3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown, almost black, tan cover. Aroma is light roast, grassy hops. Taste is about the same, good astringency combined with spicy hops.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours black with sticky white lacing. Aroma is hops and roasted malts. Taste follows suit with good balance. Palate is a little thin, but overall a delicious, well-made black IPA.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Name: Black hOPS
Date: January 01, 2012
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Appearance: black, wispy beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: roasted malt aroma, lots of hops, citrus
Flavor: rich roasted flavor, dark chocolate, plenty of hops, nice citrus, long bitter finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On draft at Brewer’s Pizza. Pours a medium stout-ish brown with an off-tan head. Nose is malt, pine, slight coffee, and hints of sweetness in the chocolate malt. Flavor is similar with cocoa, pine, slight chocolate, malt, and bits of coffee. Medium in body and nice for a style that I am not a big fan of.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Appearance: Pours a nearly black body with a bubbly, sudsy, tan-hued head.
Smell: Smells of chipped roast, candied bread crusts with a hint of caramel ahead of the compliant hop character giving small bits of citrus and florals.
Taste: A taste of toasted bread with table sugar scabs and reasonably roasty with low hints of cocoa and caramel. Very faint, very low dark fruitiness. Mild traces of lemon, some rather gentle florals. Medium bitterness at best. Drying, bitter-sweet finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Overall: It’s OK. Sterner hopheads will feel hoodwinked out of the purported "over the top hoppy bitterness."
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orange Park, Fl. - on tap at the brewpub. Dark black pour, nice khaki colored head - thick lacing. Light spruce aroma, just a hint of licorice. Flavor has some nice citrus bitter notes, some dark unsweetened chocolate, dark coffee finish. Somewhat spritzy mouthfeel. Decent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown/black pour with tan head and lace. Aroma is roasted malt and resiny hops. Toasted malt flavor, peaty, ashy, with a very dry finish with a growing citrus bitter. Thin and water but good. A bit of grianiness.
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