Tom's Tap Mighty 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 Green Goddess, Blackheath, Greater London

Who	Score	When	Notes
Hogan Sampling		04 Sep 2026	2nd beer of this visit: Slowly poured like an old-fashioned stout with a frothy head forming and lasting creamy lacing evident and from an independent craft microbrewery set up in 2018 in Crewe, Cheshire. A dry malty first bite with earthy scents of black coffee, chunks of dark chocolate and hearty wholemeal bread. A hoppy bitterness from its single-hopped Pilgrim rising and where this hop commenced commercial cultivation between 2000 and 2001 and behind notes of lemon, sharp grapefruit, pears and ripe berries. A maltiness joining in with a sharp black coffee-infusion rearing up from its barley and jumbo oats, the latter sourced directly from Mornflake*, Crewe's oldest business and the fourth oldest business in the UK, founded in 1675, with the oats lending this stout its silkiness and heavy body. A very subtle sweetness aided by flavours of chocolate sauce and with hints from its Pilgrim hops of grassy herbs, cedar and subtle hints of liquorice for me. Its dry bitter maltiness prevailing before its sailing out. Served in very good nick with superb conditioning. *In 1941, this family company officially launched the "Mornflake" brand name and where production was behind sustaining Britain’s food supply during World War II.
Philip Pirrip		03 Sep 2026	Not sufficiently chilled - almost certainly been in pipes a while