Bridge Road B2 Bomber

Brewed by Bridge Road Brewers
Style: Black IPA
Beechworth, Australia

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Tap at the Albion: This was a very average beer. I liked what they were trying to do but its just a little boring. No real body or flavour.

A-- Poured dark reddish black, just a little bit of red tints on the bottom of the glass, otherwise black. One finger mocha colored head. Head retained its shape very well and very good head retention. Just bits of lacing streaks or circles on the sides of the glass. Good label of Ned Kelly as well S-- Chocolate, coco powder, candied lemon, orange and grapefruit. Decent amount of hop bitterness in the smell. Well balanced smell with the chocolate and the citrus. T-- Lots of chocolate, coco powder, and roasted malts. Not a real aggressive hop punch but more of death by chocolate. A little bit chewy in the first few sips. As it warms up the hops open up more and are much more assertive in the taste. M-- Medium carbonation and a full bodied beer. Hops come out more in the mouth, grapefruit and lemon and a little bit of a pine finish. Good balance between chocolate and the hops in this. Dry finish. D-- Best effort to date from Bridge Roads.

Tasting at Papsø’s
The color is almost black, with compact beige head. Nice roasted malt aroma, a bit cheesy, cardboard. Good dark chocolate flavor, roasted malts, ashes, burnt coffee; good body strength; correct bitterness. But overall nothing special.

Bottle 750ml.

Clear dark black brown colour with a large to huge, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, coffee, moderate yeasty, fruity. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark malt, coffee. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110918]

bottle at papsø. dark brown, smoorh lihght brown head mild roasted malty aroma. flaovr is roasted malts, plain. slightly sweet.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Black - brown head. Coffee, licorice, burned malts, nice chocolate, ok hoppy, nice bitterness, sharpness, robber, ok smokey, chocolate, light yeasty. Nice.

(Sampled at Papsø’s) Pours black with rich, toffee head. Aroma is mostly dark, roasted malt. Medium-bodied, oily texture with medium carbonation and a roasted finish. Taste is dark and moderately bitter. My impression of black IPA is dominated by those that use the new hops such as Citra and Nelson Sauvin and it’s hard for me to detect a hop presence in this one beyond what one finds in a porter.

Bottle at Papsø. Pitch black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma of caramel, dried fruits and dark chocolate. Roasted flavour of caramel, hat and dark chocolate. Roasted finish.

75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity and mild citrusy to grapefruity. Bitter, dark roasted malty, fruity and mild citric. Bitter, dry dark roasted malty and breadish. Bitter and fruity finish.

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a huge dark brown head. The aroma has notes of chocolate and dark malts. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and roasted malt, as well as hints of ashes, leading to a dry roasted finish.