3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Poured into a wide flute glass. Dark brown with a reddish hue and a two inch dirty white head that quickly fells to a quarter inch.
Smells of rich roasted malt, a little chocolate and some citrus. Very pleasant.
Unfortunately the taste does not follow the smell. Watery, light roasted malt and a little burnt malt. There is some citrus bitterness and a touch of rye spice. It is too subtle.
Light body, moderate carbonation.
It is the first black rye IPA I have come across and I like it for that. I wish it had some more flavor to it, more rye or malt, either one would work well.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is easily one of the best Tommyknocker beers I’ve had. For a Black IPA, its about middle of the road. Nice roasted aroma, some astringency at the end but mostly a pleasant grass aroma and pine flavor.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
355ml bottle.
Pours a dark mahogany, with a beige head.
Roasted, nutty aroma, chocolate, hops, coffee, toffee.
Off-dry, medium to full bodied, mid to high bitterness, balanced CO2.
Roasted, nutty taste, quite hoppy, chocolate, toffee, spruce, earth.
More like a well hopped porter, than a proper BIPA. Enjoyable, even so. (2013-04-22)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle. Poured opaque brown with a large tan head. Malty nose with a touch of citrusy hops. Slick texture with tight carbonation, finishes dry. Roasted chocolate malt flavour with a spicy oaky quality, and piney hops.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A: chocolate and barnyard. A: muddy brown with a nice thick head. T: sweet, small bitterness, chalky. P: light for how dark it is. O: nothing special, would not turn down a free one but probably would not buy again.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle..Nose is spice, chocolate, roast, pine, more roast..Taste is roast, light pine, chocolate, caramel, musty, dry and no rye
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The flavor was very malty, not much citrus,. It is a heavy beer resembling a stout
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt and piney hops. Flavor is roasty malt, chocolate, toffee, caramel, citrus fruit, and piney hops with rye barely noticeable. Medium body with medium carbonation. Pretty decent.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle pours an opaque black with a medium tan head. Aromas of caramel and hops. Taste is dark malt, hops, hints of stout characters: chocolate and coffee. Bitter and not as alcoholic as I would expect.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma: pear, floral, dark roasted
Flavor: chocolate, and coffee.
Comment: Interesting. Good beer with rather straight forward flavor. Didn’t notice the rye.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
This was a nice solid black IPA. Really enjoyed the thickness and the aromatics. Lots of bitter on the tongue.
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