Bude Coastal Cornish Black

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		28 Feb 2026	2nd beer of the visit: Also fresh on but displaying very little head and losing its lacing very rapidly on this Cornish-brewed stout from a family-run microbrewery set up in 2024 in Bude, a coastal town located in the northern most part of Cornwall. A very malty first hit derived from its roasted malts*. A somewhat washed-out fruitiness rising with just the merest suggestion of the odd blackcurrant. A decant of this could barely resurrect any semblance of head or lacing. Without much conditioning at all. Perhaps just two fresh still to be at its best. *Its likely malts are Chocolate Malt lending it notes of cocoa and dark chocolate, Crystal Malt giving it a sweetness to balance the roast and Maris Otter.