Black Swan IPA

Brewed by Black Swan Brewpub
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Plainfield, Indiana USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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tap at the brewpub (note: I recorded it as 7.0% abv) - This beer pours lightly hazy orange and has a big citrus hop aroma that’s got definite grapefruit tones. The flavor is very bitter with tasty citrus notes. There’s some malt sweetness hiding in there but it’s definitely overshadowed. I could smell this brew all day. It ends with a long, bitter finish. Well done.

Growler bought from Brewpub. Body is a deep gold with a nice tangerine tint. Little head left after the drive home from the brewpub and aromas are subdued as well... I pick up some tropical fruit and citrus (mango and grapefruit if I had to gamble) and a little edge of honey sweetness. Flavor is very nice (better than the nose lets on). A nice mix of a little bit of stinging pine, but mostly a blast of grapefruit, mango and peaches that balance out nicely over the honey malt presence. This is pretty nicely balanced and hides its almost 8% ABV nicely. Always nice to enter a new brewer and beer list to RB, especially when it is good stuff!