Trying one of those craft ales from Aldi tonight

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    well a stout, it's called Cherry Head and it's of course a Cherry stout. Pleasantly surprised by this and it's going down a treat. Good job I got just the 1 bottle to try as I'm saving myself for post-match drinks in Tarn tomorrow:
    Edit: On further research shows that it's Marston's brewery and is 4.5% Volume.
     
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    A word to the wise. I can thoroughly recommend the Barn Owl.
     

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    Looks a nice drink
     
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    So does it have a cherry aftertaste?
     
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    There's a hint of cherry in there and a slight redness to the colour.
     
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    Lidl have one called Green Gecko IPA which used to be very decent, and was definitely brewed by Marstons. However, last time I was over the bottle shape had changed and looked suspiciously like either Greene King or Shepherd Neame. Tasted like it too, as had gone from pretty nice to totally rancid.
     
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    There is a slight chocolatey after taste
     
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    If you haven't tried it before I'd recommend stout with a coffee or liquorice flavour to it.
     
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    Love a coffee stout or porter. Have been drinking ABC Flat White - breakfast porter. Very tasty
     
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    Does that have a bacon and egg aftertaste?!

    Coffee stout shouldn't work but it does.
     
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    One of our craft breweries here did two versions of an otherwise identical stout, one with coconut milk and the other with condensed milk. Both of them were absolutely blinding. I used the condensed milk version to wash down a home-made bread and butter pudding. A proper food-gasm.
     
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    Bet you didn't eat for a week after. Did the coconut one have a coconut taste to it?
     
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    Sounds interesting but should I buy toilet roll at the same time
     
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    Or I had a fried egg sarnie as soon as I woke up...... :)

    Yep, it very much had a coconut taste. A few breweries have tried it here but haven't really pulled it off - beers which taste of Malibu, or sunscreen have often been the outcome. But the good one was absolutely blinding. Chocolate / coffee with a touch of cream / coconut milk, and the alcohol carrying it all through nicely.I'm not generally a stout drinker, but milk and sweet stouts really do it for me.
     
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    Tried the cherry head one, it is pretty nice. Lidl do a porter in a purple bottle and was surprised at how good it was. Only 1.25 for a 500ml bottle too.
     
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