Brownie Hunter from Wilde Child Beer review

It's June the sun is out and it's really starting to feel like we're coming out of lockdown so it's time to get to the pub. Brownie Hunter is a Chocolate Fudge Brownie Stout I picked up at Cardinal's Hat in Lincoln. This is the original of what I gather is a growing number of Brownie Hunter beers from the 11 year old Leeds based brewery with a large selection of craft beers. I really am looking forward to this one as who doesn't love chocolate fudge brownies? And who doesn't love stouts?  It just seems like it could be a match made in heaven, and I'm not sure anyone has ever described Leeds as heaven before.

I had this beer on tap but if you do go looking for it you'll find Brownie Hunter in a 440ml black can covered in chocolate and stars. The beer contains a fairly low these days 4.9% alcohol and pours a gorgeous black with a light but substantial tan head. I can assure you that if the looks don't lure you in the aroma certainly will. You can tell straight away this is a proper chocolate based beer as the aroma is massive. It's not just chocolate though you'll also get some of the promised caramel fudge, and maybe just a little coffee, or at least roasted malts. This has all the hallmarks of a proper dessert beer.

Brownie Hunter looks like a good stout, smells like a good stout and thankfully it tastes like a great stout. The texture is almost nitro beer smooth, which I love, and the taste delivers everything the description of a chocolate Fudge Brownie Stout promises. There's just oodles of chocolate and fudge in here and I assume given the texture there's a fair chunk of lactose thrown in too. If you're looking for a proper chocolatey beer as a treat look no further. Even the person I was out with who's a light fruity beer drinker loved this so I'm going to give Brownie Hunter from Wilde Child a very impressive, almost perfect 9.5 out of 10. I'm not really sure what more they could have done to make it a 10 out of 10 but I can tell you they were close.