3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20Poured into a tulip glass. Brown in the pour, almost black in the glass. A one finger, light tan head.
Smells strongly of malt with a sharp citrus in the middle. Toffee and molasses dominate.
Taste has a rich malt layer, ripe fruit (sweet) with a light bitterness at the end. Complex and enjoyable.
Soft and bubbly initially. Later it was more syrupy, medium bodied throughout.
Interesting drink. I thought it was going to be like a Schwartzbier, but it was advertised on the bottle as a Black IPA... but it was neither and very enjoyable.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
22 oz bottle. Pours a dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel malts, floral hops, chocolate, and loads of roasted malts. Taste is sweet and savory. Roasted malts followed by a sweet caramel and loads of hops. Wonderfully balanced sweet malts and nice bitter hops. An awesome BIPA! Love it! Never a bad Southern Tier!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours very dark brown with a light tan head.
Nose shows roasted malt, coffee, sweet bready malt, resinous hops, booze and pine.
More roasted malt and booze as flavours but also fruity confectionery, pine and lots of sweet malt.
Too highly carbonated.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bomber. Pours a very dark brown, almost black color with a thick off white head. Aroma of dark malts, burnt toast, and herbal hops. Taste is slightly smokey, some sweet roasted malt, slight citrus, with a strong hop profile.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 11, 2013 Slowbeer ontap (6-Jun-13) Sarsparilla blackcurrant spice hop aroma. Clear black red colour and nice ringed lacing. Sars sweet sweet malt spice veg flavour. Roast finish medium sweet malt flavour and spice light sweet malt aftertaste.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Deep brown with ruby highlights and lasting foamy thin tan head; aroma of coffee and hops;; Flava of dry roasted malt and hops with slight acidic bite; feels medium with moderate fizz; finishes dry with roasted malt and chocolate notes enhanced by hop spiciness and bitterness
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. BrewDog, Edinburgh, Scotland. Crisp choco aroma, nice wet hop upfront with a dry crisp dark finish on the back of the tongue. Lovely beer!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap at Smith’s Billiards, Springfield MA 19/05/13.
Very dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head.
Nose is hops, pine, blackcurrants, dark malt.
Taste comprises jammy berry fruits, dusting of cocoa, hops, touch of pine.
Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, hop bitterness in the finish.
A decent CDA, alcohol well integrated, would perhaps like a bit more tropical fruit to make this a great.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle bought by Scoob Dub, shared with the Nobi Crew .. . pours a rather deep brown .. . light foam .. very good lacing .. . good dose of toasted hops, very mild greenery .. . mild palate, easy to put away .. . . i once put my finger in a pencil sharpener and turned the crank. really.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A- toast, coffee, and burnt grass
App- dark black, mild foam
P- medium body, oily feel, and average carbonation
T- burnt hops, roast, and scotched earth
O- bitter finish, pretty good beer- haven’t had to many black ipa’s though.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
La robe très brune laisse voir des contours rouges. La tête est intéressante par sa ténacité et sa présentation. Le nez est touché par des houblons en fleurs et en notes fruitées. Quelques notes de résine et de verdure d’épinette se mélangent à des malts noirs qui donnent une bonne dose chocolatée et caramélisée. Le goût est riche en céréales. Elles prennent beaucoup de place. Je peux cependant aisément goûter, à travers ces douceurs maltées, des notes franches de citron et de fines pointes de pin. Les houblons finissent aussi par exposer des saveurs très vertes qui rafraîchissent même l’haleine. Quelque chose de mentholée? Une sensation en bouche qui est bien correcte. Un corps plutôt crémeux. Des bulles modérées à douces. Une finale qui manque sans doute de mordant. Elle est plutôt très peu intense en amertume et ne montre aussi aucun signe du degré d’alcool assez élevé. C’est un point positif pour cette IPA noire qui ne cherche à rien casser.
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