Cisco Island Reserve Wet Hopped Very Brown India Pale Ale

Brewed by Cisco Brewers
Style: Black IPA
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Thick brown colour with tan head and nice lace. Sharp aroma, burnt wood. Flavour is hop bitter and chocolate malts. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPad

Not quite a black IPA> nearly 2 fingers of head and a brown pour. more malt in the aroma than anything - carame and toffee. Caramel Toffee, slight hopping up front. Slight hints of chewing tobacco (?!?!?!) Body is a bit lighter than I’d like. Wouldn’t mind revisiting.

Very brown bodied, with big 3/8" bubbly head.Americo’s bottle. Hoppy aroma. Malty mostly. Odd to put as black IPA, just a hoppy American brown.

Bottle. Pours a deep caramel hued brown with a large beige to pale tan head. Big earthy hops on the nose, spicy citrus and a touch of pine. Some malt, and just a bit of age apparent as well, though that’s probably my own fault as I sort of forgot I bought this for a couple months. Big roast, a bit of malt. Empties out a bit, and some more hints of age, but there’s still a nice amount of roasted malt backbone coming through. Long pungent bitterness on the finish. Solid enough.

Bottle 750ml.

Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, orange - citrus, licorice. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate, dark malt, hoppy, sharp bitter, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120322]

22-MAR-2012, bottle @Papsø. Very dark brown with high lasting beige head. Roasted and hoppy nose. Peppery, roasted, hoppy nose. Spices - star anise? - like an X-mas brew. Raw hops finish the taste.

Deep dark copper coloured body with a fainter brown glow when held up to a light and a dense, four centimetre tall head atop that stays fairly nicely. Aroma of fresh citrus and grapefruity hops with a touch of resin, some good sweetness, a bit of earth and some yeast noticeable. Medium-bodied; Grassy, herbal hop character at first with a very silky feel and a tiny touch of malt noticeable at the end. Aftertaste, slightly more roasted malt showing through with a bit of earth, a tiny amount of nuts and more grassy, floral and herbal hop characteristics. Overall, a relatively light and one-dimensional black ipa with some good qualities, but not strong enough to stand on its own as a great beer. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 11-March-2012 for US$9.95 sampled at home in Washington on 23-March-2012.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear red-brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Fruity aroma of hops and grass with roasted notes and notes of pine needles. Fruity and light roasted flavour of hops and pine needles. Hoppy and roasted finish.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is fruity and toasted dark malty. Smooth fruity, melon-ish and dark roasted malty. Bitter, fruity and dark breadish malty.

Bottled. A hazy dark brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of alcohol, vanilla, hops, chocolate, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, raw hops, cocoa, vanilla, and malt, leading to a raw bitter finish.