Stoudts Black Eye PA

Draft. Pours burnt sienna with off-khaki head. Nose is caramel malt, heavy piney hops, mild pumpernickle bread. Tastes rich, very hoppy, with a solid caramel malt bill and some late pumpernickel and cacao notes. Nice complexity and balance.

Tap at Capone’s. Pours out a very interesting very dark copper almost a reddish hued brown with a moderate creamy off white head. Very nice aroma of some citrus and pine hops, but also some toasted bready notes. Taste is very well balanced, citrus hops come through throughout with some caramel, toasted malt and some grain. Very well done and wonderfully balanced.

On tap. Poured dark and deep amber color (almost brown) with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of oranges and pine. Nice hoppy aroma. Tastes of citrus, pine, some toasted malts, and some caramel. Nice bitter finish. Some lacing left on the glass.

Growler filled at Capones. Pours a mostly translucent deep copper/brownish with orange notes and a medium creamy/bubbly off white head that laced. Aroma of toffee, nuts, pine, orange, some grapefruit and cereal grains. Flavor of a nice toasted malt/toffee/nuts maltiness, grapefruit, pine, other mixed citrus, fresh and hoppy. Not as dark I was expecting, but a very solid beer. Nice balance of malt and hops, yet still staying within the IPA guidelines.

Draught at Stoudt’s: Aroma of hops, flowers, pine, and resin. Poured a medium brown/very dark amber/dark orange in color with a small, off-white head. Very good lacing. Flavor is medium to heavy bitter. Tastes of hops, pine, resin, and rye. Medium body. Sticky texture. Average carbonation. Bitter, dry, hop finish. Very good beer.

On tap at Monks Cafe. Pours dark brown with a decent sized beige colored head. Aroma of citrus, pine, caramel, light chocolate. F;avor is again citrus, caramel, light chocolate. Palate is medium bodied, medum carbonation, finished on the bitter side. Very nice!

Poured a brown red color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, pine, citrus fruits, toffee, and some toasted malts as well. Taste of pine, grapefruit, citrus, toffee, dark nuttiness, some caramel malts, and a dry, bitter finish. Thanks to TomDecapolis for sharing the growler

Draft. Dakr clear clean amber color with medium head. Aroma of toasted malt and citrus hops. The taste was the same with perfumy hops flavors mixed in. Flavors vanish quickly from the palate leaving a bitter finish.