Deschutes Hop in the Dark CDA

Brewed by Deschutes Brewery
Style: Black IPA
Bend, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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It’s black with sticky tan foam, leaving plenty of lacing. It’s got a mild aroma of coffee with a clean, bright floral component. The flavor is pale ale bitter, for sure, with a dose of caramel sweetness and roasty choco bitterness to ride along with it. Medium bodied with adequate carbonation. I think it’s a successful style because many IPA’s or IIPA’s will play with the same sort of caramel heavy backbone that this one approaches, plus it blends the bitter aspects of roasting and hops as well. Very nice.

I enjoyed this dark hoppy beer. It poured nicely with a full body and nice head. I don’t usually prefer hoppy beers, but this one is good.

22 oz bottle in Portland. Pours dark brown / black with thick tannish head. Not a real hoppy nose or taste....mild. A good but not great black IPA....malty and coffee tastes tended to overpower the hops. Glad I tried it out but not a major fan.

bottle... dark brown body, big medium mocha head, good retention and lace... the nose is a bit boring, light grassy hops, only a bit of hops, nice, but not showing off the balance necessitated of a black ipa... the taste is more balanced, but also really sweet, bit of chocolate, light roast, sweet grass, chemical piney finish, impressed... really solid bipa

En botella.Negra con muy buena espuma y bonitos encajes.Aromas a resina,fruta,maltas tostadas....En boca no es nada torrefacta,todo lo contrario,explosión de lúpulo,con toques a caramelo,chocolate cítrico. Excelente black ipa.(un poco difícil de encontrar en california)

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured black color with an average frothy brown head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate to heavy toasted hop aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate to heavy toasted bittersweet flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a very good beer.

Bottle. Black pour. Two inch thick brownish white head. Aroma of fresh pine. Good flavor. Pine dominates, but there is also a pleasant sweet flavor. Some taste of roasted malts. This is complex. Biting carbonation. Medium or slightly higher than medium body.

Very dark color in the glass with a toasty aroma. Roasted nuts and some citrus come to mind. Strange having the IPA bitterness with a such a dark beer. Smooth beer especially has it warms a little.

Dry hoppy (piney) aroma. Black in color with tan head. Dry piney-hoppy flavor with a roasty under-body.

22 oz. Pitch black with a small foamy disc and nice lace. Aroma is orange, caramel and resin. Flavor is more chocolate and resin, with a coffee and orange finish. Medium body has medium carbonation and is roasty dry.