New Bristol Coffee & Biscotti Stout

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

The River Ale House, East Greenwich, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		07 Nov 2026	2nd beer of this visit: Second day on for this Coffee & Biscotti Stout from the New Bristol Brewery which first got their brewing boots laced up and their mash tuns bubbling away in 2013 in the heart of Bristol City Centre on Wilson Street in St Pauls. Good head and lacing on being served but not hanging onto it. A dry bitter first hit on this pastry stout. A biscuity and coffee-infused flavouring rising from its combination of Dark Roasted Malts throwing down flavours of bitter dark chocolate, toasted cocoa husks and sweet molasses. The Flaked Oats and Wheat lending a thickness to its body. A bready and chocolatey layer for me on its dark-baked biscuit base. A dry bitterness prevailing from its traditional British bittering hops behind a touch of leafy cedarwood, dry garden herbs and a subtle spice. Real Extract Coffee Roasters beans and Italian biscotti biscuits tossed straight into the mix with the Coffee Beans letting fly aromatic espresso, dark-roast bitterness and smoke. The baked biscotti biscuits dissolving into the brew to lend a hint of almond sweetness, icing sugar, and buttery, caramelised pastry. A creamy espresso bitterness and sweet biscuit pastry lingering deliciously long for me before the slide downwards. Served in good condition apart from not keeping its head and lacing.
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	07 Nov 2024
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	07 Nov 2024
Philip Pirrip	Not Tried	06 Nov 2024
Hogan Sampling	Not Tried	05 Nov 2024
Philip Pirrip		03 Nov 2024	Good as presented to me. After multiple decantings between two glasses came to life so could have been a higher mark
Hogan Sampling		03 Nov 2024	Woke it up with a single decanting after it had been sitting for some 30 minutes after first bell for final serving was rung. Head and lacing reappeared on it. A very good coffee-infused first hit and not overly sweet but just the one sufficed.
Philip Pirrip		07 Mar 2024	Needed more natural carbonation to be excellent
Philip Pirrip		24 Dec 2023	Held head and lacing well