3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20A tiny beige sheet covers the close to black pour that is totally clear. Fairly green, resinous, citrusy hop profile dominates the aroma in which subtler dark chocolate and licorice notes manage to shine. Feeling rather dry, both torrefied and hoppy in mouth, which rhymes with a strong bitterness that cleanses the palate out. The burnt grain character feels a bit exotic, but surprisingly not all that thick for a 9%+ ale. A bit straightforward in fact and not particularly captivating in the hop department, but perhaps that is due to subpar freshness? I can’t tell as I see no date on the bottle, but it was bought two months ago.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Awesome. Dubhe is so nice. Pours a deep black color with a small tan cap. Immediately pick up the aroma of coffee. However; tastes like burnt hops and the hemp is coming through with notes of cola. Beautifully done. This is one of the best imperial black IPA's that I have had. Must try
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4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap at the Greeks in Narberth PA. Poured into a pint glass. White sticky head. Ok everything about this beers sticky. Burnt malt and pine aroma. Mouthfeel is thick but not sticky. Very good mouthfeel. Taste is spot on for a black IPA. The dark malt and the hops were both well represented. Hop taste was mainly pine with some skunk. Overall great beer that I'd try again any time. Hope they brew it regularly.
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle->tulip. Pours black with large frothy khaki head. Aroma has loads of pine hops and a hint of roast. Taste is coffee, hops, malt. Complex and good.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Flaska. Svart öl med bubbligt och långvarigt smutsvitt skum. Rågbröd, citrus, mörk choklad, lakrits i aromen. Alkoholen känns, inte i smaken, men väl i kroppen. Det är kraftigt, tjockt, mycket. Lakritsen dominerar här. Sen fylls det på med mörk choklad, grape, soja och röda bär..
4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
If I were stranded on a desert island and I had to pick a harem of beers to drink from for the rest of my days, I would fight a small naval war in order to win the favor of this beer. Light tan head. Looks dark as a bat in the night! Smells like grass, dark malt, nuts and citrusy hops. Lightish carb. Tastes Licoricey, chocolatey, piney and boozy.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared by MJGG. Pretty black pour with thin creamy brown head. Aroma is well hopped, very piney, nice balanced roastiness. Taste is enjoyable, roasty but not acrid, strong piney hop presence, well hidden alcohol. A typical and very well executed black IPA (IIPA?)
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Blackness in a pint glass. Didn't think, when I headed to the pub, that I'd be doing a Dubhe today!
Aroma is hop heavy. Flavor is pleasantly hoppy bitterness with malty undertones.
Medium bodied creamy mouthfeel.
Very nice!
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3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a bottle. Pours dark opaque brown. Delicious. Tastes like mild hops and citrus. Smells like coffee and hops. Medium body, smooth, slightly creamy, slightly bitter.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Mustard Seed in Akron. Pours a medium to dark brown that lets lots of coppery highlights slip through against the light. Head is thin and tan. Charcoal and chocolate on the nose betray the dark grain presence... But both are faint presences. There is a little whiff of citrus and resin as well, but I was expecting a punchier aroma profile on this one. Flavor is heavily with dark malt and resiny hops. Really aggressive resiny hops. Then scratch and claw as they go down. (But I’m in to that kind of thing...). Mouthfeel is silky and smooth and there is a burn from the booze as it goes down.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle - average size foamy head, very dark brown (almost black) color, nice big grapefruit hop arorma and flavor, a little sweet milky notes coming through in the flavor and texture, very good overall
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