Triple fff Jabberwocky

Brewed by Triple fff
Style: Black IPA
Alton, England

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask conditioned at Moreton in Marsh Beer Fest ’12. Very dark brown with cream head. The initial flavours are of rich roasty dry malts, some liquorice, some husky coffee hints then zinging in from left field comes the hops, twangy tangerine, spruce needles, loganberry, challenging the malts to a fight. An absolute belter in my book and worthy of a high mark from me.

Fat @ Akkurat, Stockholm. Halleluja! Hade det bara varit lite kraftigare arom, aningen (och då menar jag verkligen aningen) mer beska så hade detta kunnat bli en topp 3-öl i min ölhistoria här på RB. Men med det sagt, detta är en ren och skär njutning att dricka. Jag kan inte komma på många öl jag hellre hade tagit med mig till en öde ö. För smaken är så ljuvlig med sin sötma och beska (som nästan är perfekt, men bara nästan alltså), där mängder med frukter blandas med rostade toner, lite choklad, svagt av sötlakrits.Aromen hade som sagt kunnat vara något MER, något STÖRRE. Ändock: Svarta vinbär, karamell och exotiska frukter gifter sig väl.

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Deep amber beer with a bubbly beige head. Hoppy roasted aroma, metal, cocoa, hay, pine needles, caramel, chocolate, apricot, citrus, lemongrass, perfume, pine apple, some peach and mango. Hoppy fruity flavor, roasted, cocoa, caramel, pine, apricot, pine needles, mango, pine apple, hay, cocoa powder, licorice notes, roasted, some bitter chocolate. Just about a perfect black IPA. Really good.

Cask Gravity (Newport Ale House, Newport, Isle of Wight) - Black in colour. Liquorice, pine, grapefruit, roasted malt and plain chocolate in the aroma. Slightly soapy taste with salty liquorice, roasted malt and pine all standing out. Very nice.

Gravity dispense at Ascot Racecourse Beer Festival 2012 - 06/10/12. Dark mahogony brown with a thin tan head. Big pine nose allied to bitter grapefruit and hops. Hoppy piney taste with a little dark roast malt and chocolate in the background. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation leading to a dry finish. Another great black IPA from a British brewer!

Cask@Akkurat, Stockholm. Very deep coppery brown colour, small off-white head. Aroma is toffee, mild toasted notes, liquorice,some fruits and mild floral notes. Flavour is rather similar with a quite big bitter finish.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark brown colour, almost black, with foamy beige head. Roasted, malty nose with coffee, chocolate, dark fruit and pine needles. Malty, roasted taste with notes of dark chocolate, dark fruit, dark rye bread and a generous piney bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Very nice.

Cask at the Nags Head, Reading. Pours a deep magohany with a chstnut gleam against the light and a loose, scummy, cream head; the aroma is deeply hoppy, but not as piney as promised; in the mouth it’s dry with a spicy hop flavour and underlying rich malts; with the hops carrying through to the end leaving a touch of liquorice on the finish. Good, but lacking the extremes of some Black IPAs.

Cask at Akkurat Almost black with a bubbly, tan head. Flowery, grassy hops and licorice in the aroma. Light to medium body. Flowery hops and some medicine in the flavour. Medium, dry bitterness.

Cask @ Akkurat. Pours dark brown, almost black, with a very small head that doesn’t leave any trace worth mentioning on the glass. Smell is slightly sweet, fruity and malty with dark bread, toasted malts, peaches, pineapple, freshly cut grass, earl gray tea and hints of coffee. Taste is tiny sweet, tiny sour and bitter with roasted malts, tropical fruit juice, grapes, pine, grapefruit juice, wood, pine, soap and liquorice root. Mouthfeel is smooth, tiny watery, flat and light to medium bodied. Finish is bitter and fruity with roasted malts, tropical fruits, pine, dark bread, moist soil, wood, lemon zest and orange zest.