21st Amendment Two Lane Blacktop

Brewed by 21st Amendment Brewery
Style: Black IPA
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Tap at 21. Second rating of the beer. Nose is not vibrant - smells like a dunkelweiss with booze. Color is an impressive jet black. Favor is fairly competent but gives short shrift to the hops, which come across syrupy and bland. Mostly just glossy malt, mineral water, thickness.

On tap @ the brewery. Poured a Dark brown - looks like root beer with an off white head. Nose is tangerine, passion fruit, mango, little bit of semisweet chocolate. Taste is very IPA-y; grapefruit, resin, pine, subtle roast, more light flavour of dark toffee. The bitterness is there but its very subtle. Actualy Reminds a lot of a Westcoast double IPA as far as black ipa’s go. Medium mouth feel with nice carbonation, and no way I believe that this is 9.4%. Probably my favorite black ipa I’ve had.

On tap at the 21st Amendment
Appearance: Clear dark reddish brown with a medium sized off-white head and good lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts and citrus
Taste: Roasted malts, citrus, ashy and caramel
A nice beer but it was thin.

bigger brother to the Back in Black. Fantastic stuff, really really enjoyed. black double IPA... awesome work. Black and hoppy, whooodathunkit... ;-)

on tap-pours a tan head that laces and black with red color. Aroma is pine/grapefruit. Taste is pine/grapefruit hops bite, medium/dark malt/oats. Finishes earthy with some chocolate.

Draft. Dark amber beer with a cream colored head. Hige grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and light pine flavor with light dark malts. Medium-plus bodied. Nice bitterness. Grapefruit and light pine lingers with light caramel and light darker malts.

Tasted on tap at the 10th Bistro Double IPA Festival on 2/6/10. This Imperial IPA pours medium black color from the tap. Small sized beige head. The aroma is roasted malt, caramel, and floral hops. A medium bodied black imperial IPA. The malts are roasted and caramel. The hops are floral and herbal. Medium to mild bitterness. Nice balance. Good beer. Nicely balanced. This is a beer that could easily go over the top either way, way to roasty or way to hoppy. It right in the middle. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

On tap at the brewpub pouring dark brown with amber hues and lasting light tan head. The aroma tosses up a dash of dark malt roastiness before pine and earthy hops take over with a bit of sweet maltiness in the background. The taste has a brief moment of dark roasty malts and some malt sweetness before a wide load of pine hop and a thin layer of tasty citrus grapefruit hop bitterness completely over take the malts. It ends with a pleasing and refreshing modest dryness aided by the dark roasted malts. Very nice black IPA (or IIPA).

Draught at the brewpub. Black color with a small beige head. Tons of pine and resin in the aroma with a touch of citrus and a little black malt. Lots of hop flavor all the way through with a touch of chocolate, but the dark malt gives more color than flavor here. Resiny and quite bitter but stops short of being harsh. Medium-full body with medium carbonation. A solid bruiser of a black IPA, but I wouldn’t expect less from these guys.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is solid hoppy and light roasted dark malty. Dry hoppy flavoured to a smooth caramelish and toffee dark malt base. Lingering hoppy and malty finish. Nice.

Tasted at brewery. Medium opaque brown with a fizzy white head. Big pine, grapefruit, pine, and grass aroma and taste with a dry, bitter, marijuana finish. Pretty good.