Buntingford Imperial Black Ale

Brewed by Buntingford
Style: Black IPA
Royston, England

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask (CWAF2012)
6 Fruity hop aroma, some dustiness.
5 Black, brief spongy head.
5 Lemon vodka in the retronasals, and the main body taste too is just that. Really turns me off.
3 Smooth palate. Alas that lemon vodka is here through and through all the way to the finish.
10 Dear UK - don’t try to brew US style beers unless you really know what you’re doing (i.e. if you’re Thornbridge or Kernel...). This is mess and unbalanced, and the vodka is unwanted.

On cask at the Ely Winter Beer Festival, 2012. Pours a very dark brown colour with a decent light tan head. Aroma of pine, coffee, roasty malt and caramel. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and a dry finish. Nice.

A - light citrus and medicinal with coffee and chocolate A - dark with frothy head T - light sweet and sour with coffee bitter P - full and soft O - decent

23/12/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (cask). Nera, riflessi color caffè, schiuma bianco sporca, morbida e molto persistente. Al naso è delicata, con sentori di malti tostati e luppolo ben amalgamati, note erbacee. In bocca è equilibrata, a metà strada tra una porter e una black IPA (o hoppy black ale). Corpo medio, consistenza oleosa, vellutata, praticamente piatta. Non male.