The Duck-Rabbit Hoppy Bunny ABA

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Black IPA
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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12oz bottle, best by October 2012. Served at around 40-45F.

Pours black with a large three finger foamy light brown head that leaves a nice ring of drippy, sticky lacing and holds a small cap.

Aroma is interesting, mint, pine, grassy hops, some orange citrus, dark roasted malts, some anise, chocolate and coffee. Good to very good strength.

Flavor is very dark roasted malts, a hint burnt, chocolate, coffee, anise, moving to a blast of piney hops, citrus, some mint, some herbal hops, good bitterness, mild sweetness, mild alcohol.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied, oily, strong carbonation.

Very good Black IPA. After hearing reports that some batches of this were infected, I was a bit leery going in, but thankfully this one is good. Very hoppy, but also extremely roasty. Good stuff.

An okay black ale. It isnt extremely hoppy which works but the maltiness iant too interesting

Was surprised to see a hippy drink from these guys but they pull it off well. Aromas of pine and pepper. Flavor is nice and roasty malt. A pretty good example of this style so many miss on. Unish has a touch of bitterness and resiny pine.

Pours a midnight brown color with some dark tan head. Aroma is sweet and pungent hop flavor with a bitterness you can feel just from the nose. Taste is an initial hop bite that gives rise to some dark and smoky chocolate malt notes that has a bit of their milk stout taste to it but with a little bitterness. This is the best black ipa I have had to date and highly recommend it.

From a bottle poured adark brown color with a fair amount of head. Nice Toasty hoppy flavor with a lingering finish.

Bottle from Taco Mac. A nicely balanced aroma of cocoa, caramel, chocolate, roasted coffee, grapefruits, and citrus rinds. Pitch-black pour with one finger head. Medium-bodied and very smooth on the way down. Lots of caramel and cocoa upfront taste-wise. A big burnt graininess and resin flavor in the middle. A fair amount of bitter coffee, black chocolate, and some citrus towards the end as the hops take over.

Bottle. Sweet chocolate, fresh pine, dark roasted coffee aroma. Black with a large brown head and thick creamy lacing. Ashy espresso, sweet chocolate, and minty pine flavor. Medium body, crisp astringent dry finish. Outstanding Black IPA! Smelled so good I couldn’t quit sniffing, and then later I burped pine tree (yeah, I know I’m not too lady like sometimes).

12 ounce bottle. Pours a black color with a large beige head. A sweet fruity nose with some roast and chocolates. A sweet fruity and pine flavor with mandarin oranges, spearmint (yes, I read the description) very smooth. A bit of chocolates, mint chocolates really with oranges. Sounds decadent. A bit thin. Very smooth and tasty.

Ar: Pine resin, orange, pineapple, and some cinnamon. Ap: Deep brown, clear - very large mocha head with good retention and chunky lacing. T: Light coffee with some cocoa - medium bitterness, piney and minty - lemon flavor mixed with roasted malts and currants on the finish. P: Medium body with high carbonation - finish is dry. O: Tasty and very complex beer - hop profile has typical American hop flavors, but with some interesting tropical and spicy accents.

Duck Rabbit Beer Dinner @ Lucky 32 in Greensboro. Dark, stout/porter appearance. Not a stout nose, however. The chocolatey roasted malts marriage with Chinook-like New Zealand hops gives it smoky, yet piney hop aroma. Excellent mouthfeel. Rich, thick, coffee-like body but the hops coat the palate like an IPA. Nice prickly hop taste present from beginning to end of the brew. Another fantastic creation from the masters in Farmville.