3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft sample at kellehers in Peoria Illinois. Nice hop taste. Quite enjoying these black pas
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Piney hops on the nose, with some roasted aromas. Pours very dark brown with no head. Piney hops upfront with resinous hops dominating with some roasted flavors. Not bad.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle. Poured a dark brown color, medium sized off-white head. Aroma was roasted bitterness, with a touch of earthy hops. Flavor was burnt grain, with some toasted elements, okay.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From a bottle poured a brown color with a good amount of head. Toasted hoppy flavor with a quick finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Dark brown color. Thick chocolate aroma with dark sugar and lemon. Toffeish flavor with milk chocolate and fresh grainy notes. Smooth oily mouthfeel. Lots of milk chocolate taste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
dark brown large smooth light brown head.
sweet hoppy aroma, mild malts.
flavor is flowery hoppy, strong hoppy floavors, but not very bitter.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
THOUGHTS: Decent black IPA. The rye ads a new dimension, but I’ve had plenty better.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a very dark brown that was basically black in the glass with red highlights and a small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lacing. The aroma had moderate to heavy grain and roasted malts; lighter chocolate and rye; hints of coffee; light piney hops; spicy rye; and something off. The initial flavor was light to mod sweet, lightly acidic and lightly bitter; while the finish was moderately sweet, light to mod bitter and lightly acidic. There was roasted malt, a little chocolate, hints of coffee, grain, spicy rye, citrus hops, a little piney hops, and tobacco. The medium body was sort of oily with very fizzy carbonation and a slightly metallic, slightly chalky and lightly astringent finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Dark pour. Fair amount of head. Gravitates more herbal/grainy on the Black IPA scale than malt/roast/chocolate/coffee.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft. Pours dark brown/amber with a medium beige head. Didn’t know this style existed until tonight. Aroma is odd: chocolate malt and floral, citrus hops. Flavor is roasted malt and fairly hoppy. Good, but hard to compute.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black pour, khaki head. Rye, citrus, florals, and fresh. Smooth palate, fresh citrus hops, florals, grapefrut finish.
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