3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Poured clear dark brown with a large frothy brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy toasted malt, earthy hop with a small alcohol aroma. Medium to full body with a dry slick texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy dark bitter flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a good complex beer.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Very dark brown, small tan head that settles quickly. Aroma is pine needles duested with chocolate. Taste is bitter chocolate, pine, grass, and a touch of lemon. Interesting hop profile.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Serviceable, drinkable, black IPA twist top from Champane’s Cellars. Black colour with lots of lace. Moderate roast aroma. Smooth mouthfeel. Good hops, the roast is somewhat rough. Not the best black IPA, but still a good second tier.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I like the fat that they use both the malts and the hops for bitteness. Isn’t a funky mish mash of flavors.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle: The aroma consists of chocolate, citrus/fruit, anise, roast, and pine. It pours a dark brown. When held to the light, it is more of a reddish-brown with a good amount of transparency. It has a two finger beige head that eventually fades to a thin film and leaves behind a decent amount of webbing on the sides of the glass. The flavor starts with a quick dose of dark chocolate and a touch of citrus. It quickly turns moderately roasty and mixes with a moderate amounts of grapefruit and pine in the finish. There are also faint burnt notes in the finish as well. It’s light-medium bodied with light-moderate carbonation. Overall, although I don’t just think hoppy Porter when drinking this like I do with a lot of Black IPAs, there are other "hoppy Porter" versions that I like better.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep mahogany with an extra large rocky beige head. Aroma is dark and roasty with citrus, chocolate and grains. Taste is dark and roasty as well with caramel, chocolate and a nice citrus profile. Mild bitterness on the back end, probably the best Mt Pleasant to date.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle - Pours brown with a roasted malt and slight citrus aroma. It’s moderately bitter with a roasted malt backbone that lends it a medium body. Pretty good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a dark amber, almost black with a thin creamy tan head. The aroma is a little lacking, some roast malt is about it. The flavor though has some chocolate, caramel, just a hint of sugar and a bit of vanilla. The finish is dry and refreshing. Very well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pour is a dark brown with a massive tan head and aromas of chocolate and citrus and herbal hops. Flavor is chocolate malt from start to finish with interludes of lemons and oranges and herbal hops mixed in throughout. It’s much better after it sits for a while.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at Hopcat, pours a dark brown with an off white sopay head, the aroma has a tad bit of citrus on the nose but the malt came through more, the flavor has a nice hop bite on the front end with a malty and chocolate finish, pretty middle of the road for a Black IPA.
|
