New Holland Black Hatter

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Black IPA
Holland, Michigan USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Draft at Quenchers. I gotta say that this was surprisingly good. The Oak and Rye were spent and I didn’t even plan on ordering this one. Aroma of fresh pine needles, touch of acidic roast, well balanced and fresh. Flavor is exactly the same, the roast does become a tiny bit astringent towards the end of the glass, lovely green pine needle taste that really complements the roast nicely. Near off-dry, easy drinking, quite clean. This glass was excellent.

On tap at the Bavarian Lodge in Lisle, IL. for Hatter Days, and served to a NH pint glass with a black/brown color, rocky, deep tan head foam, and draping lace. The nose was toast/light roast, resin, citrus, maple, cocoa, wood, and a slight hint of iodine, which I hope was due to a non-thorough glass rinse. The flavor followed these with the medicinal hint fading, some roasted coffee, a little char, and a healthy dry/bitterness that continued into the finish. Less the small aroma glitch, a very decent IPA variation

Aroma:Less aroma compared to the normal Mad hatter IPA. Appearance:Nearly opaque black with nice head. Taste:The dark malt and the hops add a mild astringency to the beer. On subsequent tastes, I get a ginger ale flavor that’s very interesting. The more I drink the heavier the ginger ale comes through. Palate:Nicely carbonated, and pleasant. Overall:This is a very interesting beer, with subtle qualities.

Draft at Fountainhead. Pours a hazy brown/black with offwhite head. Nose is American hops with a hint of roast in the background. Perhaps some pine as well. On taste, there seems to be too much caramel character clouding out the hops. The roast also seems a bit strong for the style that they were shooting for. Overall, pretty meh. Not a huge fan...

Draft on tap at Bavarian Lodge (Lisle, IL). Hatter Days. Pours a pitch black hue, perhaps a bit more brown on the edges, creamy big light brown milky head, cakes and laces well overall. Aromas are darker roast malts and piney and floral hops, dry and bitter, a touch of citrus, dry and bitter, roasty malts, a touch of cocoa and coffee lie beneath. Initial is medium bodied, a bit lighter with cocoa and roasted malts moving into dry pine and florals, a bit of grapefruit rind further in, moderate bitterness, dry and roasty. A mellow sweetness sweeps up from beneath, cocoa largely, almost a touch of lactose, but largely semi sweet cocoa and a touch of bitter coffee to push it. Pretty nice, not too heavy lingering dry hops and surprisingly the cocoa and mellow sweetness hang on back there. Pretty nice, not overdone, a fairly drinkable darker malt or black IPA, with a mellow sweetness and roastiness that do hang on. More piney and floral hops overall. Pretty good, but not a leader in the style as it could use a touch more body and bitterness overall. But overall, I’m just a sucker for Black IPAs, gimmick be damned

Draft. Beige head atop cola black body, nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, roast, some grapefruit/earthy. Taste is medium sweet, roast/coffee, earthy, some grapefruit, light caramel. Light-medium body, some chalkiness.

On tap at Bodega. Black pour with a medium tan head. Nose of citrus hops and dark malt. Flavor is maple syrup, chocolate and citrusy hops.

On tap. Poured black with a brown head that dissipated to a thin film around the edges. Aroma had notes of roasted malts, bitter dark chocolate and a bit of pine. Flavor began with roasted malts with it becoming more bitter as the chocolate and pine grew.

on tap NH brewpub. pours dark brown with off white head. aroma has phenols with the hatter hop profile. flavor is fruit punchy hops with slight roast to it. not bad.

on tap at the brewpub for amd hatter days. pours dark, dark brown/black with small head. taste and aroma are very similar to standard mad hatter, but with coffee/ roasty notes. interesting twist on a really great beer.