly drinkable overall it's decent. Cheers.
Mackeson Stout from Whitbread PLC
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
50 ratings
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