4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Rogue Dad’s Little Helper Black IPA is an opaque black beer with brown highlights. It’s topped with a generous, lumpy, light khaki foam that has outstanding retention and lacing. It has a very grassy aroma with a hint of malt and maybe caramel. It has a smooth medium body with a soft, dry finish. It leaves the tongue a little ashy. The flavor is well balanced between charred roastiness, grassy bitterness and a touch of melanoid. There isn’t really any sweetness and the flavor is quite smooth. The aftertaste is charred. This is very smooth and sessionable. The flavor isn’t extreme, but it kept my interest the whole time I was drinking it.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Dark mahogany with big, foamy, tan head / Nose of roast barley and brown sugar / Light to medium body, somewhat chewy, hops partly masked by the roast, with good balance and dry, lightly bitter, finish / Flavors of dark roast coffee, unsweetened chocolate, brown sugar, grass, and dry hops / A delicous ale, best not compared to an IPA but on its own or as a porter.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Black with a fizzy white head, Chocolate, roasted cereal grain, citrus, and bread aroma and taste with a nice crisp dark earthy and woody finish that has hints of spruce. Slick oily palate that works with the rest of the elements of this brew. A damn tasty black IPA.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Probably the most tame ipa I’ve had to date. Personally, I like a "kick in the balls" ipa, but this is very nice for a mellower brew. A great finishing brew with an excellent palate.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Coffee aroma. Black black color. Beige pillowy head. Coffee and nut taste. Strong and black. Chocolate. Fuck. This is good. Thanks again Rogue.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Brown-black beer under small cream-coloured head. USA hops, resiny, lychee, sweet-bitter smelling, ureum. Dry, hoppy, dry-grainy, garden herbs. But especially phenomenally balanced. Medium bodied, slick, well-carbonated; long-lasting flavours. Excellent black IPA, amongst the best sampled so far - and probably the best balanced.
4.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Malty nose finished with piney hops. Pours a thick dark brown with an incredible head and lacing that continues throughout the beer. Mouthfeel is thick but smooth. Taste is roasted malt and a bit of chocolate, hops work as a nice contrast. One of Rogues best in my opinion.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Truth be told, this rating may be a little low for how I usually rate IPAs, but it just wasn’t the right beer at the time I opened it. Quite bitter and astringent and too thick for what we all were craving. Good but not the right beer at the time.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22oz bomber. Deep black, just a hint of brown, or maybe it’s the thick beige head. Cool, chocolate mint aroma. Big and rich but remains quite soft on the palate, highly drinkable. One of the better Black IPAs I’ve had. Serious minty chocolate covered hop tones. Some smooth brown chocolate in the finish among the hop bitterness. Really just nails the style. This is not a hoppy Porter, this is not an IPA with some chocolate malt, this is a bona fide Black IPA, displaying it’s unique characteristics expertly. A great beer, World Class example of the style. Peppermint, burnt coffee thickness.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle in ATL. Deep brown brew with loads of hops as one would expect from Rouge. Nice roasty finish.
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